'I Test For Feel': Collin Morikawa Explains His Equipment Testing Process

Last year at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Collin Morikawa played in the final group but ended up losing to the eventual winner, Russell Henley. This week at Bay Hill, Collin is back, along with his game, which has led to some strong results early in the season, including a win at Pebble Beach on the West Coast.

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As for changes to his bag, we've spent quite a bit of time discussing changes Collin has made to his gear in 2026, but this week, during his press conference on Wednesday after his Pro-Am, Collin was given the chance to better explain his testing process.

When asked is he ever stops testing equipment he offered up this response.

You should see my house and you should see my conversations with the TaylorMade guys, they're really fun. I'm sure they hate me by now. I do a lot of testing based on feel. And feel's very hard to explain to people, and then to club fitters and even other players because everyone's different.

Collin then went on to explain his conversations with TaylorMade Tour rep James Holley, who is responsible for putters.

Look, we're going to be going on a lot faster greens, they're going to look a lot faster, they're going to play faster, they're going to be baked. There's a certain ball speed I like off the face.

So the insert I'm using I believe, is the same insert Scottie, Rory, Tommy, it's kind of the stock insert that a lot of people use in the Spiders. And for me it's just like, let's just check a box. So they were great. I gave 'em a couple weeks, they put up a few putters, I hit putts for maybe 10 minutes with those and then I was done.

This type of testing doesn't just apply to putters, either.

It's like for us when we hit drivers, and we test drivers and even though the head and numbers look good, you just know that it's not right. Similar to that, like that's kind of what I go through. So I do that a lot, not necessarily on irons, when I find my woods, I leave my woods alone. But wedges I tend to mess around with a lot, 60s, and putters. But I'm very, very happy, I'm sticking with the same one I've been using, and it's just, and it's nice because it just confirms that like what I'm feeling.

Finally, when asked if his tinkering ever really stops, Collin said

No. No. Sadly not. At least not for me.

And as fellow golf gear nerds, we might not have all the same resources as Collin, but the search never ends for us either. We feel you man.