It’s often said that numbers don’t tell the true story of a sporting event. In the case of Scottie Scheffler dismantling TPC Craig Ranch en route to a wire-to-wire win in the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, however, they very much tell the true story.
Scheffler was as dominant statistically as he was on the leaderboard. He ranked third in strokes gained/off the tee and fifth in driving accuracy. Into the greens he ranked first in strokes gained/approach the green and third in greens in regulation. On the greens he was fifth in strokes gained/putting and first in putts per green in regulation. Forgive him for only being T-24 in scrambling—he only had 13 tries and converted nine of them.
In all, Scheffler made 29 birdies and three eagles with his TaylorMade Spider Tour putter. The club, which he put into play in 2024, is a half-inch longer than his previous gamer and has an L-Neck hosel and TaylorMade’s True Path alignment aid with a full line sightline on top. The putter has 3 degrees of loft with a lie angle of 72 degrees. The face is an 80/20 TaylorMade Pure Roll insert, and the grip is a Golf Pride pistol.
Off the tee Scheffler wielded his 8-degree TaylorMade Qi10 with a Fujikura Ventus Black 7X shaft. Into the greens, Scheffler uses TaylorMade P7TW irons, a muscleback blade model based off Tiger Woods’ irons.
With a nine-shot win, the first wire-to-wire win in the Nelson in 45 years and a share of the lowest 72-hole total in PGA Tour history, maybe one day someone will be using irons based off the clubs Scheffler plays.
What Scottie Scheffler had in the bag at the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (Fujikura Ventus Black 7X), 8 degrees
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10, 15 degrees
Irons (3-4): Srixon ZU85; (5-PW): TaylorMade P7TW
Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM8 (50, 56 degrees); Titleist Vokey SM10 WedgeWorks (60 degrees)
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X X1
Main Image: Sam Hodde