True Temper Dominates 2026 PGA Tour Iron Shaft Victories

By Staff Writer

September 9, 2026

2 min read

Key takeaways

True Temper's Dynamic Gold was the winningest iron shaft on the PGA Tour in the 2026 FedEx Cup season, with 16 victories.
True Temper brands swept the top three spots: Dynamic Gold, Project X and KBS's stepless-profile category all trace back to the same manufacturer's designs.
Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Matt Fitzpatrick were among the winners using shafts on this list.
All but one PGA Tour winner in 2026 carried at least one True Temper shaft somewhere in the bag, including wedges.

True Temper's iron shafts won more PGA Tour titles than any other brand's during the 2026 FedEx Cup season, led by the Dynamic Gold shaft that has been a Tour staple since the 1980s.

Which iron shafts won the most on the PGA Tour in 2026?

Rank	Shaft	Wins	Notable winners
1	True Temper Dynamic Gold	16	Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa, J.J. Spaun
2	Project X Rifle	7	Rory McIlroy, Jacob Bridgeman, Tom Kim
3	KBS C-Taper	6	Gary Woodland, Chris Gotterup, Justin Rose
4	Ping CFS X	3	Matt Fitzpatrick
5	Nippon N.S. Pro Modus3 Tour	2	Nico Echavarria, Stefano Mazzoli

Scheffler, Morikawa, J.J. Spaun, Ryan Fox and Michael Thorbjornsen each won a tournament using the X100 version of the Dynamic Gold, while Russell Henley paired the X100 in his mid- and short irons with an AMT White shaft in his long irons. Cameron Young and Wyndham Clark combined for five wins using the stiffer X7 flex, and Bud Cauley and Aaron Rai each won with the standard S300 version rather than the tighter-tolerance Tour Issue shafts most winners use.

Why does one manufacturer dominate iron shafts on Tour?

True Temper's reach extends beyond Dynamic Gold. Its Project X Rifle line took second with seven wins, led by McIlroy's 7.0 flex, and its AeroTech SteelFiber sub-brand also picked up a win this season. Counting wedge shafts, which aren't part of this iron-shaft ranking, all but one 2026 Tour winner carried a True Temper shaft somewhere in the bag.

One company's shafts turned up in nearly every winning bag on Tour this season, whether players noticed or not.

KBS's C-Taper, in third with six wins, is a stout, stepless profile favored by longer hitters: Gary Woodland, Chris Gotterup and Steven Fisk all won with the 130 X version, while Justin Rose won using the lighter 125 S+. Ping's CFS X, a stock shaft Ping originally built for its own irons in the mid-2010s, sits fourth with three wins, all by Matt Fitzpatrick, who has used it for Tour wins dating back to 2022. Nippon's N.S. Pro Modus3 Tour rounds out the top five, with Nico Echavarria winning the Cognizant Classic using the Modus 120 and 125 shafts and Stefano Mazzoli combining the Modus 120 in his long irons with a Project X shaft in his 6-iron and shorter.