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Callaway’s new Quantum lineup of drivers and fairway metals has already made a big splash in converting tour players in 2026, picking up its first win already with Nacho Elvira’s victory in the Dubai Invitational using the Quantum Triple Diamond Max driver.
The Quantum lineup offers five models – Max, Max D, Max Fast, Triple Diamond and Triple Diamond Max – but Callaway reps say tour pros are gravitating toward the more fade-biased Triple Diamond options. Six of the eight conversions for the Sony Open in Hawaii reportedly gamed the Triple Diamond with several others opting for the slightly larger Triple Diamond Max.
Among the converters on the PGA Tour are Xander Schauffele, Sam Burns, Akshay Bhatia, Si Woo Kim and Max Greyserman. Blades Brown, 18, became the youngest player to shoot 60 or better on the PGA Tour at the American Express using the Quantum Triple Diamond driver and fairway wood in his full Callaway setup.
Over on the DP World Tour, it was reported that around 20 percent of the 60-man Dubai field put a Callaway Quantum driver in play, including brand staffers like LIV’s Tom McKibbin as well as equipment free agents like Elvira.
Former Ryder Cupper and big hitter Nicolai Højgaard swapped out his Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond for the Quantum Triple Diamond Max.
“The new product came back at the end of last year and it was the first head I tried,” Højgaard said. “We didn’t do much work with it. I just went straight into it and it felt amazing. It’s got a little bit of the Ai Smoke look, which I really like.”
Joe Toulon, tour manager for Callaway, told PGATour.com that the “Triple Diamond is still sort of that standout for us, but Triple Diamond Max is going to be incredible as well.”
“One of the differences from last year, in addition to some speed gains, [is] how tight that spin dispersion is,” Toulon said. “I think with Elyte last year, there were some guys that we struggled to get the spin down low enough and with knowing how consistent the spin has been on the Quantum, we were able to take that spin down without worrying about it getting too low.”
Toulon said that five-time PGA Tour winner Sam Burns, who is notoriously finicky about making changes, needed only eight swings to be convinced to put the Quantum straight into his bag.
“[Sam] finds something that he knows what it’s gonna do, he’s very hesitant to look elsewhere unless you can point to something that is demonstrably better than what he was using,” Toulon said.
The Quantum drivers layer three different materials (titanium, poly mesh and carbon fiber) in a design that offers greater flex and faster recovery at impact.
“It’s super consistent across the face on off-center strikes in shot shape …” Toulon told PGATour.com. “That’s one thing that a lot of players have highlighted during the fitting process is they’ll consistently say … ‘Oh, that’s incredible for a toe ball,’ or ‘That’s incredible for a heel ball.’ ”
A Ping prototype mini driver made it into the bags of Dan Brown and John Parry – two Englishmen who earned PGA Tour cards via the DP World Tour in 2025 and each debuted with T19 finishes at the Sony Open in Hawaii.
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