Andrew Jensen's What's In The Bag: 2025 Edition

We're all golf sickos. We all love seeing what's in other golfers golf bags. I've made one of these videos every year since 2017 when I was playing full-time and I was a full-time staffer for Tailor Made. Now, I test golf clubs full-time, and this golf bag is a proper revolving door. But these 14 clubs are the 14 that I trusted the most this year. There's some current stuff, there's some not so current stuff, and there's even something in here that is almost as old as this YouTube channel itself. So, enough talking. Let's break down what's in my bag for 2025. So, contrary to belief, I actually don't play an inordinate amount of golf. I probably play one to maybe two rounds of golf a year. So, in 2025, maybe I played 15 to 20 rounds of golf. So, I need to have a set that I can fall back on because when you're testing equipment, yeah, you can like things, but do you trust them to go play a full 18 holes? That's a whole other story. And coming from a playing background, when I go out and play, I want to enjoy myself and try to play to somewhat of a standard that I expect relative to how little practice I put in. So, I want to use golf clubs that I just trust that I don't have to like practice with to get comfortable with. So, we'll start at the top of the bag. First and foremost, this phenomenal swag NFL licensed head cover of the Jags. Give us a little duvall. I thought it was going to be a bad season, but they are surprising me. And we're going to make a good run in the playoffs, I think. So, that thing is covering Cobra DS Adapt LS 9° head in the H3 setting, which is taking down a little bit of loft and making it a little bit more flat. I went through this fitting process testing in February, and nothing outperformed this for me. I could just hit a high squeezing fade. Hard to hit left unless I make a terrible swing. I've got a Ventus Black 6x Velcore Plus in here. And yes, I've tested a lot of really good drivers this year. And in videos for other drivers, I've heaped on praise on pretty much everything I've tested, but nothing earned a spot in the bag beyond the 18 holes I play with it. Because when I test a driver, I want to play 18 holes with it, but nothing got past that first 18. Maybe a few range sessions, but nothing got past that first 18. This driver of let's say the 15 20 rounds I played this year easily accounted for half of them, maybe even 75% of them. I loved this. I have it 1033 Golf Pride ZGrip full core on everything. I've tested a lot of grips this year as well, but this is what I've fallen back on as my favorite. So, that is the driver. I'm really, really excited for the 2026 stuff from Cobra because it will be with Future Fit 33, but obviously there's so many great drivers coming in the new year. So, we'll see what ends up in the bag come the end of 2026. Next up, 3-wood covered by a nice kind of Echo head cover that I got at Echko headquarters in Denmark back in May. I've got a Qi10 Tour weight all the way up 15° bumped one notch lower. Graphite Design Tour AD IZ7X. Same grip. 3-wood's an interesting one because I actually tested one 3-wood this year because even in my playing days, I used the same 3-wood for so long. I used the 2017 M2 Tour 3-wood until like 2023. I just loved it. 3-woods are very personal clubs, kind of like a putter is, just hard for me to switch. And yeah, I didn't test many 3-woods this year, so it would be hard to have something replace this. But this thing for me, it's gaining a cult following, the QI10 3woods. And yeah, for how little I practice, it's pretty predictable. Great strong flight. I really enjoy the look of it down at it. Everything about this 3-wood, it does remind me a lot of that 2017 M2 Tour that I loved so much. This thing was the first thing to replace that 3-wood. think this will stay in a in a golf bag for quite some time. Next up is like my two iron and I've tested some driving irons, but I keep going back to this one. This is oh gosh, maybe from 2018. Let me know in those comments. The gapper low 19 degree three iron, but I have it bumped a little bit lower. So, it's effectively like a two iron, a little bit more open face. So, it is harder to hit this thing left again off the tea. I can drive it low. I can hit it high into greens. I have a Tensai CK series 90 Hybrid Flex TX. I mean, this thing went in my bag in 2018 when I was playing when the Gapper came out. I've messed around with like UDI and all those things back in the last few years of my playing career. But in terms of two iron, driving iron, I always come back to this. even the Apex u the UT's like I loved a lot of stuff I've tested in the last two years but nothing has replaced this because again we want something in the bag that we trust for how little I golf I want to just have something that I know from 245 I can just pull and uh generally speaking I'll hit it roughly that distance and I know the shape of it I don't have to do much I trust this same thing with the 3-wood I trust these two clubs immensely so it's going to have a hard time replacing these two in the foreseeable future Sure, we'll stay at the top of the bag because that's where the putter goes. I've tested a lot of putters. Actually, no, I shouldn't say that. I've tested a lot of lab putters, and I really, really like them, but gosh, it's just so hard for me to keep them in the bank. I've played an 18 or two with each lab putter I've tested. I have nothing but good things to say, but in terms of like looking down at it, feel trust. Again, trust is a big thing, especially if I'm if I was golfing two, three times a week, I could probably cycle through putters and I'd probably change this putter. But because I don't golf that much, I go back to what I trust. So, like I just did a trip to Pinehurst, I want to go on those greens with something I trust. So, I keep going back to this. I can't show you the grip. The grip is actually under embargo right now from that trip to Pinehurst Golf Pride. I have a new grip on this. You can't see that, but this 2019 Spider, my goodness, it is tried, tested, and true. Those last couple years of my playing career weren't great, but I rolled it well. And then when I got into like golf on YouTube, this thing was like Excalibur sword. This thing made so many putts. Still does. I love the look of it. I love the feel of it. It's now coming up on seven years old. And before this putter, I had a putter for almost seven years. So, it takes me a lot to switch putters, but uh Spider X so good to me. So good to me. Then we go into irons. And this is another one where I've had the privilege of testing a lot of great irons. And if you've watched my recap of the year, I added two irons in there that were so good. But when I said I'm going to use those PowerBuild MBs for the rest of the year, I played on Thanksgiving with those and it was tough. They're not very forgiving. I'm not playing enough. Those did not go with me to Pinehurst because I wanted a little bit more forgiveness if I'm going to be playing in colder weather and just not as sharp and trying to just enjoy myself around some difficult golf courses. So, I went back to my faithful tailor made P7 CBS. So, I got these when they came out mid 2024, and this is the set that I keep coming back to because the look is great. Like, I mean, it's a CB. It's forgiveness, but it's got a very like bladey look because I used kind of an MCMBB combo for the longest time when I was with Tailor Made. But, I really like the look, the feel, and the forgiveness. KBS TourV 130X's in these four through pitching wedge. If I was playing more, I probably could keep those MBs, the Atlas MBs in the bag because when I did test them, I had was a bit sharper. They felt so good. Same thing with the Evod stuff that I've tested and I I love it. But that concept, the combo length, the different weight, the bigger grips. If I wasn't testing golf clubs, I could use that. I could see myself switching to that because they're so easy to hit. It's the same golf swing. The way it's just the forgiveness is fantastic. the precision is so good. But if I'm testing traditional sets, traditional wedges, and have combo length, different weights, different grips, it's just going to be really challenging to give new equipment a thorough test and I'll be like skewed and then those irons, the Evote irons won't do well for me in my regular play. So, I just keep cycling back to these kind of like the driver has at least played half of my rounds. These have at least played half to 3/4 of the rounds. For the to pitching wedge, tailor made P7CBS. And then lastly, wedges. Same grips on them. KBS Tour V wedge and the Cleveland RTZ. I dubbed these my best wedge of the year because they went in the bag right away and they've stayed in the bag. And the other wedges that I've tested, granted, I've tested different wedges with different shafts to just get a different feel for things. So, I'm a more versed club tester for y'all, but these I just come back to these since they came in the bag. I was using the Callaway Opus wedges for since they came out. Really, really liked those. And these happily replaced them. Obviously, the customization is cool, but I feel like I can trust these. I can do what I need to do around the greens even if I'm not sharp. So, like at Pinehurst, I still got by with my wedge play, with my chipping and my pitching because I trusted these things and I was in some precarious situations around Pinehurst number two and 10. And they generally did the job for me and kept me from making doubles around number two if I missed a green and they kept me around par when I played number 10. But yeah, really great feel, really great look, versatility, the grunt. I can do everything I want with them. I feel like a player in them with them. Love these wedges. So, that is that's the wedge setup. Ball. This has been a different scenario. I don't have the ball that I use cuz I've run out of that dozen, but I would say the Maxfly TourX is my ball. Granted, I've tested a lot of golf balls this year and played rounds with a lot of golf balls because that's something where I don't necessarily need to come back to something I trust to play because generally speaking, the balls all kind of do roughly the same thing. and after testing them, I have a great handle on what they're doing so I can play accordingly. But if I were to play competitively or like something that matters currently, the Maxfly TourX is my golf ball of choice. And then if you're interested in like the knick-knacks, this bag is an old vessel bag. I love it. Don't need to change much of it. I have been using this MileCan Pro G1 rangefinder since I tested it. It's awesome to have a GPS in there as well as a great rangefinder, great glass, slow. It's been great for when I'm playing a new golf course because that's something that happens a fair bit with my current vocation, if you will. This thing since I tested it, it uh it's definitely stayed in the bag. It's not something I tested like, yeah, yeah, but I don't use it. This definitely I'm going to have a bag full of knickknacks here. There's nothing really special. The special is just it's my Canadian Tour valuables pouch. So when I first got my Canadian Tour card in the fall of 2007, golly, that's a long time ago. This is what we got. And this has sustained me since then. I've had a co they gave us one every year, but this is the very first one. C4 rain gear. This thing just keeps coins. The coins I mark with are from Argentina or Chile, which is when I first played some tour deas Americas, which is now PJ Tour Latino America in 2008 when I played down there. Got coins down there and I've used those ever since or coins from Bermuda. This thing is a Groov It brush. I've lost a handful of them, but this one seems to be lasting me the longest. Gloves. Red Rooster gloves. They're my friends from Ottawa that launched this company. They're fantastic gloves. They're just great great gloves. They make synthetic ones for like simulator or for practice. Little glove compartment to carry them. And then here, I mean, I keep a mirror in my bag because at heart I think I'm still a tour player, but I don't I don't practice. But when I played, I always kept a mirror with me and put out eventually made a very small mirror because when I would play tournaments, you just check your fundamentals, make sure your lines are great. So, I have a mirror in my bag. In 2025, did I use this mirror? No. That's a hard no, but it's in the bag nonetheless. And uh that's about it. The only other thing that kind of goes in the bag if I'm going to play is a bottle of bourbon because I enjoy to have some whiskey out on the golf course with my buddies. So, that's a revolving door. what kind of bottle goes with us when we play. Let me know what are your knickknacks. What are your current clubs? I don't think any of these uh maybe this and this will still be here next year and maybe the putter, but I don't think anything else will be here next year. The head cover certainly will. Let me know what you're excited about for 2026. Thank you for sticking along this journey for 2025. I look forward to the more gear we can test next year. See you next time.