# What's In The Bag Of A Full Time Equipment Tester (Joe's 2026 WITB)? Plus, Designing Our Own Retro Clubs, The 2-Iron Urge & What Happened To Signature Player Irons?

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Podcast: [Kick Point: The Golf Gear Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/kick-point-the-golf-gear-show-6943914)
Published: 2026-07-17T13:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Thanks to Callaway for sponsoring this week's episode. To check out the full Quantum range of drivers, fairways, hybrids and irons for yourself, visit https://eu.callaway.com Happy Open Friday! Thanks for including us in your golf #content consumption for the weekend. This week, Joe's got a variety of equipment-based rants to get stuck into. What happened to signature lines of golf clubs? Why does every pro feel the urge to get a 2-iron in their bag as soon as they set foot on UK soil? Why can't more brands get retro designs right? Also, we're introducing a new section this week: Joe's Weekly WITB. Now he's given up trying really hard to win tournaments, he's now - what are his thoughts on the latest equipment from Titleist, TaylorMade, Ben Hogan and Callaway that he's got in the bag? All of that, plus some of your brilliant recent comments and questions in Ask The Pod - enjoy! Chapters: 0:00:00 Joe's new haircut... 0:06:04 Joe's club championship roster 0:11:39 Teasing Kick Point Golf Club (again) 0:12:48 Joe's A.I. golf club creations  0:17:10 What happened to 'signature' iron sets? 0:25:20 The UK's 2-iron urge 0:30:26 What happened to sock headcovers? 0:33:36 Joe's 2026 WITB  0:50:44 Ask The Pod  Watch us in FULL on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KickPointGolf Get in touch with Dan and Joe and 'Ask The Pod' via our email: kickpointpodcast@futurenet.com Sign up for the weekly Kick Point newsletter, released every Friday: https://www.golfmonthly.com/newsletter  Get three issues of the Golf Monthly magazine delivered to your door for just £5 at https://www.magazinesdirect.com/kickpoint   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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