Equipment
Leaked: TaylorMade R-Series Wedges
Photos leaked in our forum show what appears to be a new TaylorMade wedge line called the R-Series.
The two photos show two different grinds, TaylorMade’s ATV Grind and a new Tour Grind. The two options are consistent with the company’s current wedge line, Tour Preferred.
ATV Grind
Tour Grind
The wedges have TaylorMade’s much loved “TP” badge on their backs, which after disappearing from TaylorMade club heads for several years returned to TaylorMade irons this fall with the RSi TP.
The R-Series wedges also include the words “EF Spin Groove.” Could the grooves create “extra friction” for more spin?
We’ll let you know as soon as we do.
This week, we have our Tour Photographer, Greg Moore, on the ground at the OccuNet Classic at Tascosa Golf Club in Amarillo, Texas, for the 14th event of the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour season. With that, we see some great things in the Lead Tape Report as we roll into Amarillo.
Joel Thelen
Monday Qualifier, Joel Thelen is in the field this week. He has played on the Korn Ferry Tour for a full season in 2023, and he is back in action this week. A couple of clubs caught my eye this week in his bag.
First off: His trusted Titleist 816 H2 hybrid. This club came out in October of 2015, and it still remains strong in the bag. Also, take a look at this Odyssey White Hot OG 7, putting a capital S in the 7S model. This custom neck has some impressive lean for an arm-lock-style putter. The bottom of the putter is covered in tape for optimal weighting.
Mitchell Meissner
Taking a look at Mitchell Meissner’s bag this week, we have some great lead tape coverage. Top to bottom working from fairway metals, irons, and wedges. We can see on the short irons and wedges that there is tape at the base of the grip, adding a little counterbalance. Along with that, some tape on the short irons and wedges as well. Moving to his putter, he rolls the Odyssey 7 Bird putter. Meissner putts left-handed and strikes the ball right-handed.
Bud Cauley had >14 clubs in his bag when photographed prior to the Memorial Tournament.
Driver: Titleist GTS2 (8 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: Titleist GTS3 (15 degrees, B1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 70 TX
7-wood: Titleist GTS3 (21 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 80 TX
Irons: Titleist U505 (3), Titleist 620 MB (4-9)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 8 X, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 (48-10F, 52-12F, 56-14F), WedgeWorks (60-K*)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putters: Scotty Cameron Tour Prototype, Scotty Cameron GOLO 6.3 Prototype
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Align
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
In our forums, one user has offered up a prompt for the true sickos, inviting fellow forum members to share every set of irons they’ve ever owned. As to be expected, this is a lengthy forum topic.
@Lamosteve began:
Can you name every set of irons you’ve owned? Here’s mine
Spalding Dots
Spalding Eclipse
Ram Lazer FX
Lynx Parallax
Mizuno EZ Comp
Ben Hogans
Cleveland CG Red
Taylor Made R9s
PING i20
PING iE1
Taylor Made M6
Our members in the forum have been offering up their own collections. Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- macedan: “Started with a hand-me-down Golden Bear set from my brother when I was in high school, never really played more than once a year or got into the game until about summer of 2017. First purchased a set of Cleveland CG4’s (I actually really miss this set sometimes, soft & not terribly large for a GI iron), moved into Nike Vapor Fly’s by the end of the year. Those lasted until spring of 18 when I decided I wanted new, so I traded them in for TM Rbladez. Honestly, although I liked the Rbladez, poor decision on my part, I think this was really about the only time so far that after a week or two I was kicking myself for not staying with what I had. Rbladez stayed with me until late last summer when I switched to P790’s and (knock on wood) I am hoping this will be my longest lasting set.”
- JimmyC59: “MacGregor Jack Nicklaus Triple Crown. Palmer The Standard. Still play these.”
- jgrzask: “Tommy Armour 845u
Mizuno MP-32
Mizuno MP-33 (2 sets)
Bridgestone J33cb – still own
Srixon i-302 (2 sets) – still own
Tourstage X-Blades – still own
Mizuno Hot Metal – still own
Nike Forged Blades – still own
Titleist 714 AP1 – still own
Cobra Forged SS – still own”
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jp
Feb 18, 2015 at 1:12 pm
Rumor is… Groves are so good, tour guys will be able to go a whole season without replacing.
Sz
Jan 26, 2015 at 2:52 am
I hope everybody realizes the playability of a wedge has nothing to do with how the back of it looks. A negative prejudice before physical testing is ignorant.
tom
Jan 22, 2015 at 9:00 pm
Rough crowd! I don’t play TM except for last year’s Tour Preferred wedges which I think are great.
jgpl001
Jan 12, 2015 at 5:13 pm
We’ll they can’t be any worse than their last few wedge offering which were just cheap and crap
Saw the new R15 last weekend and it looked very classy, these look nasty
Preston
Jan 11, 2015 at 11:31 am
I see they have decided to go back to the TP badge…
Simo
Jan 12, 2015 at 10:49 am
Ummm…Hello Taylormade, this is Mizuno calling. Just wanted to let you know that we have already have R Series Wedges out. Back in like 2006. Stop ripping our stuff off! Go find a new name, produce something worthwhile and take more than 2 months before you go to market with it.
RG
Jan 10, 2015 at 3:54 pm
Wedges??!! We are 10 days into the new year, where’s the new driver?
Jayman
Jan 10, 2015 at 12:11 pm
Man Taylor Made should just stop everything…
Mark
Jan 10, 2015 at 9:38 am
They look very very cheap. For fuggs sake just make some classic looking forged wedges and watch them fly off the shelves…
stephenf
Jul 29, 2015 at 7:56 pm
I’m sayin’.
simon
Jan 10, 2015 at 3:45 am
piece of normality and i say so bloody what?
do they expect me to be excited when there are better wedges on the market ..no…so they are therefore becoming a bit of a joke co releasing so many new clubs with negligible improvement in each one.
Gary
Jan 10, 2015 at 1:07 am
Hopefully it performs better than it looks, and as mentioned there are probably much better options out there, Mack Daddy 2, Vokey and Mizuno for starters.
Not
Jan 9, 2015 at 10:13 pm
Horrible color.
TG
Jan 9, 2015 at 10:48 am
Oh Gosh! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more ugly looking club!
Helmut Queckenstedt
Jan 9, 2015 at 2:41 pm
You`re sooo right! Ugly wedges..
Though I`m a Taylormade guy since years: products change way too often
DevonC
Jan 9, 2015 at 10:40 am
Junk
Jake Anderson
Jan 9, 2015 at 3:45 am
fugly
Curt
Jan 9, 2015 at 1:21 am
Taylormade is just a marketing company that spits out as much **** as possible.
MartyMouse
Jan 9, 2015 at 10:40 am
Strongly Agree! Seems Taylormade made an error thinking new products every two months was a positive.
Dutxdeanster
Jan 8, 2015 at 11:44 pm
no Golf manufacture can compete in the driver market however they have a long way to go in the wedge market.
slider
Jan 8, 2015 at 10:51 pm
I would prefer a vokey
slider
Jan 9, 2015 at 7:27 pm
But they don’t make adult toys, so I guess I’ll stick with the remote
slider
Jan 9, 2015 at 9:55 pm
dont use my name
Dpavs
Jan 8, 2015 at 10:49 pm
TM is sure developing a love-hate relationship… seems like more and more people just love to hate them!
RAT
Jan 8, 2015 at 9:34 pm
Cheap, stick to drivers.
dr bloor
Jan 8, 2015 at 8:23 pm
The only thing missing from the back are Goodyear and Sunoco decals.
Pk20152
Jan 8, 2015 at 8:10 pm
I’m surprised TM hasn’t released 2 drivers by now. We are 8 days into the new year!
Lou
Jan 8, 2015 at 9:16 pm
Good one lol
slider
Jan 8, 2015 at 10:50 pm
I was shocked too
Regis
Jan 9, 2015 at 1:07 pm
Why should they? Titleist just floated their new line-the 915 with “active recoil channels”. Ping and Cobra just filed patents to introduce “slots”in their next line of woods. So TMAG will just sit back and wait for everybody else to play catch up and then they will introduce the next technological evolution rendering everybody else’s obsolete
Kind of like what they did when then introduced golfers to the “Metal” wood.
slider
Jan 9, 2015 at 9:55 pm
looks like regis is wrong again
enrique
Jan 8, 2015 at 7:40 pm
These look ok.
The last wedge iteration from TMAG looked fantastic but left you in disbelief with some of the worst feel in a wedge…ever. It felt like a $49 starter wedge from Sam’s Club.
Turd Ferguson
Jan 8, 2015 at 6:26 pm
How can you tell anything from this camera angle? Are we just commenting on the graphics, or is the feel/grind of the wedge important?
note* these look terrible and probably are (all other TM wedges are unplayable)
kess
Jan 8, 2015 at 6:13 pm
As far as looks, they moved in the right direction with their cleanish tp wedges last year. Looks like they locked that designer back in the basement to favor guys producing more dynamic* designs.
*fugly
Jeff B
Jan 8, 2015 at 5:25 pm
YIKES!
TheBrokenTee
Jan 8, 2015 at 5:17 pm
Taylormade wedges always look so crappy to me. Including this one. So many better options when buying a wedge.
Lou
Jan 8, 2015 at 9:21 pm
Vokey, Mack daddy, fourteen….indeed