Equipment
Show Stoppers: Day 2 at the PGA Merchandise Show
Team GolfWRX is in Orlando to be your eyes and ears at the 2015 PGA Merchandise Show.
Each day, we’ll publish a list of “Show Stoppers” — the newest, coolest products we find at Demo Day and inside the Orange County Convention Center.
Enjoy this list of Show Stoppers we found at Day 2 at the PGA Merchandise Show.
Callaway’s new Mack Daddy 2 PM Grind Wedges
Callaway’s new Mack Daddy 2 PM Grind wedges were designed by Phil Mickelson to help him with his specialty, open-faced wedge shots.
Callaway’s Mack Daddy 2 Tour Grind (left) and the Mack Daddy 2 PM Grind.
The high-toe design creates more face area when the face is opened, which helps with consistency. The wedge’s higher center of gravity also creates a lower launch angle and more spin — a good thing with wedges.
Weight was removed from the sole of the PM Grind wedge to create a lower launch angle and more spin.
Ever notice that golfers tend to hit lob shots on the extreme portion of the toe and very high on the club face? Mickelson and Callaway club designers did as well, which is why they extended the new wedge’s grooves all the way to the end of the face.
The PM Grind wedges come stock with the U Grind that Phil Mickelson uses on his lob wedge.
The wedges will be in stores May 1 and come in lofts of 56, 58, 60 and 64 degrees.
Click here to read more about Callaway’s new Mack Daddy 2 PM Grind wedges.
Golf Pride MCC Plus4 Grips
Golf Pride’s new MCC Plus4 has a 4.6 percent larger diameter on the lower portion of the grip, giving golfers the “built-up” feel that many prefer without the need for extra grip tape.
The grips are similar to the company’s extremely popular New Decade Multi-Compound grips in that they use two different constructions. The upper portion of the grip uses brushed cotton cord and Golf Pride’s Micro-Texture pattern for more stability, while the lower portion of the grip is made of a softer rubber compound for better feel.
They’ll be in stores March 15 and sell for $9.49 each.
KBS Hi-Rev 2.0 and 610 Wedge Shafts
KBS’ new 610 and Hi-Rev 2.0 wedge shafts suit the needs of golfers at different ends of the short game spectrum.
The 610 has a slightly larger butt diameter (it measures 0.610 inches) and is designed for better players looking for a flatter trajectory. The Hi-Rev 2.0 has a slightly stiffer butt section that creates a higher launch angle and more spin for more stopping power.
Oakley Prizm Lenses
Oakley’s Prizm lens are designed to block specific wavelengths across the color spectrum to maximize color contrast. That helps elite marksmen in a shooting environment find and hit their target, and also golfers.
Oakley found that the Prizm lenses can help golfers read greens, slope and see targets with more clarity.
Scotty Cameron’s New GoLo Putters
The new GoLo putters have aircraft-grade, milled aluminum faces.
“The mass market wants mallets,” said Scotty Cameron, who debuted several new mallet putter models yesterday at the Orange County Convention Center.
[quote_box_center]”Fifty percent of our sales are mallet putters, and 50 percent of [PGA] Tour players are using mallets,” he said. [/quote_box_center]
The GoLo 5R is has a more round appearance at address than the GoLo 5.
Cameron’s new GoLo putters include the GoLo 3, GoLo 5, GoLo 5R, GoLo 5R Dual Balance and GoLo 6. Their construction uses two pieces — an aluminum Face-Core Sole and a heavier stainless steel frame — to give putters a better feel and more forgiveness than GoLo putters he’s made in the past.
The GoLo 5 also comes in a Dual Balance, or counterbalanced model.
The technology is one that Cameron said could end up in future blade-style putters such as his Coronados and Newports.
The aluminum Face-Sole Core “pops” through the top of the putter, creating a unique alignment aid.
Click here to read more about Scotty Cameron’s new GoLo putters.
Full 2015 PGAM Coverage
Show Stoppers: Demo Day
Show Stoppers: Day 2
Show Stoppers: Day 3
Visit our 2015 PGAM forum to see all the photos and discussion.
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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Brad Ingarfield
Jan 24, 2015 at 9:21 am
I’m looking forward to trying the new Oakley lenses. – Brad Ingarfield
8thehardway
Jan 22, 2015 at 11:54 pm
KBS shafts and Golf Pride grips are showstoppers? Must be some show.
Jason
Jan 23, 2015 at 9:44 am
That’s what I thought, a million sq feet of golf equipment and that’s what qualified as a show stopper. Maybe I’m just hard to excite.
Philip Kim
Jan 23, 2015 at 6:27 pm
Where is the “Like” button functionality?
T-MAC
Jan 22, 2015 at 8:08 pm
I’ve heard that the new aluminum face on the Cameron putters are very soft, almost carbon-like in feel. If I can get over the ugly looking sight aid that Golo 6 may find a spot in the rotation.
Looking forward to giving the new dual comp grips a try too. I always build up the lower half of my grips so these should save me on some tape.
The PM wedges are hard to look at but I’m thinking they probably work nicely. I lay my face open quite a bit on my 60 for many shots and these may be just the ticket. Be interesting to see how they slide through the sand being as big as they are.
talljohn777
Jan 22, 2015 at 4:25 pm
I hit my irons all over the face (heel, toe and occasionally the center) can we extend the grooves to all the areas of the face of every club as well not just the lob wedge??? 🙂
otherpaul
Jan 22, 2015 at 1:52 pm
I would like to hear about new swing analyzers and small portable launch monitors. Clubs are just clubs. Some new tiny idea blown up to sound big probably isn’t going to save me many strokes. How ever, a launch monitor I can use in front of my hitting net gets me pretty excited. Instant feed a is king (right? Wrx blade players) ????
twshoot67
Jan 22, 2015 at 9:20 pm
I’m with you “otherpaul”, I’d like to hear more about the New Earnest Sports ES14 and ES13 and if anyone who’s there from golfwrx can shed some light on how they perform? Me personally I would be using it outdoors 90% of the time but when the winters in PA. get bad this would be a great tool to own. So I’d really like to hear first hand from the boys of wrx how they like the new products!
Merty Huckle
Jan 22, 2015 at 12:11 pm
the PM wedge is ugly, but I really like the idea, and can see it being a good product. So far it’s the show highlight IMO
MHendon
Jan 22, 2015 at 11:58 pm
It’s very similar in design to the old ping eye2 he used for many years.
Dave
Jan 24, 2015 at 10:15 pm
+1
Double Mocha Man
Jan 22, 2015 at 11:37 am
The back of the Cameron putter looks like it was designed based on Paulina Gretzky’s butt cheeks. Sorry Dustin. Sorry Paulina. That was uncalled for. Butt it was like staring at an accident.
luke keefner
Jan 22, 2015 at 7:19 pm
Looking back at the pic I think I have to agree with you.
Nolanski
Jan 22, 2015 at 11:03 am
Playing golf with sunglasses has always bugged me but I hate being out in the bright sun without eye protection.
Jim
Jan 22, 2015 at 11:01 am
Not sure I’m too excited about the MD PM wedges. Looking down at that frying pan isn’t something I’d be too interested in, but I’ll withhold judgement until seeing one in person, but the first impression isn’t too nice.
Like the NDMC grips alot and look forward to seeing them soon.
Nolanski
Jan 22, 2015 at 10:57 am
If my eye can tolerate looking down at that wedge– I love the concept. The highest loft I take full shots with is a 54 but I carry a 58 for specialty shots. This one could replace my current 58. It’ll be interesting to play around with.
RG
Jan 24, 2015 at 12:12 am
Get the Eye2 XG . Best specialty wedge ever, which is why Callaway is ripping it off..
b-wall
Jan 22, 2015 at 10:54 am
Is it wrong to be excited about the grips? I always have 3 extra layers of tape put on the bottom half of my grips, so this may be just the fit I need. Sweet!
Regis
Jan 22, 2015 at 2:20 pm
I’m with you. I have Rheumatoid Arthritis and I’ve gone through soooo many grip alternatives varying between types, brands, and sizes. Best fit for me is the Winn Excel and I think its because it has less of a taper than other grips. So no I too am pumped to try these out. (May even get a little bold with colors if they pan out).
bradford
Jan 22, 2015 at 10:11 am
Just like Titleist, SC seems to follow the leaders and yet somehow seem “innovative”. This is not new.
A PM 58 will find my bag though.