Equipment

15 Revealing photos from the 2015 U.S. Open

Published

11 years ago

Jun 18, 2015

The U.S. Open at Chambers Bay is finally here. There’s been a lot of hype — and complaining from the players — about Chambers Bay, which will reportedly measure between 7,200 and 7,900 yards this week. And the conditions are firm, to say the least.

Some fans want to see players struggle during the U.S. Open, while others just want to see the best players in the world play their best golf.

I say kick their butts Chambers Bay, but that’s just one man’s opinion.

Let’s see what the photos showed us in this week’s Revealing Photos from 2015’s second major.

Spotted: A tree

See, Chambers Bay is just like a traditional, tree-lined U.S. Open set-up. What’s everyone complaining about?

Actually, maybe the players have a point…

Is this even legal? 546 yards sounds like a mid-length par 5 to me.

Easy two-putt from here

If you’re adept at 140-foot quintuple-breakers.

Sam Saunders had a Callaway ERC Fusion 3-wood in the bag

The carbon-fiber crown will live on for eternity.

A Tiger spotted out of his natural habitat

What’s he doing in the fairway?

Callaway’s U.S. Open-themed putter covers

With a bald-eagle that looks like he’s had one too many.

The Where’s Waldo crew

Not the best hiding spot.

No. 18 looks like an easy driving hole

Aside from all the bunkers and fescue.

Chambers Bay has a sink hole in the fairway

Oh, that’s a bunker? At least they provided steps for easy access to the sandy grave.

Woodland’s ankle-breaking driver swing

Gary Woodland, who averages more than 120 mph of club speed off the tee in 2015, has so much torque through the ball it looks like he crosses himself over.

The greens at Chambers Bay look quite small

Compared to a football field.

The look when you stand on the first tee at Chambers Bay

“What did I get myself into.”

If it’s as hard as the players are making it sound, this venue should make for an entertaining U.S. Open.

Graphite Design launched a new Tour AD M9003 shaft

Which will undoubtedly be referred to as “the red one.”

Patrick Reed’s Callaway X Forged swiss army knife

Play golf with the 16-degree 1-iron in the morning, slice and butter his bread during afternoon lunch. A great investment.

Just remember

At all times, the Most Interesting Man in Golf is somewhere puffing a cigar without a care.

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

Published

12 hours ago

Jun 10, 2026

Andrew Von Lossow

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.

Whats in the Bag

Bud Cauley WITB 2026 (June)

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12 hours ago

Jun 10, 2026

Will Schube

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

See more in-hand photos of Bud Cauley’s clubs here.

Equipment

Name every set of irons you’ve owned – GolfWRXers discuss

Published

13 hours ago

Jun 10, 2026

Will Schube

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”

Entire Thread: “Name every set of irons you’ve owned.”