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10 revealing photos from the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
GolfWRX was live this week from the 2016 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, and if you haven’t browsed the galleries yet for this week, I highly suggest you do so now. There’s nothing quite like the beauty of the Monterey Peninsula, and our Tour photographer Greg Moore captured it wonderfully.
But what were the most telling photos from the week? Here are 10 revealing photos from Pebble Beach.
Golf in a nutshell
I wonder how us golfers appear from an outside perspective. We must look certified; using balance beams, T-squares, feet pads and mirrors, all for the sake of improvement. Call us crazy, but we’re certainly resolute.
The lead-tape effect
If I’m reading these notes correctly, this TaylorMade RBZ went from a swing weight of C7.5 to D1 due to the application of lead tape. These photos are my favorite; the ones that offer a look into how Tour players tinker with and refine their equipment.
Ian Poulter still owns Ferarri’s
Poulter had his Ferrari collection stamped on his Titleist SM5 wedges, and he’s back with the stampings on his SM6 wedge this year. If ever you need a reminder that PGA Tour players live the good life, just remember that Ian Poulter has his Ferrari collection stamped on a golf club that he gets paid to use… at Pebble Beach.
Well, that doesn’t seem very fair
Justin Rose recently put the new TaylorMade M2 in his bag. That’s awesome! You can buy the new driver and be just like Justin! Except the fact he’s playing an 8.5 degree head, which isn’t even offered in a retail model. I suppose there are perks to being a former U.S. Open champion.
In jail
Well, at least Kevin Na’s golf ball didn’t end up in the Pacific Ocean. But to get the ball out of this predicament — in jail between a rock wall and a huge bunker lip — he may end up pulling a hamstring and costing himself a few shots in the process.
Overprotective wedges
I can understand wanting to safeguard wedges this raw, but “take at your own risk” is almost daring someone to steal it, no?
Risk reward
How daring would you be with your tee shot on Hole No. 18 at Pebble Beach? Take it over the water and left of the tree and you’re left with an eagle possibility. Or, would you play right of the tree with an iron or hybrid and play for par?
Chillin’
If you hook your ball left into the ocean on the 18th hole and you’re about to snap your driver over your knee, just remember there’s a seal who’s sleeping on the rocks who couldn’t care less.
TaylorMade’s new Mini-Spider
After seeing overwhelming success with its SLDR Mini and AeroBurner Mini drivers, TaylorMade decided to use a similar concept with its putters. Enter: The TaylorMade Mini-Spider.
Glorious
It’s one of the most famous closing holes in golf for good reason. Aside from the entertainment of a risk-reward, closing par 5, it’s simply one of the most beautiful golf holes in the world. Where else can you play golf and have waves crashing in your backswing, with water splashing over your head?
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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KK
Feb 17, 2016 at 11:28 pm
Ian Poulter sures tries hard to put people off. I think its great that he collects Ferraris and has the money to buy so many. I understand that professional golfers have a skill that very few people have and use that skill to make the money they make. I never complain about how much money a professional athlete earns or make blanket statements like they aren’t worth what they make. But to stamp your wedge with the model of every one of your Ferraris is just so smug, elitist, and just douche bag status. What’s the point? To remind yourself how good your life is? To be completely honest, 90% of the wedge stampings I have seen on this website make me think to myself….why??
Reeves
Feb 15, 2016 at 6:10 pm
I think moat if not all training aids have there one big ah ha moment then become useless garage clutter…..tip search ebay for used training aids because used ones are just as good as the new one still have that 20 second ah ha moment built in for you…then off to the storage unit…
[email protected]
Feb 14, 2016 at 1:34 am
TaylorMade is a joke. Boycott them
Fahgdat
Feb 15, 2016 at 1:05 am
You’re a joke
JR
Feb 13, 2016 at 5:02 pm
Reference 1st pic. Pros use plenty of training aids. The “popular” instructors who post in the instruction forum will tell you training aids dont work.
Joshuaplaysgolf
Feb 14, 2016 at 3:24 am
I think it depends on what sort of training aid your talking about. Really he’s just checking his alignment and trying to increase the feel in his feet. I don’t really see that as a training aid as much as an effort to make sure he’s square, bottoming the club out in the right place, and feeling his weight centered and shifting through his feet. When I think of ‘training aids’ I think of the wonky infomercials we all see on golf channel and late at night that are filled with straps, bars, hinges, or whatever else these people think of. I saw something for a samurai golf school a few weeks back. Ridiculous. BUT, if we are filing everything from alignment sticks to the robo swing machine under the ‘training aid’ umbrella, then I would be wrong. Personally, I think checking your alignment is highly useful, if not necessary…and if you have to strap a bunch of stuff to you or whatever to make the ‘perfect swing’ (doesn’t exist), it’s junk and we should all stay far, far away.