Equipment

10 revealing photos from the Northern Trust Open

Published

10 years ago

Feb 20, 2016

GolfWRX was live this week from Riviera Country Club — one of Hogan’s Alleys, and more intimately known as “Riv” — in Pacific Palisades, Calif., for the Northern Trust Open. Just down the road from Hollywood, the course attracts many celebrity memberships, such as Adam Sandler, Larry David and Mark Wahlberg (featured below).

The Northern Trust Open also attracts the game’s top players. World No. 1 Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy (No. 3), Bubba Watson (No. 6) and Justin Rose (No. 7) are in this year’s field.

Check out all of the galleries from this week here.

And see what those photos revealed below.

A 29-gram shaft

Fujikura’s new Zero Speeder shaft reportedly weighs 29 grams. That means it weighs closer to “zero” than most any other driver shaft on the market.

You know you’re on the Californian-swing when…

This In-N-Out truck must be absolute torture for the Tour players who travel with a dietician and are only allowed to eat unsalted peanuts and Turkey jerky during their round. But really, a quick double-double at the turn never killed anyone, right?

Changing it up

If you look closely, you can see TaylorMade’s new PSi Tour irons in Dustin Johnson’s bag, after previously playing with the company’s Tour Preferred MB irons for more than two years. He also switched to an M2 driver and fairway wood.

See Dustin’s full WITB here.

Lefties get dunked on

If you know any lefty golfers, or read the GolfWRX forums, you know lefties are constantly complaining that equipment companies don’t offer left-handed options in golf clubs they want. This photo may just push them over the edge. The Northern Trust Open was able to get a left-handed persimmon club for a gaff, but you can’t get the new driver you want? My sincerest apologies lefties; you shouldn’t have to see this.

Back when Mark Wahlberg was Marky Mark…

…he probably played this driver; a Callaway FT-i (the “square one”). Based on a keen observation, he also has a set of Titleist 716 T-MB irons in the bag at the Northern Trust.

Now… a few wedges of note before the No. 1 revealing photo of the week.

Rory’s new rust

We shot Rory’s 2016 WITB this week, showing his new 60-degree Nike wedge. It appears to have a grind similar to one of Nike’s Engage wedges, except it’s super raw, rusted and appears to be chiseled from a block of steel. So clean.

Golf like a rockstar

This is J.J. Spaun’s Jimmy Page (of Led Zeppelin)-inspired wedge. And he has an awesome Buckethead head cover, too.

If you don’t get the reference.

That milling, tho?

PXG’s new 0311T Milled wedges are undeniably gorgeous — simply great looking wedges. And this photo provides a clear look at the circular milling marks in the sole.

The smelliest wedge on Tour

Spieth knows what I’m talkin’ about.

The ultimate Tiger throwback

This Tiger-tribute has it all from the headcovers to the silver Buick staff bag. I don’t know whose bag this is, but I know whose it isn’t — this guy from the 2007 commercial. Run the tape!

Looking back on it (no pun intended), maybe Tiger shouldn’t have been all out truck-sticking people for fun. But it was hilarious at the time.

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

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11 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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11 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

11 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.”