Equipment

10 Revealing Photos from the 2016 Valspar Championship

Published

10 years ago

Mar 11, 2016

GolfWRX was live this week from the 2016 Valspar Championship at Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Florida. If you missed any of this week’s photos, browse the links below.

Tuesday’s photos
Wednesday’s photos

Jordan Spieth won the second PGA Tour event of his career last year at the Valspar Championship. This year, he enters as the world’s No. 1-ranked golfer and heavy favorite to win, despite a recent stretch of mediocre play. Also, he doesn’t have to compete with the short-putter-using Adam Scott, who refuses to lose of late.

But anyway, this week’s Revealing Photos from Innisbrook.

PXG’s new Charlie Murphy clubs

Darkness.

Maybe Parsons is a big fan of Chappelle’s Show? All jokes aside, those irons look bad (the good “bad,” not the bad “bad”).

*I know the joke has been used a few times in the comments of the front page story and in the forums already, but that doesn’t make it any less funny.

Finish that quote

“Damn you people. This…”

(Quote drops at :58 seconds).

“…is golf! Not a rock concert!”

Shooter McGavin quotes don’t get old. They just don’t.

Camouflage faded-denim, striped pants?

What’s he blending into?

George McNeill’s custom alignment line and sight dot

Dot’s so sweet.

CHIII stays up on trends

Is there anyone who stays up on the latest cool gear more than CHIII? He’s a #PXGtroop member, and now we spotted him with SuperStroke club grips, which Jordan Spieth, Sergio Garcia and Jason Dufner have recently put on their clubs.

Poor man’s putting aids

All you really need to get better at putting is a golf tee and a few rubber bands.

There’s no better way to keep your putting together than a few rubber bands, eh Padraig?

Quiet, please

How can Tony Finau expect quiet on the tee when his shoes cause such a disturbance?

K.J. doing K.J. things

Working out on a crowded range without a care in the world, and doing golf’s equivalent of wind sprints.

Maybe there’s a reason why he’s had tremendous longevity on Tour. Explain that one, Brandel.

Jason Gore is GolfWRX

Earlier this year, Jason Gore hosted a Q&A in the GolfWRX forums, raving about his performance with Callaway’s new XR 16 SubZero driver. And now, just a few months later, he has a Callaway Big Bertha Alpha 816 DBD in play.

GolfWRXers just never change their ways, do they.

P. Reed struggling to find a lob wedge

Last week it was a Bettinardi lob wedge, this week he’s testing a Mack Daddy 2 Tour Grind and two different Vokey lob wedges.

Who knew both Gore and P. Reed were GolfWRX Members?

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

Published

17 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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17 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

17 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.”