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8 Revealing Photos from the 2016 PGA Championship

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GolfWRX was live this week from the 2016 PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club’s Lower Course in Springfield, New Jersey. If you missed any of the photos from this week, make sure to browse through the galleries in the links below.

Glory’s Last Shot takes on multiple meanings this year; not only is it the season’s final major, but it’s the last “revealing photos” for awhile, as we’re taking a hiatus from the feature. So it’s either glory or bust in this week’s revealing photos.

So, let’s get started with Revealing Photos: Glory’s Last Shot.

Baltus Roll

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Major championships are often described as a battle, meaning the players must fight against not only difficult courses, but unrelenting nerves. Recently, however, there’s a new type of battle at the majors, and it’s between equipment companies to see who can design the coolest one-off staff bag to commemorate the event.

At the Open Championship, TaylorMade won with its Open leaderboard inspired bags. The PGA Championship staff bag champion, on the other hand, belongs to Callaway with its Baltus Roll bags and headcovers.

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If you don’t know who Baltus Roll (B.R.) is, you must read this story right now. To summarize, he’s the victim of a murder, is buried 5 miles from the premises, and the land he once owned was turned into a golf club named after him: Baltusrol Golf Club.

The bags are a tribute to Baltus Roll and Baltusrol’s historic club house. The brown represents the club house’s base color, while the green-and-white stripes represent the awning (as seen below).

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The wings are a tribute to the club’s logo, as are the yellow and red color schemes shown throughout. “Springfield” written on the base of the bags are for the township the club is located.

Callaway didn’t miss much in its intricate design, did it?

Fujikura (Baltus) Rolls out new Evo shaft

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We spotted a new shaft from Fujikura at the final major of the year. We don’t know anything about it, or if anyone was demanding a third rendition of the Speeder Evolution shafts, but feel free to speculate. Read what GolfWRXers are saying about it in our forum.

Spieth is changing it up

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As we’ve seen, Spieth isn’t one to change clubs very often, so when he does we take notice. Previously, he was using Titleist’s new 716 T-MB 3 iron, but looks as though he’s back with the familiar 712U driving iron he’s played the last few years.

He’s also yet to change to Titleist’s new 917 driver, unlike Byeong Hun-An, who used it to win the PGA Championship’s long-drive contest with a 347-yard blast.

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Spieth will take to the PGA Championship with some new stampings on his wedges, though, starring the “Towel Mike.” That’s pretty funny, since he constantly asks caddie Mike Greller for a towel to dry his hands or clean his club.

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But the switch he should be making is re-gripping his driver, since his thumb has nearly dug a hole through the grip into the shaft.

Nice try, Charley

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A note to Charley Hoffmann: You can hide your lead tape from T.V. cameras with a little black marker cover up, but you can’t hide from GolfWRX.

This ain’t the lesson tee

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The PGA Championship provides PGA Club Professionals, who typically make their paychecks running the show at country clubs and giving lessons, a chance to participate in a major championship. All they have to do is qualify in the PGA Professional Championship, which was held this year at Turning Stone Resort in New York.

Click to see the top-20 finishers who earned invites into the field.

Rich Beem WITB

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Gotta love the stand bag from the one-time Assistant Pro at a course in Texas. In case you forgot, Beem won the 2002 PGA Championship at Hazeltine, holding off none other than Tiger Woods by one stroke.

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And he has a set of black PXG 0311 irons in the bag. While people will surely call him out for putting lead tape on the irons, saying the move “defeats the purpose of the screws,” but remember, the Tungsten weights on the irons are not interchangeable like they are on the driver, so we’ll give him a pass.

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Also, nothing but respect for the Beemer strolling out to the PGA with an old school Bullseye putter. Awesome WITB. Give em the dance, Richie!

On the grind 

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No better way to grind out a major than grinding the soles of your irons until they’re raw. I like Freddie Jacobson’s chances this week solely for that reason.

For the love of cars

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At first glance, Scotty Cameron’s custom putter for the 2016 PGA Championship is a bit confusing, so we cleared up the design with a Titleist representative:

“Scotty was inspired by the Baltusrol Golf Club’s flying golf ball logo and wanted to celebrate his love of cars, American Craftsmanship, and gorgeous hood ornaments…  thus came the Goddess in Flight headcover.”

As a reminder, here’s the Balustrol Golf Club logo.

Baltusrol-logoEnjoy your viewing of the season’s last major, and I hope you enjoyed the last revealing photos for awhile. See you next season!

He played on the Hawaii Pacific University Men's Golf team and earned a Masters degree in Communications. He also played college golf at Rutgers University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism.

2 Comments

2 Comments

  1. BoBo

    Sep 16, 2017 at 2:07 am

    If you want more ‘draw’ control from your driver and you can’t seem to get it from the adjustable weights, JUST ADD A GOB OF LEAD TAPE ….. because the Fade/Draw/CG adjustments are virtually useless if you understand the design of club head distribution of mass. It’s a psychological scam and a swing fraud.

  2. Collin

    Jul 30, 2016 at 8:53 pm

    That stinks this was my favorite feature

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From the GolfWRX Classifieds: Titleist Vokey Proto Wedges 54M, 60T

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At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals who all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.

It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.

Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, @Putt4Dough is selling some prototype wedges from Vokey Wedgeworks. These include a 54 degree wedge with the M grind and a 60 degree wedge with a T grind.

From the listing:

(1) Titleist Vokey Proto Wedge 54M with a Tour Issue DGS400 shaft and Golf Pride Tour Velvet (logo down). Standard length, lie, and loft. BB&F ferrule. Raw wedge in good condition. No initials. Price is $200 shipped. Buy both wedges for $380 shipped.

(2) Titleist Vokey Proto Wedge 60T with a KBS Tour 130X shaft and Golf Pride Tour Velvet. Standard length, lie, and loft. Raw wedge in good condition. No initials. Price is $200 shipped. Buy both wedges for $380 shipped.

To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link. If you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum, you can learn more here: GolfWRX BST Rules.

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Whats in the Bag

Ryan Palmer WITB 2026 (June)

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Driver: Callaway Quantum Triple Diamond (9 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Blue RDX 60 TX

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS T1100 70 6.5

5-wood: TaylorMade SIM2 Max (18 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX 80 TX

Irons: Srixon ZXiU (23 degrees), Srixon Z785 MB (5-PW)
Shafts: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX 100 6.5 (4), KBS Tour 130 X

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 (50-08F, 54-10S, 58-04T @59)
Shafts: KBS Tour 130 X

Putter: Odyssey Dual Force Rossie II

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Check out more in-hand photos of Ryan Palmer’s clubs here.

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Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

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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. 

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