Equipment

Exotics claims “material advantage” with EX10, EX10 Beta fairway woods

Published

9 years ago

Feb 13, 2017

Tour Edge Exotics says it has a “material advantage” with its new EX10 and EX10 Beta fairways woods, each of which use a new face construction to improve the performance of the clubs.

Each EX10 fairway wood ($249.99 each) uses a Japanese high-density HT 980 steel cup face, which is brazed to a heavier “hyper steel” body. The use of the Japanese steel club faces paved the way for Exotics to create its thinnest fairway wood club faces in history, which the company says will lead to more ball speed and distance for golfers. The club faces also have variable face thickness (VFT), a design that positions different face thicknesses on different areas of the club face to help mishits fly more like center strikes.

Photo courtesy of Tour Edge Exotics.

EX 10 Lofts: 13, 15, 16.5, 18 and 21 degrees

Compared to previous models, the EX10 fairway woods have a center of gravity that’s lower and deeper. That’s thanks, in part, to a new tapered club head shape, which not only improves the aerodynamics of the club heads but reduces their weight as well. Its impact can be seen in the way of a 9-gram weight that’s located on the back of the fairway wood soles to improve forgiveness.

Tinkerers will enjoy the next bit; the 9-gram weight is removable. Golfers can purchase custom weights (6, 11 and 14 grams) from Exotics individually or as a set to help them achieve ideal weighting.

Photo courtesy of Tour Edge Exotics.

The company’s trademark “SlipStream Sole” — the metal waves on the soles of the fairway woods — have also been tweaked from previous designs. They are now longer and shallower, which Exotics says improves turf interaction.

Exotics is also releasing a line of EX10 Beta fairway woods ($299.99), which have more traditional pear-shaped club heads. They use 910 beta titanium cup faces, which is unusual because most fairway woods manufacturers exclusively use steel club faces.

Titanium club faces have been a hallmark of Exotics fairway woods throughout the years — particularly in its better-player models — and the company believes their use in the EX10 Beta is its best yet. They’re paired with a new “inner-cup face slot” that makes the club faces more flexible at impact, and they’re all combo-brazed to 450 stainless steel bodies, a pairing of materials that the company says improves distance, feel and control.

Like the EX10, the EX10 Beta has an adjustable 9-gram weight that can be swapped out for 6, 11 or 14-gram models. Both fairway woods are available with a bevy of shaft options; Aldila’s Rogue Max, Graphite Design’s Tour AD-50 and Mitsubishi Rayon’s Bassara E-Series are the stock options.

Visit Tour Edge Exotics’ website to see premium no-uncharge shaft options and learn more about the clubs.

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

Published

14 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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14 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

14 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.”