Equipment
WRX Spotted: TaylorMade Milled Grind 2 wedges
3M is all about innovation, and this week at the 3M Open, there’s another company showcasing a new innovation. Behold: TaylorMade Milled Grind 2 wedges.
We don’t have an official comment yet from TaylorMade, but based off of the pictures we have so far, we can draw a couple of conclusions about these new wedges (hopefully) coming soon to retail
- There appears to be some type polymer-filled cavity in the back of the wedge. It’s not a big cavity, and we’re not quite sure what its purpose might be, but it could be for a couple reasons: To remove mass, and direct the center of gravity, and/or to improve on the feel (and acoustics)
- Speaking to CG: There seems to be a shifting pad along the back of the wedges with increased thickness in certain areas. Again, this could be to change the feel and move the CG depending on the loft. Doing this can increase spin and trajectory control, which is something everybody wants.
- New face: Heres the give away that this wedge is very close to coming to retail: full-blown finished retail marketing material on the clubs. Anytime a club (any club) shows up with marketing material on the face, means that is has gone through a lot of different people and steps to get there. OEMs don’t put that kind of time into a face sticker without the product being close to hitting shelves.
Speaking to that sticker, TaylorMade is introducing raw-faced wedges. As it has been proven many times, a raw face won’t actually increase spin, but it will reduce glare…and also create a look preferred by many players. Taking a page from the old Nike playbook (remember the coated Engage wedges?), these stickers will keep the faces from rusting on shelves before they go into players’ bags.
The Milled Grind wedges have been a big winner for TaylorMade along with the Hi-Toe wedges, and if this is a sign that raw wedges are coming, then TM is going to have another winner on its hands…and in bags of tour pros and regular golfers alike.
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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Gary Thompson
Jul 4, 2019 at 9:02 am
RB…You wouldn’t have issue with leaving the sticker on the face would you? Its not like stickers left on clubs are a pet peeve of yours right? Hahaha…
Clay
Jul 3, 2019 at 7:18 pm
The look down looks good. The rest? Too much “stuff”! Time will tell, good luck!
Jim
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:04 pm
The face reminds me of some of really old clubs with the odd face pattern when you look down at it. I really like the current model so hopefully these will be as good. But that face isn’t the best looking.
dat
Jul 3, 2019 at 9:01 am
pass. Make one without a raw face for the mass market, as most people will complain about it after two months when they didn’t clean the face to begin with. Their loss, but the customer will blame TM.
Travis
Jul 26, 2019 at 9:15 pm
The customer won’t complain. Plenty of OEM’s have raw wedges now. It’s becoming more normal and there’s a giant sticker telling you what’s going to happen to the face.
Jarnio Bubly
Jul 3, 2019 at 8:20 am
It looks kind of Hi Toeish already which is nice.
JP
Jul 2, 2019 at 10:53 pm
Just release the hi-toe with the flat leading edge and no gooseneck looking hosel. The one DJ carries. Give me that and I’m a buyer!
Brandon
Jul 2, 2019 at 10:49 pm
That is up there with the ugliest wedges of all time, even though the face is kind of cool looking.