Equipment

2021 Srixon Z-Star golf balls

Published

5 years ago

Feb 1, 2021

More feel, greater green side spin, and improved stability in the wind are what you are going to get with the all-new 2021 Srixon Z-Star series of golf balls, according to the company.

Making a golf ball is like making a cake, with each layer playing an important role in the final taste experience—or in a golf ball’s case—performance. Although I certainly don’t advise you to test golf balls by eating them, the layers are what make or break the performance. With the seventh generation Srixon Z-Star golf balls, including the Z-Star and Z-Star XV, the designers have re-engineered each part of the ball to deliver performance from tee to green.

“The Z-STAR XV is played by some of the longest hitters on professional Tours around the world, and this new generation features a reformulated inner core to add even more distance. The new Z-STAR produces the highest green-side spin of any ball in our line-up, thanks to its super soft urethane cover and Spin Skin coating.”
– Jeff Brunski, VP of Research and Development.

2021 Srixon Z-Star golf ball: The technology

The biggest change to the new Z-Star is in the cover thickness, which is now thicker than the previous ball but still sits at a remarkably thin .6 millimeters. This thicker cover wraps more soft urethane around the core and mantle of the ball to improve greenside spin (produced from a glancing clubface) and make the ball feel softer.

Generally, softer means sacrificing something in the distance and ball speed department, but when combined with Srixon’s “Fast Layer” core, the ball doesn’t give up any long game performance.

With the Z-Star XV, it’s the core that has gone through the biggest change by becoming firmer and faster to increase distance. By utilizing this new core with the advanced Spin Skin technology with SeRM* that helps increase ball and clubface friction, golfers get more spin around the green combined with better distance.

*SeRM stands for Slide-Ring Material which is a urethane compound that increases the sheer strength of the cover material allowing it to be made softer without reducing durability and allows the cover to create greater friction to increase control and spin.

“Never before has Srixon combined so many technologies in one golf ball, to produce more friction for more spin around the green” – Jeff Brunski

The final piece of the performance puzzle is the dimple pattern. The 338 dimple pattern of both the Srixon Z-Star and Z-Star XV has been optimized to increase lift (the ability for the ball to stay in the air longer) hile also being less affected by the wind for a more stable flight.

Price and availability

The new 2021 Srixon Z-Star and Z-Star XV golf balls will be available for pre-sale starting February 15 and in golf shops starting February 26.

Both the Z-Star and XV models will be priced at $42.99 and be available in white and tour yellow.

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

Published

12 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)

Published

12 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

12 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.”