Equipment

Using a 300 Mini Driver as your only fairway wood – GolfWRXers discuss

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4 years ago

Feb 4, 2022

In our forums, our members have been discussing using TaylorMade’s 300 Mini Driver in place of any fairway woods. WRXer ‘Dufner’s Waggle’ is considering implementing the strategy and says in part:

“My whole bag is now built around giving me strong options off the tee to get it in play, but based on a very limited sample size, the mini is a par 5 killer off the deck too! I’ll hit whatever club is in that 2nd spot in my bag a max of about 5 times per round off the tee, so why not go for something with a larger head, twist face, great ball speed, etc.?”

And our members have been sharing their thoughts on the idea in our forum.

Related: Deeper faced fairway woods to use 70% off the tee and 30% off the deck – GolfWRXers discuss

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.

uglande: “Agree with all of the above. I am considering the mini as my only fairway one, but I need to do some testing with my new irons and also with some of the utilities that are on the market. I’m also intrigued by the UW. So, more to come, but I could definitely bypass fairway woods. The mini is fantastic, and it’s really interesting that you say that you hit a cut when you hit it off the deck. That’s my experience as well. Off the tee it wants to go a little bit left, and off the turf it wants to go a little bit right. But a very stable and powerful club overall that is a lot more versatile than people think. I have abandoned the idea of a two iron, in part because I can just hit low stingers with the mini and accomplishes the same goal.”
Poor Mans Ty Webb: “Sorry if this isn’t helpful/relevant, but I cut down an old 320 Ti to 43.5” (10.5*) and play that in a 7 club bag. I get 230-250 off the tee with plenty of control and have very little trouble getting it up off the deck. It doesn’t fly very high, and it wants to go right in the worst way, but I can comfortably carry 190 with it off the deck, and it has a chance to roll out well past 220 with the trajectory. I know it’s not the same, but the philosophy is still there. I did it intentionally so I wouldn’t need to carry two clubs at the top of the bag because I typically only use 3w on Par 5s. And for the hell of it. Because we don’t know what we’re made of until we do stupid things. So yeah, I’d say it’s possible with a newer, more forgiving club for sure.”
kthomas: “Interesting this has come up. I’ve been thinking that the higher lofted 300 mini driver would make a perfect driver/3W replacement for those with minimalist setups. If I was to incorporate it, it would get me from 10 clubs down to 9.”

Entire Thread: “Using a 300 Mini Driver as your only fairway wood – GolfWRXers discuss“

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

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20 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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20 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

20 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.”