Equipment

Toulon Golf unveils latest Small Batch putter – the Pinehurst

Published

2 years ago

Jun 13, 2024

Toulon Golf has today officially announced their latest Small Batch putter — Pinehurst.

Toulon’s mission in the creation of its latest Small Batch design was to pay tribute to one of the greatest golf tournaments ever contested — the 1999 United States Open at Pinehurst’s famed No. 2.

The ’99 champion, Payne Stewart, used a variety of putters throughout his career, but he is best known for using a center shafted blade, and it was the model used to win at Pinehurst.

Paying tribute to this style of putter, but also pulling inspiration from several of the putters he used over the years, Toulon created Small Batch Pinehurst.

This putter had to be purpose built to be a center shafted putter, meaning Toulon could not simply take a design that would work well with a plumber’s neck.

The key to this design was the topline — specifically its shape, its width and the shape and blend of the hosel as it meets the topline. Toulon landed the hosel slightly rearward on the top line to give the golfer an unobstructed view of the full leading edge and to make it simple to align. The goal of this part of the design was to keep it simple, clean and uninterrupted.

Toulon also took that philosophy when creating the back shoulders and cavity. The back design was inspired by another putter the ’99 champion had occasionally used — though the company changed it quite dramatically. Massive amounts of weight from the center were moved to the toe and heel in design to make it more forgiving, but Toulon also slightly increased both the blade length and the blade width for added forgiveness.

In addition, time was spent shaping the shoulders into a slightly concave shape from the top into the back of the sole. Manufacturers then added Toulon’s slow-machined milled micro grooves to complete the package.

As part of the finish, the Toulon back cavity logo is in a simple and clean new art deco inspired font, paint filled in White against the Midnight Blue finish.

Inspired by Stewart’s love of tartan, Toulon then took the opportunity to create its own tartan and mill it slowly into the sole of the putter. To fully honor his love of color the company painted a small area of the tartan in a Creamy Yellow, Vintage Blue and Vintage Orange.

Toulon Golf Small Batch Pinehurst specs

Material: 904L Stainless Steel
Face Mill: Fine Double Fly Cut with Small Tuna Overmill
Finish: Midnight Blue PVD
Grip: Custom Toulon Collection Dark Blue Pistol
Shaft: Chrome Stepless Steel
Headcover: Small Batch Leather
Head Weight: 355 g
Toe Hang: C/S
Loft: 3 degrees
Lie: 70 degrees

Pricing and availability

The Small Batch Pinehurst is available for purchase today via the company’s website — ToulonGolf.com.

Supply is extremely limited. The price is $1,800.

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

Published

17 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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17 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

17 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.”