Equipment

Why Paul Peterson is playing 2015 Nike Vapor Pro irons

Published

1 year ago

Feb 28, 2025

GolfWRX caught up with pro Paul Peterson ahead of the Cognizant Classic. Peterson, who played collegiate golf at Oregon State University prior to turning professional in 2012, had some very interesting irons in the bag.

See for yourself.

That’s right, 2015 Nike Vapor Pro irons/

The 2017 D+D Real Czech Masters winner discussed why he’s recently returned to the clubs — and is playing the best golf of his career.

Check out a portion of his conversation with Andrew Tursky below. Then, be sure to watch the full interview in this week’s edition of Inside the Ropes.

Tursky asked Peterson why the 10-year-old irons made a return to the golfer’s bag.

“They are slightly lower in spin than my previous set of irons, but the contact was so much better. That’s what we want. That’s what we feed ourselves off of. It’s…good contact, good contact. We can fix curve…fix that stuff. If it’s not hitting in the right spot in face, then there’s your first problem. And my tendency was thin. And I feel like with most guys’ speed going up, I haven’t quite picked up that speed increase. So you’re seeing a lot more camber on the bottom of the soles. Mike Taylor and those guys designed those soles to be a little closer — from the contact point on the face to where that sole starts is very small — and helps me get into the turf a little bit better and get that strike point in the right part of the face. So all of it kind of came off of some frustration of not hitting my numbers with my irons.

“I picked up a set that my wife actually brought to an event in England because my clubs were stuck in Ireland. So had to make me up a backup set from the clubs that I won with in Europe in 2016. And those irons were part of that backup set. And I had to play them on Thursday and hit my irons better with those irons than I did Friday when my gamer set came. And then I was just kind of getting a little bit frustrated last year through the beginning part of the year. I mixed in a different golf ball and so that was just exacerbating the spin and the carry numbers being all over the map.

“So I went home, grabbed those clubs again out of the garage and just took a 6-iron and knocked down the flag for 45 minutes. So I ended up reaching out to Mike [Taylor] and those guys at Nike and was just like, ‘Hey, do you guys happen to have any more sets of these Vapors?’ They said, ‘Yeah, we have two sets, because Artisan took over all that.’ I was like, ‘Can I come?’ So I took fourth in Oklahoma last year [Compliance Solutions Championship on the Korn Ferry Tour]. Drove down to Dallas, tested equipment at the Oven after playing well, and I was just like, I cannot sacrifice this contact. So I put them in in Chicago [Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS]. Divot pattern…I mean hadn’t been hitting divots for like three months…My rep comes up and kind of looks at the two divot patterns and is kind of like, ‘Yeah I think these irons are toast. And I put them in…’

“They made me more money than at any point in my career from Chicago to now. So…they’re staying in.”

We can’t argue with that logic.

Check out more from Paul, as well other great content, in this week’s episode of Inside the Ropes, below.

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

Published

15 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

15 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

15 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.”