Equipment

The interesting story behind Jordan Spieth’s custom Vokey SM10 lob wedge

Published

1 year ago

May 2, 2025

Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from a piece our Andrew Tursky filed for PGATour.com’s Equipment Report. In the piece, Tursky speaks with Vokey Wedge Rep Aaron Dill about Jordan Spieth’s unique lob wedge. Read the full article here.

As the story goes, one day, when Spieth was doing swing work with his coach Cameron McCormick, an old, rusty wedge sitting in the corner of the room caught his eye. Naturally, as golfers do, Spieth put the wedge in his hands and pretended to approach a chip shot with it, and the nostalgia ran through his veins.

“Oh my gosh, this is such a nostalgic connection for me,” Spieth said about the rusty wedge, according to Dill.

Funny enough, the wedge was actually a Vokey SM7 prototype wedge that Spieth used to play with on the PGA Tour. Soon after he picked up the rusted wedge, Dill received a call from Spieth, who requested a new version of the wedge.

Dill, who listens intently to PGA Tour players’ feedback on wedges and who works every week to deliver exactly what his players need, started asking Spieth questions to ensure he was able to make exactly what Spieth wanted.

“What is it about the wedge that you love?” Dill asked Spieth.

“It’s basically just the profile,” Spieth said. “[The heel section] looks a little pinched… I love that. I feel like when it’s a little bit smaller, I strike it a little better. I pay a little more attention. I’m more connected to it visually.”

So, Dill dug up a backup version of the wedge from his inventory stash on the Tour truck, and he also tracked down some old drawings of the wedge. Since that particular wedge is no longer in production, Dill sought to combine Spieth’s preferred profile shape with the modern Vokey SM10 technology.

Then, Dill got to work doing what he does best: hit the wedge grinding wheel, and match the shape of what PGA Tour players want to see.

The result? Well, Spieth is still using that same wedge that Dill concocted today.

“For somebody like Jordan, who lives in this kind of cool world of nostalgia, he picked this up and goes, ‘Oh my gosh, this is something I’ve been missing,’” Dill explained. And that’s the wedge we make for him today.

Read the full piece on PGATour.com.

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

Published

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)

Published

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.”