Equipment

Details on Justin Thomas’ custom Scotty Cameron putter

Published

1 year ago

May 15, 2025

Editor’s note: This is an excerpt of a story our Andrew Tursky filed for PGATour.com’s Equipment Report. Head over there for additional details, including why Thomas is returning to a nostalgic grip design this week.

…In recent years, Thomas had been testing various Scotty Cameron prototype putters, from both the mallet and blade categories. This year, however, Thomas has settled into and stayed with a Scotty Cameron T5.5 prototype mallet putter – a familiar head shape for him, but with a key change to the hosel configuration that’s helped put his hands in a better position at address, boosting his comfort on the greens.

Recently, GolfWRX.com caught up with Scotty Cameron Tour rep and putter builder Drew Page, who works closely with Thomas on a weekly basis out on the PGA TOUR.

“So right around the time he was talking with Xander was when he was relaying some feels to Paul Vizanko (Director of player fitting and development at Scotty Cameron), Brad (Cloke, Scotty Cameron Tour rep) and myself, trying to get the right shaft axis for him,” Page told GolfWRX.com at the 2025 Zurich Classic in New Orleans.

“That was one of the important things that we did with him… it actually has a single bend shaft, but a low single bend…it just got his hands to a point, and his eyes to a point that he became most comfortable with, where his lines were clean, and the putter sat square for him perfectly. The mix of that, and having his hands in the right position, just all got him into the most comfortable setup position, and then from there he was in a position of greatness, essentially.”

According to Page, this newfound comfort with the low, single-bend shaft has helped awaken Thomas’ inner athlete.

“This year (his stroke is) much more free, kind of back to when he first got out on Tour,” Page told GolfWRX.com. “And he spoke on that a little bit [at the RBC Heritage] when he talked about his talks with Xander, about going back to his processes in 2017 and 2018 when he kind of had his best years putting.

…In a YouTube video on the official Scotty Cameron channel, Thomas spoke about the new putter with Vizanko, who was instrumental in designing it. Thomas touched on the importance of the sound the new prototype putter makes, and the importance of hosel fitting.

“I mean, the look of the head is obviously something I’m familiar with, and it was like when I first told you, there was something about different necks that I would stroke differently, for some reason, and I didn’t know why,” Thomas said to Vizanko. “And you said it, a lot of it had to do with hand position at setup, which is something I don’t need to know, but it’s something where they get where they need to be, without thinking of it. The sound of it’s the same, which is always, always important to me, as you know. It’s amazing the difference that that has made.”

Read the full piece here.

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

Published

9 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

9 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

9 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.”