Equipment

Spotted: Limited-edition bags and accessories from the 2025 U.S. Open

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12 months ago

Jun 11, 2025

With the third major of the year upon us, it’s time to take a look at some limited-edition U.S. Open gear! With the city of Pittsburgh, the United States of America (it is our national open, after all), and famed Oakmont providing inspiration, the designers had plenty to work with.

Let’s get to the gear.

Scotty Cameron

Every major has its own cover from Scotty, and this year we get a very cool eagle that looks like it flew right off the Great Seal of the United States. At first, I thought the cover was a little basic with its red base and eagle, but there is a lot of detail in that embroidery of the majestic bird.

TaylorMade

A combination of stars, stripes, and retro logos is on deck for TaylorMade players at the U.S. Open this year. A bright silver bag should be easy to spot out on the course, and I love the retro logos that cover it. Not only do we see the old school TaylorMade logo, but we can see the logos from “Pittsburg Persimmon” and “Original One” on the straps and pockets. Breaking up the silver is a lot of red stripes and stars over navy blue!

Bettinardi

These covers have a little more of a modern interpretation of patriotism to them, in my opinion. A white base features red and blue angles all over. White stars are then intertwined in the design, and they are finished off with Bettinardi’s Hex T logo that is used on most of its products out on tour.

L.A.B. Golf

The L.A.B. Rat is back, but this time he brought a friend with him! A squirrel seems to be holding a golf ball, like he usually does in Oakmont championship logos, and helping the Rat with his Aim Point green reading. Of course, L.A.B. added some church pews to the cover as they are one of the most famous parts of the golf course.

Callaway + Odyssey

So many little details that pay tribute to Oakmont Country Club in Callaway’s design. The headcovers feature the green clubhouse with its steep roof and vertical wood panels. You can easily pick out the church pews on the side of the dark green and brown staff bag, as well as on the Odyssey putter covers. They even went with Oakmont’s mission statement on the bottom of the front pocket.

Cobra

Cobra’s U.S. Open offerings are centered around the Steel City, including what looks to be the Roberto Clemente bridge on the bag and riveting around the exterior of the headcover. Very cool!

Check out the rest of our photos from the 2025 U.S. Open

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

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12 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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12 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

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12 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.”