Equipment

What club affects your score more? – GolfWRXers discuss

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11 months ago

Jul 23, 2025

In our forums, our members have been discussing the club that affects their score the most. WRXer ‘jjfcpa’ kicks off the thread outlining how he’d like people to get involved in answering this question, writing:

“Before you answer this question, I want to suggest a way to determine which one would affect your score the most.

In my game, the wedge is the most significant club in my bag.

I could easily swap my driver with another brand that is spec’d the same and it probably wouldn’t affect my game at all. I could easily make up for any distance loss by simply using a wood or iron to make up for the affects of the driver switch.

While the putter is a club that I depend on to save me shots, having changed it more than any other club in my bag, my putting stats really haven’t changed much. I’m normally 1.7 to 1.8 putts per hole for a round of golf.

My distances with woods and irons do not vary much when I swap these out. I have 3 sets of irons and 2 sets of woods and I can interchange these with little to no affect.

So in my case, my wedges are critical to my game. I’ve changed them to 3 or 4 different brands and I see more affect on my game than changing any other club.

I don’t use set wedges because I wanted to be able to change irons without affecting my wedge performance. Currently, I’m using the Ping S159 wedges and they are excellent”

And our members have been sharing their insights in our forum.

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.

stratgolf: “Driver and it’s not close.”
philly2kuk: “I know from experience it’s putting for me. If I’m having a bad round with the putter I don’t play well, as I subconsciously try to get the ball nearer the hole to avoid the issue. After the putter it’s probably tee shots, as a loose drive can put you OB on 10 of the 18 holes at my home course.”
phizzy30: “This is a no brainer. I lose the most strokes with driver. I’ve always struggled off the tee ever since I was a kid. My current driver setup is probably the most optimized for my swing as it’s fade biased to the max with max ball speed and acceptable dispersion. I’d like to consider myself decent with irons and so so short game. Putting is by far the best part of my game.”

Entire Thread: “What club affects your score more? – GolfWRXers discuss”

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

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14 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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14 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

14 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.”