Equipment

Lead Tape Report: Plenty of lead at The Players

Published

3 months ago

Mar 12, 2026

The Players Championship is underway, and with the championship season now here, players are catching their stride and fine-tuning their tools. Here are some that caught my eye this week.

Wyndham Clark

Wyndham Clark arrives at the Players Championship this week with a new putter in the bag. This one is a little different in terms of where he procured this putter: At his home club of Whisper Rock in Scottsdale, Arizona, something caught Clark’s eye in the pro shop. That was a Bettinardi Antidote SB1, a center-shaft, style-blade model. With the T-line alignment aid and a nice, wide strip of lead tape added to the bottom of the putter. Wyndham is ready to get the ball in the hole.

In another move rarely seen on tour (and more commonly visible in a Friday skins game), Clark has elected to leave the price tag sticker on as well. Without a full-bag club contract, this is the flexibility you see with equipment among the world’s best.

Sungjae Im

SungJae Im is back for the second event of his 2026 season, after starting his campaign off last week at Bay Hill. Im had been sidelined to start the year with a wrist injury. While rehabbing in Korea, Sungjae was testing new irons and found some information. He moved on from his Titleist T100 set into the T150’s. The new T-150’s in his bag were bent one degree weak for more launch, a little more ball speed and an added peak height in his long irons. Very important as course conditions firm up in the championship season. But the thing that really has my attention here is the custom Titleist lead tape logo.

Rickie Fowler

Rickie is sporting a brand new citrus-themed Cobra bag for the Players Championship, but what has my attention here is the irons. Fowler plays the 3DP-RF Prototype irons, and on his 7-,8-, 9-irons, he has lead tape. The tape is balanced in appearance and in weight, just on either side of the Cobra logo. The logo is being showcased and taped for the proper weighting performance. I also cannot help but notice that his mini driver has the silver stuff.

Maverick McNealy

Maverick McNealy joins this week’s report as well, seen here with some tape on his TaylorMade P7CB irons and TaylorMade wedges. A really nice game-used look here! McNealy has made 3 of 5 cuts at the Players; his best finish is T9 in 2024. Our Greg Moore and Alistair Cameron learned he has just switched back to a Toulon putter he won with at the RSM Classic in November 2024.

Akshay Bhatia

Akshay, who rolled into TPC Sawgrass with the oversized winner’s check in the back of the car, is in championship form. This is his third playing of The Players Championship, with a missed cut in 2024 and a tie for third place last year. What caught my eye is Akshay’s use of lead tape on his Rogue driver and wedges. Bumping up the swing weight on the scoring clubs is a common reason for lead tape addition. Bhatia seems to be favoring a little more head weight on the feel shots around the green and more weight on the driver for a full rip off the tee.

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

Published

18 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

18 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

18 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.”