Equipment

Upgrades in silver: Lead Tape Report – Texas Children’s Houston Open

Published

3 months ago

Mar 27, 2026

I was on-site this week at the Texas Children’s Houston Open at Memorial Park. It was up close and personal with the world’s best. Beautiful weather and premium course conditions are shaping up for a great event in Houston.

Let’s take a look at this week’s Lead Tape Report.

Odyssey Ai-Dual Jailbird Mini DB

We have seen the release of the Ai-Dual series from Odyssey this year. With a new color scheme of black and white, this one kept it to color only. An all-white Jailbird Mini was spotted on the putting green for testing. The icing on the cake was a strip of lead tape on the bottom to get it in this week’s report. This was the only putter like it in the Odyssey staff bag on the practice green. Cannot confirm that the putter made it to the course this week, but it is absolutely knocking on the door with the all-white finish.

Sudarshun Yellamuraju

With the big debut of the new Titleist GTS driver this week, plenty of testing was underway to see if it would be in the bag by Thursday. The Titleist team was making sure each new driver for testing was completely to spec of the player’s previous driver. Make no exception here. Sudarshun Yellamuraju’s GTS 2 driver was matched to his GT2 driver, and that included lead tape as well. A little twist here: the new driver has the Titleist lead tape logo. Coming off his T5 at The Players Championship, he is back in action and will be a fun follow this week in Houston.

Trey Mullinax

Trey Mullinax with his Scotty Cameron Newport blade. This putter has been in the bag for a bit. Clean stamping on the back of the putter with a nice, wider strip of tape on the sole of the putter to add a little more headweight. The crimson paint fill is a nice touch for the Alabama Crimson Tide alum. In the current world of mallet putters, there is always room for blades. What I like here is the wide tape that looks like it was meant for the putter. With Trey and his ability to drive the ball, he’ll be hitting shorter clubs into the greens at Memorial Park for plenty of birdie opportunities. He is this week’s tournament via a sponsor’s exemption.

Emiliano Grillo

Looking into Emiliano Grillo’s bag, something certainly caught my eye. With an array of generations of wedges over the years from Callaway, both of his 60-degree wedges have the silver stuff on them. Two different bounce options show he makes a decision for the course conditions for which wedge to play. With how the tape is positioned on the back of the club. It can help with a driving ball flight when they are in hand.

Titleist Logo Lead Tape

Traditionally, when it comes to tour club building, lead tape on a club blocking the brand logo is taboo to a club builder. I completely understand, but the tape also adds character and provides instant feedback on the players’ feelings and the club’s performance. Titleist decided to get its own tape made with the company logo on it to assist with any questions of what brand of club could be hiding under the tape. The wider one-inch style tape is versatile for any use!

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

Published

19 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

19 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

19 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.”