Equipment

Slabs of silver in the Lone Star State: Lead Tape Report, Valero Texas Open

Published

2 months ago

Apr 2, 2026

Camilo Villegas

Camilo Villegas tees it up this week in the Valero Texas Open, and we are pleased to see his bag qualifies for him in this week’s Lead Tape Report. Villegas is seen here with Srixon ZX7 irons with the back cavity covered in tape. Along with that, he has his TaylorMade Qi35 16.5 HL fairway metal with some tape near the toe. His Titleist GT3 driver also has lead tape on the toe, rounding out a very nice custom club array. We will see lead tape on the toe for ball flight, favoring right-to-left, or if the player hits draws, it can straighten it out ever so slightly.

Neal Shipley

Neal Shipley has his set of Ping clubs and a couple of putters out to try. His patina’d Anser PLD putter and another PLD to compare and contrast. This Ping PLD is a variation of the Anser 4D putter, but it has a new insert compared to the stock offering. With that, some tour grade one-inch wide lead tape on the bottom of the putter for good measure. This will be Shipley’s debut appearance at the Valero Texas Open, some recent missed cuts. This will be a great week to get back on track for the 2026 season.

Jordan Smith

Coming off a third-place finish at the Valspar Championship and tied for 44th at the Texas Children’s Open, Jordan Smith makes his debut at the Valero Texas Open. He also makes his debut in the Lead Tape Report with his Titleist T100 long iron. With the notable winds that can blow at the Valero, this club can come into play this week for keeping it below the elements. Jordan has made 6 of 8 cuts this season on tour and is looking for another podium finish at TPC San Antonio.

Kevin Roy

Kevin Roy has a bag spanning a few different brands. Clubs seen from Titleist, TaylorMade, Odyssey but the one with the lead tape is the Vokey 58 degree L Grind. This wedge is now available through the Vokey Wedge Works. This L Grind has four degrees of bounce with heel and toe relief. With the L Grind, Kevin can play open-faced shots if he happens to miss a green with the club, keeping the leading edge low to the ground. This will be his third time playing in the Valero Texas Open, finishing 40th in 2025.

Kensei Hirata

Kensei Hirata enters the Lead Tape Report for the first time, and with that, the Mizuno T22 wedges caught my eye. These look to be in the bag for a bit of tournament play as the lead tape is still on the club but close to worn off. A true battle-tested look. We will see tour players commonly switch out their lob wedges the most, while their pitching wedge and gap wedges can last in the bag a bit longer. That’s with more full-shot usage. Players do not want to see their wedges spinning off the green all the time with full shots, and they want a more consistent check and stop on less-than-full wedge shots. This is Kensei’s first time at TPC San Antonio. In 8 events this season, he has made 4 cuts, including one top 25 at the Sony Open in Hawaii.

Equipment

From the GolfWRX Classifieds: Titleist Vokey Proto Wedges 54M, 60T

Published

55 mins ago

Jun 11, 2026

Will Schube

At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals who all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.

It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.

Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, @Putt4Dough is selling some prototype wedges from Vokey Wedgeworks. These include a 54 degree wedge with the M grind and a 60 degree wedge with a T grind.

From the listing:

(1) Titleist Vokey Proto Wedge 54M with a Tour Issue DGS400 shaft and Golf Pride Tour Velvet (logo down). Standard length, lie, and loft. BB&F ferrule. Raw wedge in good condition. No initials. Price is $200 shipped. Buy both wedges for $380 shipped.

(2) Titleist Vokey Proto Wedge 60T with a KBS Tour 130X shaft and Golf Pride Tour Velvet. Standard length, lie, and loft. Raw wedge in good condition. No initials. Price is $200 shipped. Buy both wedges for $380 shipped.

To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link. If you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum, you can learn more here: GolfWRX BST Rules.

Whats in the Bag

Ryan Palmer WITB 2026 (June)

Published

57 mins ago

Jun 11, 2026

Will Schube

Driver: Callaway Quantum Triple Diamond (9 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Blue RDX 60 TX

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS T1100 70 6.5

5-wood: TaylorMade SIM2 Max (18 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX 80 TX

Irons: Srixon ZXiU (23 degrees), Srixon Z785 MB (5-PW)
Shafts: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX 100 6.5 (4), KBS Tour 130 X

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 (50-08F, 54-10S, 58-04T @59)
Shafts: KBS Tour 130 X

Putter: Odyssey Dual Force Rossie II

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Check out more in-hand photos of Ryan Palmer’s clubs here.

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

Published

22 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.