Equipment

AVL: My updated WITB for June

Published

3 days ago

Jun 8, 2026

The season has progressed since I came out of winter and wrote my last WITB. My last iteration drew on ideas from winter tinkering and brought them into the course. With results less than desired and more learning. I reverted to some things I had in the bag from the last few years, and after a recent club fitting at Titleist TPI, a few things have changed!

For the first time, I am playing all one brand in my bag. That stems from playing Titleist wedges and a Scotty Cameron putter for years. But the latest additions are the Titleist GTS 4 driver, GTS 3-wood, and GTS 7-wood. Adding an additional option of a 2-iron, depending on the course setup as well.

I also have switched to Titleist T100 irons from 4-iron to pitching wedge, and learned the previous set was a little more over length than I needed. So, back to standard-length irons for me. The irons provided up to 7 yards of coverage when not struck in the sweet spot, which was important to me. For the putter, as a predominant Futura 6M user since 2018, I gravitated toward the Phantom 5, which offered a similar look but with fewer lines and weights. I just wanted to simplify while keeping the putter’s foundation the same. The putter sits square as well.

This stems from learning in my fitting that I was matching all of the peak heights of 100-110 feet. Driver through wedges. My woods have the new Fujikura Ventus Black TR with Velocore +. I have found more stability with this model. I don’t have the driver tipped like the previous version of the TR I played. It is a stout lineup of shafts that fits my swing. Now I am learning I can really give it a full swing instead of the guided cut shot swing I play from time to time, which isn’t ideal. Full confidence to swing it!

Driver: Titleist GTS4 (8.75 degrees, D4 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black TR Velocore+ 7 X

3-wood: Titleist GTS3 (16.5 degrees, B4 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black TR Velocore+ 8 X

7-wood: Titleist GTS3 (21 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black TR Velocore+ 8 X

2-iron: Titleist U505 (18 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black TR Velocore+ 10 X

Irons: Titleist T100 (4-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold X-100 (4-PW)

Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM11 (50-12F)
Shaft: True Temper X-100

Titleist Vokey SM11 (56 bent 55-12D)

Titleist Vokey SM11 (60-8M)

Shafts: True Temper S400 (55 & 60)

Putter: Scotty Cameron Phantom 5

Grip: SuperStroke 2.0 Pistol

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Midsize

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Left Dash

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

Published

10 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

10 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

10 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.”