Equipment

TaylorMade launches “10 Years of Tradition” campaign

Published

13 years ago

Mar 21, 2013

Can you believe that it’s been 10 years since TaylorMade started creating special logos and merchandise for each of the four majors?

To celebrate the 10-year anniversary, TaylorMade is launching a season-long “10 Years of Tradition” campaign, starting with the season’s first major, the Masters.

Instead of making special edition hats, TaylorMade has created special hat pins that will be worn by its tour staff, as well as the usual bags, headcover and logos commemorating each major.

This year’s logo features a golden bear, an obvious homage to Jack Nicklaus, and features six magnolias around its neck to symbolize Nicklaus’ six wins at Agusuta. Besides the homages to Nicklaus, TaylorMade also pays tribute to:

The image of the bear is a tribute to the player who’s won the most green jackets, six.
The six magnolias adorning the wreath around the bear’s neck symbolize each of his six victories at Augusta, in 1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975 and 1986.
The course is built on the former site of a nursery, thus each hole is named for a tree or shrub. The wreath’s holly leaves refer to the 1988 champion, who reached No. 18 (named Holly) on Sunday tied for the lead, and hit his approach to six feet from a fairway bunker and holed the birdie putt to win by a stroke.
The wreath’s maple leaves are a nod to the 2003 champion, the first and only winner to hail from Canada.
The bear’s pose, including the open mouth and curve of the tongue, is evocative of the image of the “Rampant Lion” on the Royal Flag of Scotland, and is a reference to the 1988 champion’s Scottish heritage.
The letters MMXIII (below the wreath) are the Roman numerals for 2013.

A full gallery of this year’s memorabilia can be seen below:

While these items will not be available for purchase, TaylorMade is giving fans an opportunity to get involeved in celebrating its 10 years. On the Monday before each major, fans will be able to vote for their favorite logo of each tournament of the past 10 years.

At the end of the PGA Championship, the winning logo from each of the majors will compete against each other in order to be called the most popular logo. You can get a head start on picking your favorite logo from The Masters by checking out the gallery below.

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

Published

17 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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17 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

17 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.”