Equipment

Never bagging a hybrid? – GolfWRXers discuss

Published

4 years ago

Jun 16, 2022

In our forums, our members have been talking about hybrid-less setups. WRXer ‘A.Princey’ has never found a hybrid that he would put in the bag, kicking off the thread saying:

“Just curious here is all, but how many folks have never truly played a hybrid on the course? I’ve hit plenty of large irons in the past, but long irons/woods in general aren’t an area of struggle for me, so I’ve sort of bucked the hybrid trend. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve hit several shots with one once, but they’ve never really appealed to me, or at least not yet.

I’m not anti-hybrid, it’s just that I haven’t gotten on with one enough to justify it, considering I can still hit low lofted irons consistently high/well. I absolutely hate seeing the sole/rear of the club at address, save for woods. How many others?”

And our members have been sharing their thoughts in our forum, with a surprising amount of WRXers also not using a hybrid.

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.

eric61: “I have in the past, but don’t now. I go D, 3W, 5W, 4 iron, and so on. If I could have a 15th club, it would be a hybrid. But for now, I’ve found there’s just nothing I’d take out. My 5W is super reliable and easy to hit, and my 4 iron is a safety club off the tee, plus one I need on the long par 3s at a couple of courses I play a lot. The gapping works out fine. There are moments when I’m in the rough or a fairway bunker and have a long way to go, and I wish that 4 iron was a 4 hybrid or that the 5 wood was a 3 hybrid … but those moments come much less often than the moments I’m glad I have my 5W and 4 iron.”
jligon: “Never even hit one before. 1 iron has consistently been one of my favorite clubs, and I rarely use my 2 or 3. I’ll likely try one someday, but I much prefer the shape of an iron and have never been a very good fairway wood player, so I’m somewhat hesitant to think one would help my game.”
xkilgorextroutx: “I tried many, many hybrids over the years and never found one I could get along with and not hook off the face of the planet. So I had 5w and 7w instead. Then this year, I put the Hy-Wood in the bag and hit it extremely well. It’s probably more on the wood side of things than hybrid, but it gave me enough confidence to put a Launcher 5h in the bag, which I have surprisingly got along with. So far, anyways…”
Roody: “Before last season, I had a 2-iron and 3-iron in the bag. But ditched them in favor of a 3w and my first hybrid. Started to have trouble getting the 2-iron up in the air off the fairway. Father Time is catching up with me.”

Entire Thread: “Never bagging a hybrid? – GolfWRXers discuss“

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)

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.”