Equipment

Inside Marc Leishman’s 2 gear changes for The Open at St. Andrews

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4 years ago

Jul 9, 2022

Marc Leishman has finished top-6 in four of his last seven Open Championship appearances, including a T2 finish the last time the event was held at St. Andrews in 2015 (he lost in a three-way playoff to Zach Johnson after shooting rounds of 64-66 on the weekend).

Leishman knows links golf, and he knows the Old Course at St Andrews. That’s why he’s preparing his equipment to properly handle the windy and firm course conditions.

“It’s an interesting situation when you come to links golf,” Leishman told GolfWRX. “You do have to change little things, but obviously you don’t want to reinvent the wheel…I hear (the Old Course) is very firm, and the weather’s perfect, so I’m assuming it’s only going to get firmer.”

On Saturday, GolfWRX caught up with Leishman prior to a Saturday practice round at the Old Course to see what equipment changes he plans to make to adapt to the challenges.

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1) Adding a 2-iron…and shortening the shaft

Leishman says: “Last week I played the Scottish Open and went to a [Callaway Apex UT 18-degree] 2-iron. I haven’t had a 2-iron in the bag for awhile. [Normally I use] a 5-wood, 7-wood, strong 3-iron, so I put a 2-iron in the bag…

“We actually cut it down an inch just to make it go a little lower and have a bit more control. It seemed to work pretty well.”

2) Removing bounce from his lob wedge

Leishman says: “I might take a little bit of bounce off the [Callaway Jaws Raw] lob wedge this week. Last week [at the Scottish], there was a few chip shots I was getting a groove or two low. I think if I can take off a little bit of bounce – not the front of it, just off the back of the sole…=you still need bounce for the bunkers, because there’s quite a lot of sand in them, but you don’t want bounce for chipping.”

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He played on the Hawaii Pacific University Men's Golf team and earned a Masters degree in Communications. He also played college golf at Rutgers University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism.

2 Comments

Ryan

Jul 10, 2022 at 2:48 pm

Where do you get the C grind?

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Jed

Jul 9, 2022 at 10:05 pm

Fantastic like his Country man Ogilvie. Natural talents who dont even spend much time on the range. Breed em tough down there in oz. The play lots of windy fast courses

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Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

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18 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.”