Equipment

SPOTTED: Titleist’s new TSR1 prototype driver (with initial thoughts from Zac Blair)

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4 years ago

Nov 10, 2022

Back in early September, Titleist officially launched its new lineup of TSR drivers – including the TSR2, TSR3 and TSR4 models – to the public.

‘What happened to the TSR1?’ you may have been thinking.

Just because Titleist didn’t include a TSR1 as part of the initial launch doesn’t necessarily mean that one is never coming to market. If you remember, we’ve seen the delayed release before.

Last generation, Titleist launched its TSi2 and TSi3 drivers in October 2020, but the company didn’t officially come out with the TSi1 and TSi4 drivers until February of 2021. As a reminder, the TSi1 was a lighter weight design – about 40 grams lighter overall – that was built for “moderate speed” golfers who swing the driver less than 90 mph.

This time around, Titleist launched the TSR2, TSR3, and TSR4 drivers all at once in September, but the family was glaringly missing a TSR1. Was Titleist discontinuing the “1” model, or just going with a staggered release?

Well, LPGA Tour player Nelly Korda began using an unreleased TSR1 prototype driver in October 2022, and now, GolfWRX has spotted a TSR1 prototype driver on the PGA Tour, too.

Zac Blair showed up on Tuesday at the 2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open with a Titleist TSR1 9-degree driver to test.

On Wednesday, I caught up with Blair to get his thoughts on the unreleased TSR1. Here’s what he had to say:

“I just got it yesterday, so I haven’t had a lot of time to mess around with it, but the numbers seemed pretty good and it sounds good,” Blair said. “It has a little different look than the TSi1, but it seems pretty sweet. The head shape is a little different than the TSi1, but other than that, it seems really nice.”

Last year, I took the photo on the left of the Titleist TSi1 driver for golf.com, and this year, GolfWRX photographer Greg Moore took the photo on the right of Blair’s new TSR1 (he’s unlikely to play the driver this week, as he needs more time for testing and dialing the driver in).

While the photos aren’t taken from the exact same angle, what differences do you see in the shaping from address?

To see what GolfWRX Forum members are saying, click here.

We don’t have any more information from Titleist regarding the TSR1 driver just yet, unfortunately, so we’ll just have to wait and see what happens for now.

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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.

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Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

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20 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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20 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

20 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.”