Equipment

Toulon Golf announces latest Small Batch putter — the Charlotte

Published

1 year ago

May 16, 2025

GolfWRX Staff

The Story

Per Toulon:

“Charlotte, North Carolina is considered to be the “Home of NASCAR” and is the central hub for the sport and home to the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Many of the sport’s teams and performance machine shops call Charlotte home. What’s the connection between milled putters and stock car racing? The tolerances needed in racing to eke out every bit of performance is unbelievably intense. The slimmest margins can make the biggest difference in the pursuit of victory. The accumulation of tiny advancements lead to measurable improvements on the racetrack. Milling putters is very much the same way.

“When designing Charlotte Small Batch — like all the Small Batch creations that preceded it — Toulon operate at the intersection of art and science. When creating Charlotte, we wanted to stay true to the design DNA of the original B60 design, but also wanted it to perform better than ever before.

“That requires an intense amount of engineering and an artistic blend of every nuance to make the putter beautiful but also sound and feel in a way this shape has never felt before. The desire to create better performance drove us to the spirit of NASCAR, Charlotte.”

The Head

The putter head is inspired by the legendary B60 — a putter used to win majors and tour events the world over, and an overlooked design in the history of the game.

During the creation process, Toulon focused on the unique “B” flange design, but more significantly on its thickness. This area of the flange plays a major role in the creation of the putter’s sound and feel. By thickening the flange it produces a deeper, more satisfying classic milled click.

The brand also designed the head to a weight of 355 grams, substantially heavier than the original. This allowed to be able to thicken the face and create the acoustics Toulon sought.

Sculpted from 904L, the final shape is clean and simple. But the closer you look, the more complexities will emerge. Toulon’s new Platinum Mist finish highlights the subtleties and brings a rare level of elegance to this classic.

Charlotte is a slightly longer and wider design than the brand’s other blades. These proportions are meticulously designed in order to create a visual harmony while maintaining the flowing organic shape that is designed to set this putter apart from other blades.

The Sole

The sole celebrates the legend of the vaunted Plymouth Superbird, a car so dominating with its superior aerodynamics in 1970 that it was effectively sidelined the next year, as rules changed to limit its advantages.

Toulon then slow milled the 904L, leaving the micro mill marks under the engraved car graphic, while adding just a touch of Racing Red to paint fill the name Charlotte.

In addition, the Charlotte Small Batch is milled with a Ultra Fine Double Fly Cut. Charlotte is designed for the modern game, weighing in at a contemporary 355 grams. Toulon paired it with a special Toulon Pistol Midsize grip in a Candy Red color with their black stepless steel shaft.

The finish of the new Platinum Mist PVD over the incredibly high polished and slow milled 904L aims to bring a finish depth without any glare.The headcover is inspired by the many advertisements adorning iconic stock cars on the grid.

Specs:

Material: 904L Stainless Steel
Finish: Platinum Mist
Face Mill: Ultra Fine Double Fly Cut
Grip: Toulon Pistol Midsize Candy Red
Shaft: Black Stepless Steel
Headcover: Small Batch Custom Charlotte
Head Weight: 355 g
Toe Hang: 40°
Loft: 3°
Lie: 70°

Pricing and Availability

The Charlotte Small Batch is available for purchase on a first-come, first-served basis on May 15th, via the company’s website — ToulonGolf.com, and is priced at $1,800 per putter.

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

Published

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.”