Equipment

Toulon Golf unveils latest Small Batch putter – the Portrush

Published

11 months ago

Jul 17, 2025

Toulon Golf has today announced its latest Small Batch putter — the Portrush.

Last year for Small Batch Scotland, Toulon imagined what their family shop would look like had it existed off the 18th green of the Old Course in the 1800s. For Portrush, Toulon thought immediately of the revelry following Shane Lowry’s 2019 Open win and wondered what it would be like to own one of the adjoining taverns.

A place where the locals and champion both feel comfortable – presenting Toulon & Sons Small Batch Portrush.

With their creativity focused on vintage putter makers from the area, Toulon envisioned a blade style putter that encourages flow.

The pintail design is a favorite of Toulon, and Portrush features a classic double shelf design. From behind you’ll see the graceful arc from heel to toe as it rises gracefully to the snubbed nose.

Looking towards the top line you’ll notice the gently raised higher toe design — a way for Toulon to move the center of gravity to the middle of the face. This allowed the company to improve the sound and feel, in design to provide Portrush with a satisfying milled click.

Milled once again from their 904L Stainless Steel, Toulon finished the face with a Fine Double Fly Cut and capped the final milling with a Deep Tuna overmill.

While looking from behind, you’ll also notice the nine dots on the inner side of the double shelf. These nine dots — one in gold, five in cabernet and three in blue pay tribute to the 153rd running of the Open Championship. They are also meant to resemble jewels, a nod to Royal Portrush.

Per Toulon, they obsessed on the creation of this new hosel. They began from the top line first, then moving up towards the shaft to blend all of the surfaces as they aimed to create the perfect offset and a seamless curve as the neck blends invisibly into the shaft.

Toulon then carefully engraved their crest on the sole — also proudly displaying the Toulon and Sons brand. The logo for the tavern features three seats at the bar, one for each of the Toulon sons.

The rest of the package includes the brand’s new Platinum Mist finish over their preferred 904L Stainless Steel. The accenting cabernet, blue and gold colors are designed to give Portrush a regal flair and the putter was then finished with a Toulon and Sons custom grip and a special Harris Tweed headcover made in collaboration with Seamus Golf.

Specs:

Material: 904L Stainless Steel
Finish: Platinum Mist
Face Mill: Fine Double Fly Cut with Deep Tuna
Shaft: Chrome Stepless Steel
Grip: Custom Toulon and Sons Pistol
Headcover: Seamus Toulon and Sons Harris Tweed
Head Weight: 353g
Toe Hang: 60°
Loft: 3°
Lie: 70°

Pricing and Availability

The Small Batch Portrush is available for purchase on a first come, first served basis on July 17th, via the company’s website — ToulonGolf.com.

A limited number of these rare examples are being offered worldwide at $1,800.

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

Published

16 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

16 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

16 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.”