Equipment

The surprising equipment change 41-year-old Gary Woodland made

Published

3 months ago

Mar 27, 2026

Update: Woodland spoke about the shaft change following his second round, saying:

“Actually made an iron change, I switched shafts. Last week — I just haven’t hit it very well this year, iron play, driver’s been great. I’ve been tinkering a little bit. My speed is definitely back to where it’s been. The last couple years it was down and it’s back now. I switched back to an old iron shaft that I played forever and it tightened everything up. My misses were better today. It felt comfortable out there. That was really nice.”

Regarding whether he’s playing a stiffer shaft, Woodland said, “It is. It’s a shaft that I played all through ’18, ’19, I think ’15, ’16, ’17. I played it for a long time. Switched out of it last year just because my speed had dropped and I was trying to find something that was a little more forgiving. My speed’s back and I put those babies back in and it was nice.”

Gary Woodland made last week’s Tour Report, when we spotted his new Scotty Cameron GoLo putter, along with an interestingly designed offset wedge. Well, this week in Houston, he’s made another significant change.

Woodland swapped out his True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shafts and returned to the KBS C-Taper 130 X iron shafts.

Why? Well, speaking with Cobra Director of Tour Operations Ben Schomin, despite Woodland’s age, he’s gaining speed. The 41-year-old leads the PGA Tour in Club Head Speed, averaging 127.68 mph so far this season. With that, the X100s were causing Woodland to dig the club at impact, with the club lagging behind due to his speed.

As a result, and some quick work from Schomin building up a mini-set from 7- to 9-iron in Woodland’s Cobra’s King MB, he was noticing shallower divots and better turf interaction, thanks to the C-Taper matching his delivery.

The fix is working. Woodland sits one back heading into the second round at Memorial Park.

Check out photos of Gary Woodland’s WITB here.

Equipment

From the GolfWRX Classifieds: Titleist Vokey Proto Wedges 54M, 60T

Published

2 hours ago

Jun 11, 2026

Will Schube

At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals who all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.

It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.

Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, @Putt4Dough is selling some prototype wedges from Vokey Wedgeworks. These include a 54 degree wedge with the M grind and a 60 degree wedge with a T grind.

From the listing:

(1) Titleist Vokey Proto Wedge 54M with a Tour Issue DGS400 shaft and Golf Pride Tour Velvet (logo down). Standard length, lie, and loft. BB&F ferrule. Raw wedge in good condition. No initials. Price is $200 shipped. Buy both wedges for $380 shipped.

(2) Titleist Vokey Proto Wedge 60T with a KBS Tour 130X shaft and Golf Pride Tour Velvet. Standard length, lie, and loft. Raw wedge in good condition. No initials. Price is $200 shipped. Buy both wedges for $380 shipped.

To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link. If you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum, you can learn more here: GolfWRX BST Rules.

Whats in the Bag

Ryan Palmer WITB 2026 (June)

Published

2 hours ago

Jun 11, 2026

Will Schube

Driver: Callaway Quantum Triple Diamond (9 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Blue RDX 60 TX

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS T1100 70 6.5

5-wood: TaylorMade SIM2 Max (18 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX 80 TX

Irons: Srixon ZXiU (23 degrees), Srixon Z785 MB (5-PW)
Shafts: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX 100 6.5 (4), KBS Tour 130 X

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 (50-08F, 54-10S, 58-04T @59)
Shafts: KBS Tour 130 X

Putter: Odyssey Dual Force Rossie II

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Check out more in-hand photos of Ryan Palmer’s clubs here.

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

Published

23 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.