Equipment

“Something different to look at” – Inside Tommy Fleetwood’s putter testing, adjustments

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2 months ago

Apr 1, 2026

Tommy Fleetwood enters the Valero Texas Open as World No. 4 and the highest-ranked player in the field, so it’s no surprise that he’s capturing many of the headlines. He did catch a few off guard on-site Tuesday in Texas and across social media with his new hat sponsor. The change in headwear comes after embracing apparel free-agency by wearing merchandise from some of the top golfing establishments in the world.

But if you looked a little closer, there were other differences for Fleetwood at TPC San Antonio, especially on the putting green. Firstly, he’s no longer using the custom Sharpie alignment on his TaylorMade putter.

“I actually haven’t putted very well this year,” Fleetwood said on the reasoning for changing his sightlines. “It’s been one of the sort of more disappointing ways that I’ve started the year.”

Fleetwood currently ranks 122nd in Strokes Gained: Putting, a sharp decline from last year after switching to the Spider, which prompted his first victory on the PGA Tour and becoming FedExCup champion.

Zooming in on Fleetwood’s usual Spider putter, the custom Sharpie job done by TaylorMade Putter Rep James Holley last year at the RBC Heritage, when Fleetwood first switched into the model, has been replaced with two parallel milled lines and a dot.

“I haven’t played how I wanted to and sometimes it’s nothing more into it than you just need something different to look at, like a slightly different visual or something, just to change up your mindset a little bit,” Fleetwood said prior to the start of the Valero Texas Open.

The cosmetic update to his trusty gamer wasn’t the only news coming from Fleetwood in San Antonio. He was also spotted testing out a prototype putter from TaylorMade.

“That new Spider, beautiful putter,” Fleetwood said about the TaylorMade Spider F, similar to the putter one we captured in the hands of Pierceson Coody at the Valspar Championship.

Fleetwood is an underrated gearhead. Much of the top end of his bag is commonly discussed, thanks to his enthusiasm and willingness to use high-lofted fairway woods, and being one of the first to bring back the mini driver trend on Tour. But, Fleetwood also admitted he likes to get a look at as many different flatsticks as he can.

“So I used to try the hundreds of different putters, but I used like the same putter for about eight years,” Fleetwood said. “I tried less putters over the last year, but I’m still enjoying just tinkering because you never know what you’re going to find, even if it just makes you feel better about your putter.

The Spider F isn’t the first time we’ve seen a prototype putter in the hands of the Englishman. Before switching to his FedExCup-winning Spider, he helped the team at TaylorMade develop a prototype TaylorMade flow-neck putter using Truss hosel technology, aptly named the Soto TF.

“I just like hitting different putters,” Fleetwood added in San Antonio. “Who knows, it might be something that I put in at some point. It’s a nice other option. Yeah, it’s always good to test stuff.”

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

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11 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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11 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

11 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.”