Equipment

The club change Max Homa is making for the Masters

Published

2 months ago

Apr 6, 2026

Magnolia Lane, blooming azaleas, pimento cheese sandwiches and mini drivers? It’s that time of the year when all eyes are on Augusta National for the 2026 Masters Tournament. And it’s that time of the year when players are looking for that extra edge in their equipment.

“Every player that we work with, they’re all thinking the same things, ‘How is my bag set up to perform well there?’ It’s that unique,” said Cobra Director of Tour Operations Ben Schomin.

One of those adjusting their bags for the Masters is Max Homa. After a T12 finish last year in Augusta, he’s looking to add the Cobra King Tec mini driver into his arsenal for this year’s tournament.

Many have said, “The Masters doesn’t start until the back nine on Sunday,” and it’s the 10th hole at Augusta National that was a prominent focus behind Homa’s decision to get fit into the mini driver.

It’s a tee shot that requires a right-to-left shot to favor the shape of the dog leg. An accurate tee shot can hit the speed slot in the fairway, leaving an opportunity to make a birdie, but finding the heavily wooded areas on either side of the hole brings bogey or worse into play – unless you’re Bubba Watson, of course.

“So the (focus) tech mini driver was obviously 10, which needs a big slinger,” Schomin said about the fitting process with Homa. “That was one of the things we were working on just to see how much he could comfortably get it to move from right to left.

“… The toe misses were really what I wanted to see, knowing that he is trying to sling it and his toe misses were actually all very good. So that was a good start. Nothing started left for him. Everything started right and had the right spin access.”

The ability for pros to hit the draw has somewhat become harder, thanks to the development of high-moment-of-inertia driver heads. Blend that with a modern golf ball that spins less than an older wound ball, and many rely on a fairway wood to shape the ball, thanks to a smaller head. But with this, they give up valuable distance off the tee, which has become almost the most important part of the modern game.

But with the mini driver, there’s a middle ground now for players taking on Augusta, without surrendering distance when looking for workability.

“I think there was a confidence piece with the mini driver versus a 3 wood when you’re off the tee and trying to perform those same shots,” Schomin added. “There’s obviously more forgiveness in the mini driver, but I think just from a size standpoint, it could definitely be more confidence-inducing.”

Not only are the right-to-left holes a priority for Max and his mini driver, but “there’s a couple holes where he thought maybe he could keep it out of the trouble by hitting a cut,” Schomin added.

With that, Schomin and Homa tweaked the setup of his King Tec Mini closer to standard than it had been before in previous sessions. Equipped with a 43.5-inch Fujikura Ventus Blue 7-X VeloCore+, Homa has the mini driver set on A2 in Cobra’s FutureFit33 adapter, along with 12 grams in the front weight and 2 grams in the back.

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

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19 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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19 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

19 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.”