Equipment

Spider spotting: New TaylorMade putter models at Harbour Town

Published

2 months ago

Apr 14, 2026

A day after Rory McIlroy captured his second green jacket at the Masters Tournament, using a unique torched finish on his Spider Tour X putter, TaylorMade dropped a whole new line of putters at the RBC Heritage, which looked to be inspired by the same cosmetics as McIlroy’s.

Four models were available for pros to try around the practice putting green at Harbour Town Golf Links, all featuring the new burnt PVD finish, just slightly darker than McIlroy’s handcrafted, sand-blasted look. Our Tour Photographer, Greg Moore, was out early to capture in-hand shots of them all.

Two of the offerings were familiar heads, in the Spider Tour and Tour X, not much had changed there from a first eye-check. Both feature the same head profile and interchangeable heel and toe weighting in the rear. There were, however, two newer models: a redesigned Tour V and the all-new Tour F.

See many more in-hand photos in the forums!

The Tour V has been available in the past for the Spider line, but from what meets the eye with the newer versions, it looks like the team at TaylorMade has shrunk the overall profile of the mallet, especially with the total length of the mallet. Along with the smaller head, the angles of the heel and toe are more noticeable than in previous designs. It was this time last year that Collin Morikawa added the older Tour V into his bag, a perfect comparison for the two heads.

Another interesting note with the Tour V design was the lack of True Path Alignment, something that has been an integral part of Scottie Scheffler’s drastic improvement on the greens. The Spider Tour F, obviously, doesn’t feature it as well due to its wing-mallet design. It’s the model that caught headlines a few weeks ago when we spotted Tommy Fleetwood testing it at the Valero Texas Open, and it’s in the bag of Pierceson Coody.

Each putter model, along with the finish, sees a change in the sole plate compared to the most recent Spider line. The putters on offer to PGA Tour pros in Hilton Head adopt the aesthetics seen on TaylorMade’s Spider ZT line: a black plate with an embossed web pattern, along with a neon blue spider logo and model text. There’s an added Spider cut into the heel of the Pure Roll insert.

An array of necks was also available for testing, including L-Neck (Plumbers), short slant, single- and double-bend, as well as center-shafted options.

See many more in-hand photos in the forums!

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

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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)

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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.”