Equipment

Justin Thomas’ back-up blade called up at Cadillac Championship

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1 month ago

Apr 30, 2026

While one Justin in the field has been somewhat monopolizing the equipment headlines at the 2026 Cadillac Championship, another has been flying under the radar with a pretty significant switch of their own.

Justin Rose may have signed with McLaren Golf, but Justin Thomas is also flaunting some different equipment at Trump National Doral’s Blue Monster Course. He’s not using brand-new sticks but has made a significant switch in the putter department, ditching the Scotty Cameron Phantom 5 Tour Prototype in favor of a Newport 2 GSS. It’s a switch he made provisionally during the RBC Heritage.

“Something cool about Justin, always travels with a Newport 2,” said Drew Page, Scotty Cameron Tour rep, in a social video. “Not many people know about this with him, but (Thomas) always travels with a Newport 2.

“… Grew up playing a Newport 2 Scotty Cameron,” Page added. “Just something he can go back to if the mallet’s not working.”

Well, for Thomas, the mallet was not working during his last start at the RBC Heritage, and the catalyst for prompting a mid-tournament switch to his backup Newport 2 GSS.

In his title defense at Harbour Town Golf Links, Thomas lost over 6.5 strokes on the greens through the first two rounds, leaving him 9-over at the halfway stage, after carding a lackluster 76 and 75 to start.

With the Newport 2 in hand for the weekend on Hilton Head Island, Thomas gained over 1.5 strokes putting and an eight-shot improvement overall in scoring, finishing 70-66.

The 32-year-old had a revival on the greens last year, ranking inside the top-100 in Strokes Gained: Putting for the first time in 3 years. It inspired his victory at the RBC Heritage in 2025, and came off the back of a change in hosel design to help promote better hand positioning.

“A single bend shaft, but a low single bend…it just got his hands to a point, and his eyes to a point that he became most comfortable with, where his lines were clean, and the putter sat square for him perfectly,” Page told GolfWRX last year. “The mix of that, and having his hands in the right position, just all got him into the most comfortable setup position, and then from there he was in a position of greatness, essentially.”

But, in a slow return from back surgery to start the year, Thomas has slumped back to 133rd on the greens, and thus, a new change of process on the greens.

“It all comes down to how the putter is sitting for him right now,” Page told GolfWRX ahead of the Cadillac Championship. “(Thomas) Feels his hands and alignment are in the best spot naturally. It’s the simplicity a blade can offer as opposed to mallets, as we did some testing with other mallets over the last 10 days.”

Thomas does have fond memories of a Newport 2 blade. If he can remember far enough back, he collected his first-ever victory on the PGA Tour at the CIMB Classic using a Newport 2 Timeless GSS.

Images via Scotty Cameron.

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

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13 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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13 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

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13 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.”