Equipment

The surprising way Tony Finau will be putting this week

Published

1 month ago

May 4, 2026

Tony Finau has had a resurgent year on the greens in 2026. He switched into a Ping Scottsdale Tec Ally Blue putter earlier in the spring and, since then, has climbed to 18th on the PGA Tour in putting average, and is gaining strokes on the greens for the first time since 2022.

So it may surprise some to see him potentially switching putters at Quail Hollow Club ahead of the 2026 Truist Championship, and he’s doing it in a very unconventional way. Finau, a six-time winner on Tour, was spotted using a broomhandle putter, a less-than-traditional length putter.

“Putter’s felt good and bad, kind of inconsistent,” Finau said Monday at the Truist. “So I’m like, it’s (a long putter) something that I’ve thought about. It’s something never really fully gave a chance. So off week, I didn’t play last week, so I was like, maybe this is the time to give full chance.”

The way Finau was spotted gripping the club may be a more surprising aspect to the switch, with his hold on the club even less-than-traditional. Instead of the standard top-arm elbow pointed towards the hole and anchored into the chest, Finau has elected to externally rotate his forearm, having his thumb pointing down the grip of the club, towards the ball.

“So it never felt good, though,” Finau said about the usual way of gripping a long putter. “… But I was holding it different than most guys are doing the actual broomstick … It’s never felt comfortable like this. That’s why I’ve actually never gave it a shot.”

After 45 minutes of trying the traditional technique, Finau was struggling to see the benefits of what many believe is created from using the longer-style putter.

“Most people use it because it helps almost anchor it up here, but it’s like helps ’em get rid of any type of yip or anything,” Finau said. “I feel like I’m going to get the yips going like this.

“… I was just forcing myself to do this, and then I just noticed getting, even on a mat, it was so hard to make a good stroke and I was like, all right, yeah. I was just like, there’s no way this, it doesn’t feel natural at all.

That’s when Finau found the technique that was on display Monday ahead of the Truist. Despite the quirkiness of how it looks, Finau feels like it is the more “repeatable and natural” way for him to hold the putter.

The putter itself is a 48-inch Ping PLD Onset Oslo long putter, which is one of three putters that Tony Serrano, Ping’s principal design engineer, sent to Finau to try. Its head-to-shaft placement is similar to that of the Ally Blue style that Finau was originally playing, and still in the bag Monday, just hidden by a headcover. But Finau feels confident the long putter will be in play Thursday.

Check out the rest of Finau’s setup here.

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

Published

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.”