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Lead Tape Report: The silver stuff abounds coast to coast

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The PGA Tour moves on to Florida for the next segment of events. Before we move on to this Sunday to see who is crowned champion, let’s take a look at a few bags involving some lead tape from the last couple of weeks.

Si Woo Kim – Riviera

When it comes to wedges, if you have a raw finish, a hand-stamped personal touch, and some lead tape, I’m paying attention. Si Woo Kim demonstrates this on this current set of wedges. A nice little tribute to a press conference moment at the President’s Cup a few years ago. Some added swing weight on the lob wedge, which is a nice addition for the touch shots around the green and feeling the club head from the fairway.

Tony Finau – Riviera

Finau demonstrates here that his clubs are battle-tested and not leaving the bag, but shows he is open to testing new clubs with the addition of the prototype mini-driver.

Haotong Li – Riviera

Another lob wedge, but it makes sense. It all depends on a player’s feel, but with shorter clubs, traditionally, a player would like to feel the clubhead more. This lead tape placement looks like it’s designed to help with lower-launching, more-spin type shot options. Something you see the guys on television hit from 75 yards and in off the tight surfaces.

Ryan Fox – Riviera

Ryan Fox does not have much tape on his woods or wedges, but he does on his irons. You can see the tape has melded on the surface, becoming one with the club. Fox covers all levels of playing surfaces across the globe, so it’s cool to see what he plays to make an international set and mystery he is on the leaderboard.

Joel Dahmen – Cognizant

Square to Square is a new technology, but an old friend to help with a new feel. Just a little bit of tape will do here for Joel Dahmen. Another cool thing to see here with the custom paint fill for this putter with reference to his alma mater at the University of Washington. Custom paint is always a nice touch, like custom-stamped wedges!

Justin Hicks – Cognizant

Former PGA Tour player and now PGA Member Justin Hicks is in the field this week at Cognizant. You hear players talk about wanting to hit fades with the driver and turn the ball over for a draw with a fairway metal, we can see that with the lead tape on the heel on his woods he would like favoring turning the ball over when those are in hand.

 

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4 Comments

  1. mlb12

    Mar 17, 2026 at 10:09 pm

    Wow the hate is real here?. If i could have half these guys bad days I’d be good.

  2. Little Wiggum

    Mar 2, 2026 at 4:15 pm

    Tasty. Yum.

  3. The Real Carl

    Mar 2, 2026 at 8:32 am

    Your 15 minutes are up.

    • The Real Sergio

      Mar 6, 2026 at 10:46 pm

      So true! Another instagram clown who thinks they are the next best thing.

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Neal Shipley, AKA, the “Big Fridge’s,” custom stamping

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Neal Shipley was the first to admit that he enjoyed his food while in college. But since his days at Ohio State, he’s slimmed down and earned a PGA Tour Card.

That hasn’t stopped him from having fun with his wedge stampings, though it’s led to some misunderstandings.

On the 54 (degree), we have ‘Big Fudge,'” Shipley told GolfWRX. “It was supposed to be ‘Big Fridge,’ so this happened a little while ago. ‘Big Fridge’ was a nickname between my college teammates and I, with ‘fridge’ meaning stomach, a big stomach.

“We told the Ping guys to put … ‘Big Fridge’ on it, and I think maybe some bad cell service or something, and they thought I said ‘fudge,’ so they put fudge on it.”

On Shipley’s 50-degree he also continues the food theme, this time with his go-to order at the “Golden Arches,” and his stamping “DONS 7.”

“The number 7 meal, the two cheeseburger meal, that was my McDonald’s order, back when I would have McDonald’s frequently,” Shipley shared.

Check out Shipley’s full what’s in the bag and the rest of his wedge stampings here on “Inside the Ropes” from Colonial.

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From the GolfWRX Classifieds: L.A.B. Purple DF3 with Masters cover

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At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals who all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.

It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.

Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, @raw10628 has a L.A.B. DF3 putter and Masters putter cover up for grabs.

From the listing: “Some great items here today, time to thin out and make room for next set of gear.  All prices include shipping. 
LAB DF3 Purple 33.5” 68° lie with TPT – $725. LAB Masters release DF3 cover – $150.

To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link. If you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum, you can learn more here: GolfWRX BST Rules

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Maria Torres WITB 2026 (June)

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Driver: Ping G440 LST (9 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 5-M4

3-wood: Ping G440 Max (15 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 6-M4

5-wood: Ping G440 Max (19 degrees @18)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 6-M4

Hybrid: Ping G440 (23 degrees)
Shaft: Oban Isawa Red Hybrid Shaft 04 Flex 70 Gms

Irons: Srixon ZXi7 (5-P)
Shafts: Aerotech SteelFiber Private Reserve i80

Wedges: Cleveland RTZ (50-MID, 54-FULL, 58-MID)
Shafts: Aerotech SteelFiber Private Reserve i105

Putter: L.A.B. Golf OZ.1i
Shaft: ACCRA Putter Shaft

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

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