Equipment

9 Revealing photos from the 2016 Barracuda Championship

Published

10 years ago

Jul 2, 2016

GolfWRX was live this week from the 2016 Barracuda Championship — most recently known as the Reno-Tahoe Open — at Montreux Golf and Country Club in Reno, Nevada. If you missed any of the photos from this week, make sure to browse the galleries in the links below.

Known as the “Biggest Little City in the World,” Reno is near both Lake Tahoe, and the Sierra Nevadas. That sets a beautiful landscape for low scores, or should I say high scores, in this Modified Stableford format, which the tournament adopted in 2012.

Now, it’s time for the Biggest Little Revealing photos in golf.

The Sierra scenery

I told you, it’s a beautiful landscape to play golf, and hopefully make a bunch of birdies. Here’s a gallery full of awesome photos of Montreux G&CC taken by our Tour photographer, Greg Moore a.k.a. Pga43.

No excuses

If the players miss their tee-time, they can’t blame the clocks since it clearly states this is not the official time. But it does make you wonder, what’s the point of this big clock by the putting green if that’s not going to be the official clock.

What’s in the bag?

I’m stumped on this one. It looks like the bottom of a Ski Pole, which may actually make sense given the proximity to the Sierra Nevadas.

Upon further investigation… yea it still looks like a Ski Pole, but with a golf grip on it.

And a tennis ball in this bag? Skiers and tennis players?! I’m not sure what’s going on this week in Reno, but it’s proving the case that golfers indeed can be multi-sport athletes.

Golf is difficult

Thoughout the Revealing Photos series, we’ve proven time and time again that golf is difficult, even for the best golfers in the world. Just look at the training aids and alignment assisters they need to hone their games.

Rulers, yardstick, t-squares, levels, sticks, rope and just about whatever helps get the job done.

What hope do us normal golfers have?

Rocco Mediate, the OG WRXer

Rocco may be on board with the newest, hottest technology on the market in PXG, but he’s still sticking to his roots as one of the innovators in customized equipment.

He may have lost to Tiger Woods in the epic Battle at Torrey Pines, but he still wins in the heart of the gear heads for this awesome WITB setup.

Dog toy headcovers

Some players have head covers that look like their dogs, while Dicky Pride has a head cover that’s actually a toy his dog uses. Now that’s puppy love.

U.S. Kids cart path tees

You don’t want to take a big divot off of this tee box or you’ll ruin your club.

Judge Smails WITB

Who knew that Smails was bagging an Odyssey Works Rossie II, which came out in 2015, 35 years after the movie aired. I always knew Caddyshack was ahead of its time.

The Ol’ Billy Baroo is, of course, in reference to this putt — one of the most clutch putts in not only movie history, but in golfing history.

The Ancer

This stamping from Abraham Ancer is a hilarious, and fitting, spin on NBA great Allen Iverson’s nickname: The Answer. You may remember Iverson as the “We talkin bout practice” guy.

But don’t forget he was one of the best “little guards” to ever play.

Maybe Abraham will too go down as one of the greats… hopefully he practices a bit more though, golf is a pretty exacting game.

Whats in the Bag

Sungjae Im WITB 2026 (June)

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5 mins ago

Jun 4, 2026

GolfWRX Staff

Sungjae Im had >14 clubs in his bag when photographed prior to the Memorial Tournament.

Driver: Titleist TSi2 (8 degrees, B1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 7 X

3-wood: Titleist TS3 (15 degrees, B1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 8 X

Hybrid: Titleist H2 818 (19 degrees, B1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD Hybrid DI 105 X

Irons: Titleist T100 ’19 (3-9)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM9 (48-10F, 54-14F), SM7 (60-04L)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100

Putters: Scotty Cameron Special Select F-5 Tour Prototype, Scotty Cameron Tour Prototype
Grips: SuperStroke Zenergy 1.0PT

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

Check out more in-hand photos of Sungjae Im’s clubs here.

Whats in the Bag

Lucas Glover WITB 2026 (June)

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5 mins ago

Jun 4, 2026

GolfWRX Staff

Lucas Glover had >14 clubs in his bag when photographed prior to the Memorial Tournament.

Driver: Titleist GTS2 (10 degrees, B2 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 6 X

3-wood: Titleist GTS2 (15 degrees, B2 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 7 X

7-wood: Titleist GTS2 (21 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 7 X

Irons: Srixon ZX5 (4), Srixon ZX7 (5-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (4-PW)

Wedges: Cleveland RTX 6 ZipCore Tour Rack (52-10 MID, 56-12 FULL,60-12 FULL) Cleveland RTZ Tour Rack (54-12 FULL, 60-12 FULL)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putters: L.A.B. Mezz.1 Max, Odyssey Versa Jailbird 380 Putter, TaylorMade Spider Tour X (new release), Odyssey TRTL Prototype

Grips: Golf Pride V55 Cord

Ball: Srixon Z-Star XV

Check out more in-hand photos of Lucas Glover’s clubs here.

Equipment

Can I Loctite lead tape to the sole of a driver? – GolfWRXers discuss

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40 mins ago

Jun 4, 2026

Will Schube

In our forums, one user has outlined the trials and tribulations of finicky lead tape placement. They’ve explained why the adhesive won’t stay attached to their driver, and are looking for solutions.

RCGA wrote:

“I have a Ping G430 driver that I keep having to apply lead tape too. Yes, I’ve tried all the tricks (cleaning club with alc., using some heat to apply, applying pressure to embed). The problem is, the sole of the club gets wet and the adhesive starts to fail. Taking the headcover off x10 a round starts to hitch on a bit of leadtape and eventually it falls off. Can I apply a little bit of blue Loctite to keep this more secure?”

Our members in the forum have offered up their thoughts on whether or not applying Loctite to lead tape is a good idea. 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.

Mikey_HACKilroy: “Blue Loctite is a thread locker. Useless as a contact adhesive. 3M Super 77 or Loctite spray adhesive. Remember to mask the driver where you don’t want the spray. Also make sure you wait for it to become tacky on both materials or it’ll be a PITA to attach. Clean-up later should it fail or you want to remove it will be harder, but not impossible.But really….. this is WRX; don’t we buy new drivers when things like this are a problem? Surely there’s a driver out there with more customizable weight to negate the lead tape. ? ? ? (I’m kidding of course LOL)”
PJE: “It sounds like you have a bad batch of lead tape? I’ve put lead tape on the front sole of drivers many times and it didn’t come off until I got tired my experiment and peeled it off. The last tape I bought was from Amazon. It worked well. It was $10 for the roll.”
Stuart_G: “FYI – it’s a common misconception but the reality is that unless you’re adding weight on the order 20+ gm – the location really doesn’t matter for most. You’re not having any significant effect on the c.g. location.”

Entire Thread: “Can I Loctite leadtape to the sole of a driver?”

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