{"id":293441,"date":"2025-11-18T21:32:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/293441\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T21:32:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:32:13","slug":"bud-cauley-australian-golf-digest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/293441\/","title":{"rendered":"Bud Cauley \u2013 Australian Golf Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wondered what is inside those massive staff bags caddies lug around on the professional tours? We have you covered. Golf Digest\u2019s revamped \u201cWhat\u2019s In My Bag\u201d treatment deconstructs everything inside a player\u2019s bag, from the tiniest ball marker to the supersized driver. Here, PGA Tour pro Bud Cauley, who had four top-10s in the 2025 season, including a T-6 at the Players, gave us full, unfettered access to his bag. Enjoy the eye candy.<\/p>\n<p>  BUD\u2019S BAG  <\/p>\n<p>Ball: Titleist Pro V1Driver: Titleist GT2 (Fujikura Ventus Black VeloCore+ 6X shaft), 8 degrees3-wood: Titleist GT2, 15 degrees5-wood: Titleist GT3, 17 degreesIrons: Titleist T250 (4), Titleist 620MB (5-9)Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (48-10F, 52-12F, 56-14F), Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks (60K)Putter: Scotty Cameron Timeless Newport 2<\/p>\n<p>  WEIGHTY MATTERS ON THE GREENS  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/2023\/1\/GD1225_WIMB_02.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.1288.suffix\/1763138540049.jpeg\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/2023\/1\/GD1225_WIMB_02.jpg\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p>The headweight on Cauley\u2019s Scotty Cameron putter is on the light side, at 340 grams, but 35-year-old former All-American at Alabama prefers more heft, so he adds lead tape on the bottom. \u201cExtra weight helps with my takeaway and makes my stroke more consistent,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>  FLIGHT CLUB  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/2023\/1\/GD1225_WIMB_03.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.1288.suffix\/1763138540200.jpeg\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/2023\/1\/GD1225_WIMB_03.jpg\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p>This 48-degree Titleist Vokey SM10 wedge also features some lead tape to help Cauley get the flatter trajectory he wants to see.<\/p>\n<p>  FOUR\u2019S A CHARM  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/2023\/1\/GD1225_WIMB_04.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.725.suffix\/1763138540454.jpeg\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/2023\/1\/GD1225_WIMB_04.jpg\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p>Cauley\u2019s grandfather found this four-leaf clover in his yard. Is it lucky? Cauley has made 11 holes-in-one.<\/p>\n<p>  MARK THAT SPOT  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/2023\/1\/GD1225_WIMB_05.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.725.suffix\/1763138540565.jpeg\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/2023\/1\/GD1225_WIMB_05.jpg\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p>Cauley hadn\u2019t been to the RBC Heritage since 2020, so last spring he grabbed some Harbour Town ball markers.<\/p>\n<p>  PENCILS DOWN  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/2023\/1\/GD1225_WIMB_07.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.725.suffix\/1763138540688.jpeg\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/2023\/1\/GD1225_WIMB_07.jpg\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p>If a score-keeping pencil breaks, not a problem. Cauley keeps a stash in his bag from most weeks he plays.<\/p>\n<p>This article was originally published on golfdigest.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Have you ever wondered what is inside those massive staff bags caddies lug around on the professional tours?&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[4225,64,63,17016,755,138747,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-293441","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-article","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-equipment","12":"tag-golf","13":"tag-golf-digest","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}