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The Gear Dive: Bob Lamkin discusses Jack Nicklaus’ small and hard grips
Lamkin CEO Bob Lamkin joins host Johnny Wunder to discuss his family’s 93-year legacy in the business, going from all leather to all rubber, and making grips for the greatest players in the game. A great conversation with one of the true gentleman in the game.
11:05 — Jack Nicklaus and his hard/small grips.
22:02 — Justin Rose, his long standing relationship with Lamkin, and his ultimate precision.
25:45 — Keegan Bradley’s Super Custom Crossline grips
Check out the full podcast on SoundCloud below, or click here to listen on iTunes!
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2026 PGA Championship betting odds
Scottie Scheffler leads the betting ahead of the second major championship of the year, with the World Number One a +345 favorite to get his hands on a second PGA Championship.
Rory McIlroy who won the Masters back in April is a +800 shot to complete half of the calendar slam at Aronimink Golf Club this week, while Jordan Spieth can be backed at +5900 to become a career grand slam winner.
Here is the full betting board for the 2026 PGA Championship courtesy of DraftKings.
Scottie Scheffler +345 – (Check 0ut his WITB here)

Rory McIlroy +800 – (Check out his WITB here)

- Jon Rahm +1300
- Cameron Young +1500
- Bryson DeChambeau +1700
- Xander Schauffele +1850
- Matt Fitzpatrick +1950
- Ludvig Aberg +2000
- Tommy Fleetwood +2600
- Collin Morikawa +3500
- Brooks Koepka +3900
- Justin Rose +4300
- Russell Henley +4600
- Si Woo Kim +4700
- Justin Thomas +4800
- Robert MacIntyre +5300
- Patrick Cantlay +5300
- Viktor Hovland +5400
- Tyrrell Hatton +5500
- Jordan Spieth +5900
- Sam Burns +6000
- Hideki Matsuyama +6200
- Adam Scott +6400
- Rickie Fowler +7000
- Chris Gotterup +7400
- Patrick Reed +7400
- Min Woo Lee +7800
- Ben Griffin +8000
- Sepp Straka +8400
- Shane Lowry +9000
- Akshay Bhatia +9200
- Maverick McNealy +9200
- Joaquin Niemann +9200
- Jake Knapp +9200
- Jason Day +9600
- Kurt Kitayama +10000
- J.J. Spaun +10000
- Harris English +10500
- Nicolai Hojgaard +11000
- Gary Woodland +11000
- David Puig +11000
- Michael Thorbjornsen +12000
- Jacob Bridgeman +12000
- Keegan Bradley +12500
- Corey Conners +14000
- Alex Fitzpatrick +15000
- Sungjae Im +15500
- Sahith Theegala +15500
- Harry Hall +15500
- Alex Noren +16000
- Thomas Detry +16500
- Marco Penge +16500
- Kristoffer Reitan +17000
- Alex Smalley +17000
- Wyndham Clark +17500
- Sam Stevens +17500
- Keith Mitchell +17500
- Daniel Berger +18500
- Ryan Gerard +20000
- Nick Taylor +20000
- Rasmus Hojgaard +21000
- Dustin Johnson +21000
- Pierceson Coody +23000
- Aaron Rai +24000
- Jordan Smith +24000
- Angel Ayora +24000
- Bud Cauley +25000
- Matt McCarty +26000
- Jayden Schaper +26000
- Brian Harman +27000
- Taylor Pendrith +27000
- Ryan Fox +27000
- J.T. Poston +27000
- Cameron Smith +29000
- Ryo Hisatsune +29000
- Michael Kim +29000
- Max Homa +29000
- Denny McCarthy +29000
- Tom McKibbin +30000
- Rico Hoey +32000
- Matt Wallace +32500
- Ricky Castillo +33000
- Haotong Li +33000
- Michael Brennan +34000
- Max Greyserman +36000
- Stephan Jaeger +37500
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout +37500
- Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen +39000
- Aldrich Potgieter +40000
- Andrew Novak +42000
- Patrick Rodgers +42500
- Daniel Hillier +42500
- Max McGreevy +46000
- Billy Horschel +48000
- Chris Kirk +48000
- Ian Holt +49000
- Casey Jarvis +49000
- William Mouw +50000
- Steven Fisk +50000
- John Parry +50000
- Nico Echavarria +52500
- Garrick Higgo +52500
- John Keefer+55000
- Matthias Schmid +57500
- Austin Smotherman +57500
- Sami Valimaki +60000
- Andrew Putnam +60000
- Lucas Glover +62500
- Daniel Brown +62500
- Jhonattan Vegas +75000
- Emiliano Grillo +80000
- Mikael Lindberg +85000
- Adrien Saddier +100000
- Bernd Wiesberger +100000
- Elvis Smylie +110000
- Stewart Cink +130000
- Kota Kaneko +130000
- David Lipsky +150000
- Chandler Blanchet +150000
- Andy Sullivan +150000
- Joe Highsmith +180000
- Adam Schenk +200000
- Travis Smyth +200000
- Davis Riley +225000
- Martin Kaymer +400000
- Brian Campbell +400000
- Padraig Harrington +450000
- Kazuki Higa +450000
- Jordan Gumberg +450000
- Ryan Vermeer +500000
- Austin Hurt +500000
- Tyler Collet +500000
- Timothy Wiseman +500000
- Shaun Micheel +500000
- Y.E. Yang +500000
- Michael Block+500000
- Mark Geddes+500000
- Luke Donald+500000
- Bryce Fisher+500000
- Jimmy Walker +500000
- Jason Dufner +500000
- Jesse Droemer +500000
- Jared Jones +500000
- Garrett Sapp +500000
- Francisco Bide +500000
- Zach Haynes +500000
- Paul McClure+500000
- Derek Berg +500000
- Chris Gabriele +500000
- Braden Shattuck +500000
- Ben Polland +500000
- Ben Kern +50000
Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2026 PGA Championship
GolfWRX is on site for the second major of 2026: The PGA Championship from Aronimink in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.
The tournament’s location, just outside Philadelphia, and its status as a major championship mean GolfWRXers are in for a treat: WITBs from a strong field, custom gear celebrating the PGA Championship, and the rich culture of the City of Brotherly Love — we have noted a relative absence of cheesesteak-themed items thus far this week, but most of the rest of the usual suspects are well represented.
Check out links to all our photos below.

General Albums
- 2026 PGA Championship – Monday #1
- 2026 PGA Championship – Monday #2
- 2026 PGA Championship – Monday #3
- 2026 PGA Championship – Monday #4
- 2026 PGA Championship – Tuesday #1
- 2026 PGA Championship – Tuesday #2
- 2026 PGA Championship – Tuesday #3

WITB Albums
- Dustin Johnson – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Bryce Fisher – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Brooks Koepka – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Jon Rahm – WITB (mini) – 2026 PGA Championship
- Martin Kaymer – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Francisco Bide – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Travis Smyth – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Cameron Smith – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Chris Gabrielle – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Jared Jones – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Ian Holt – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Ben Kern – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Angel Ayora – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Zach Haynes – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Daniel Hillier – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Mikael Lindburg – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Paul McClure – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Garrett Sapp – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Austin Hurt – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Mark Geddes – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Adrien Saddier – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Patrick Reed – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Joaquin Niemann – WITB – 2026 PGA Championshi
- Derek Berg – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Timothy Wiseman – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Tyler Collett – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Andy Sullivan – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Jesse Droemer – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Michael Block – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Jordan Gumberg – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Braden Shattuck – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Elvis Smylie – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship

Pullout Albums
- Cameron putter covers – 2026 PGA Championship
- Custom Cameron made for Brooks to test – 2026 PGA Championship
- Cameron putters – 2026 PGA Championship
- Haotong Li’s custom Cameron putter – 2026 PGA Championship
- L.A.B. Golf putter covers – 2026 PGA Championship
- TaylorMade putter covers – 2026 PGA Championship
- New L.A.B. Golf VZN.1i putter for Adrien Saddier – 2026 PGA Championship
- Odyssey putter covers – 2026 PGA Championship
- TaylorMade staff bag and covers – 2026 PGA Championship
- Callaway staff bag and covers – 2026 PGA Championship
- Xander with a new Odyssey milled 7X putter – 2026 PGA Championship
- Srixon driver head cover – 2026 PGA Championship
- Bettinardi covers – 2026 PGA Championship

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Whats in the Bag3 days agoKristoffer Reitan’s winning WITB: 2026 Truist Championship
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Whats in the Bag3 weeks agoNelly Korda WITB 2026 (April)
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Equipment2 weeks agoJustin Rose on the switch to McLaren Golf, learnings from previous equipment moves
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Tour Photo Galleries2 weeks agoPhotos from the 2026 Cadillac Championship

stevez
Jul 23, 2018 at 10:08 am
Jack and lots of guys used Neuman leather back in the day, Observer Highway Hoboken NJ. It was the BEST.
Geohogan
Jul 18, 2018 at 3:57 pm
Feel comes from our fingers and a smaller diameter grip allows more feel.
hardly anyone writes with a pen anymore, but when we do, there can be no question we have more feel, finesse with a small diameter pen or pencil than if diameter was oversize.
Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, Sam Snead as well as Jack Nicklaus used small diameter grips for a reason and it wasnt because they had small hands or to prevent hooking. The later reason, is a crock ….
DB
Jul 18, 2018 at 3:36 pm
I’m pretty loyal to LAMKIN, love their stuff. Keep up the good work.
tom
Jul 18, 2018 at 3:03 pm
podcasts suck. no one comes on GOLFWRX to listen to a damn podcast that’s 30+ min long. quote the interview and post it so people can read it. NO ONE LISTENS TO THE PODCASTS.
Podcast Listener
Jul 18, 2018 at 3:50 pm
Yes we do:)
Acemandrake
Jul 18, 2018 at 6:09 pm
Why not both?
JJD
Jul 19, 2018 at 9:02 am
At the very least, a transcript of the podcast should ALWAYS be included. This improves SEO and site performance on top of user experience.