As a professional golfer, heading into one of the biggest weeks of your year isn’t normally the time to be tinkering with equipment but The Open championship is a common exception. With firm links turf, deep pot bunkers and usually a pretty stiff breeze, the players face conditions unlike what they play in for the majority of the year and so a lot of players will make gear changes to help hit the necessary shots out on the links.
As the players head out to start the quest to become the champion golfer of the year, let me run you through some of the gear changes some of the biggest names in the game have made and one club I seriously can’t believe is still in a former Open champions bag!
Tiger Woods
Tiger has made the switch into a 9° Driver head this week
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The ‘GOAT’ has made some fairly large equipment changes heading into The Open this week. As we all know, Tiger has played his famous Scotty Cameron blade style putter for many years now but due to the greens running a little slower than usual and some inclement weather expected, Woods has added some lead tape to the back of his putter. Speaking to Golf Monthly’s Matt Cradock in his press conference he said “I added lead tape to my putter just because the greens are so slow.”
Tiger Woods has added lead tape to the back of his putter to cope with the slower greens at Troon
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Tiger has also added a new driver head into the bag this week. He played multiple practice rounds this week with a 10.5° TaylorMade Qi10 LS head, before opting to change to a 9° head in the same model heading into round 1. The loft sleeve has been set in an upright setting with the weight slid over to promote a draw, with the hope to cut through the wind and get the most roll out of the ball on the firm fairways at Troon.
Collin Morikawa
The two-time major champion spent a decent amount of time on the range this week with the TaylorMade Tour team in order to dial in a new long iron. He tested a secret new prototype 3-iron before eventually settling into a slightly more forgiving P.790 3-iron that’s actually been bent to 19° to play more like a 2-iron.
Shane Lowry
Shane Lowry testing low bounce wedge options before The Open
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Playing the majority of his golf out on the PGA Tour and on bermuda grass, Lowry alongside most other golfers would use wedges with a touch more bounce on them to help the wedge get in and out of the grainy grass. The firm…
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