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Brooks Koepka makes significant driver switch ahead of U.S. Open (Updated)
Update 6/14 6:30 p.m. ET: Statement from Srixon golf added; Koepka was also spotted practicing with a Titleist Pro V1x golf ball rather than the Srixon Z-Star Diamond.
Brooks Koepka has been the man in major championships over the past five years, although it’s fair to say that Koepka’s stunning major form has fallen off in 2022.
The 32-year-old missed the cut at the Masters before posting a T55 finish at the PGA Championship. Before this year, Koepka had recorded twelve top-10 finishes in his previous sixteen major appearances, including four victories.
Koepka is going in search of his third U.S. Open title this week, and it appears that the four-time major champ is ready to make a driver switch at Brookline.
A snap on the U.S. Open’s Instagram Stories shows Brooks in practice without his usual Srixon ZX7 driver but with one of his previous gamers: the TaylorMade M5 driver.
The move would be a surprising changeup for the Srixon man, who ranks 75th in strokes gained: off the tee in 2022.
All four of Koepka’s major victories have come while using TaylorMade drivers, with the M5 being in the bag at his last major win in 2019. We’ll be keeping an eye on which driver makes it onto the first tee at Brookline this Thursday.
A Srixon representative told GolfWRX
“In this early stage of our partnership, Brooks Koepka has validated the performance of the Srixon driver and golf ball. Though performance has been promising, the characteristics are not a perfect fit, yet. To work through this adjustment period most efficiently, we decided to focus our energy on fitting Brooks into the next generation Srixon driver and golf ball prototypes that will debut on tour in the near future—products developed with Brooks’ input and needs in mind. While we get this organized in the next couple months, Srixon is temporarily allowing Brooks to use his previous driver and ball. Of course, he will continue playing Srixon irons and Cleveland Golf wedges. Both parties are fully committed to the partnership, and we are confident Brooks will be back in a Srixon driver and golf ball soon.”
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indyvic
Jun 16, 2022 at 7:26 pm
So he switched to improve his game but it hasn’t? So now he’s switching to what he used in the past when he wasn’t winning anymore? So the only difference is the sponsorship $? Cleveland Srixon can’t be happy with this arrangement.
Brooksucks
Jun 16, 2022 at 4:14 pm
Hmmm, on his commercial he said it was the perfect ball. Why wouldn’t you play the perfect ball?
Nepgabound
Jun 15, 2022 at 7:48 pm
Srixons retail stuff is so overrated and overpriced. If you look at half of the clubs in the staff players bags it isn’t Cleveland / Srixon! The high end ball line is so inconsistent, it is just sad because they used to be a great company during the ZUR-S release then QC must have rested on it successes.
Kurt
Jun 15, 2022 at 6:22 pm
You guys didnt want to listen to me. Now he dumped the ball. I’m always correct.
kurt
Jun 14, 2022 at 10:36 am
lol. His strokes gained with the driver is essentially the same as it was, and his iron stats are better.
His putting has dropped off, and of course he had the injuries. But yes, let’s blame this on Srixon.
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kurt
Jun 14, 2022 at 8:33 am
He wont ever win again with Srixon terrible switch for him. The ball, driver, everything.