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Jason Day switches to TaylorMade P760 Irons in his quest to get back to 2015 form

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In his hunt for greater consistency with his approach play, Jason Day has switched up his irons ahead of the defense of his title at this week’s Farmers Insurance Open.

Day had used TaylorMade’s P-730 (4-PW), and P-790 (3 iron) on his way to multiple victories in 2018, but has decided to put TaylorMade’s P760 irons (with some custom adjustments) in play ahead of his second event of the year.

Speaking on the decision, the Australian cited his need to eliminate a nagging left miss which plagued him throughout 2018.

“My iron play is the one area that I’ve been working probably my hardest. Last year I struggled with the left shot, especially with the miss. It would constantly go left and I struggled with that a lot. So with the 760s, we moved the CG (center of gravity) a little bit further to the toe with some tungsten weight in the toe. Doing that hopefully will straighten that left shot out a little bit. I just have to keep working and hopefully with the hard work I can slowly gain confidence and it slowly brings results.”

Day finished 142nd in strokes gained approaching the green last season, and over his previous 24 rounds, Day sits a lowly 109th in this week’s field in the same statistic. While during the 2017/18 season, Day hit just 65-percent of greens in regulation.

The fact that Day was able to claim two titles on the PGA Tour in 2018, despite his poor iron play, is a testament to the man’s mental ability and incredible work on the greens. The Australian finished second last season for strokes gained putting, and led in the statistic for the majority of the year.

In 2015, Day ruled the golfing world, becoming World Number 1 while bagging five victories on the PGA Tour, including his single major championship win at the PGA Championship.

For Day to once again achieve that level of success, the solution for the current World Number 14 is simple – hit more greens.

“It’s imperative for me to be able to hit more greens. I think if I can drive it straighter but hit 70-percent of greens and rank No. 1 in putting, then I’ll probably have another year like in 2015, so that’s the goal.”

Jason Day goes in search of his third Farmers Insurance Open victory this week. The Australian tees off at 9.30am PT on Torrey Pines’ North Course.

 

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Gianni is the Managing Editor at GolfWRX. He can be contacted at [email protected].

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  1. RBImGuy

    Jan 25, 2019 at 12:44 pm

    He should fire his swing guru and hire someone that can tell him to fix his mechanics and bad back.
    oh, yea I am free

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Club Junkie WITB, league night week 5: Another L.A.B. putter arises

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We will be one quarter of the way through Thursday night men’s league season after this week. BK played much better last week, so he is hoping to continue that success and post another good score.

Here are the 14 clubs that will hopefully win him some skins!

Driver: PXG 0311 Black Ops (9 degrees, neutral setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 6 X (2024)

3-wood: Cobra Dark Speed LS Titanium (14.5 degrees, set +1)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD IZ-7x

Fairway: Callaway Apex UW (19 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura ATMOS Tour Spec Blue 8 X

Hybrid: PXG 0311 Black Ops 4h (22 degrees, Flat Setting)
Shaft: KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 85 S

Irons: TaylorMade P770 Phantom Black (5-PW)
Shaft: KBS Tour 120 Stiff

Wedge: PXG Sugar Daddy II (50-13 BP)
Shaft: Nippon Modus3 Tour 120 Stiff

Wedge: PXG Sugar Daddy II (56-13 BP)
Shaft: Nippon Modus3 Tour 120 Stiff

Wedge: PXG Sugar Daddy II (60-13 BP)
Shaft: Nippon Modus3 Tour 120 Stiff

Putter: L.A.B. Mezz.1 Max
Shaft: Accra x L.A.B. White

Ball: Titleist ProV1 Enhanced Alignment

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Jon Rahm WITB 2024 (May)

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Driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond (10.5 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Aldila Tour Green ATX 75 2.8 TX

3-wood: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond T (High Launch, 16 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 8 X

5-wood: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond T (18 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 8 X

Irons: Callaway Apex UT (21 degrees) Buy here, Callaway Apex Pro (4) Buy here, Callaway Apex TCB (5-10) Buy here.
Shafts: KBS Tour Hybrid Prototype 105 X (21), Project X 6.5 (4-PW)

Wedges: Callaway Jaws Forged (52-10, 56-12) Buy here, Callaway Jaws Raw (60-04C) Buy here.
Shafts: Project X 125 6.5

Putter: Odyssey Ai-One Rossie S Buy here.

Grips: Golf Pride MCC midsize

More photos of Jon Rahm’s WITB in the forums.

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Limited-edition gear spotted at the PGA Championship

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The second major of the season is here, and with it, custom gear aplenty! Taking inspiration from both Louisville, Kentucky, and host course Valhalla, the OEMs have been having some fun with the designs.

Check out PGA Championship staff bags, some custom kicks, and a very cool putter grip from SuperStroke.

2024 PGA Championship staff bags

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Scotty Cameron’s putter cover features the Scotty Dog in Viking helmet

Bettinardi’s KFC-inspired putter covers

Ping’s bourbon-inspired putter cover

Rory McIlroy’s Kentucky Bourbon Trail-inspired Nike Air Zoom Victory Tour 3 shoes

FootJoy x Todd Snyder Mint Julep Premier Series

(Photo courtesy of FootJoy)

Brooks Koepka’s Kentucky Bourbon Trail-inspired Nike Air Zoom Infinity Tour shoes

(Photo courtesy of Nike)

SuperStroke’s PGA Championship grip

Check out all of our photos from Valhalla here.

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