Will a Change in Equipment Make You Better or Worse at Golf?

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Published: January 3, 2011

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Surprisingly, the quick answer is both. Just ask Kenny Perry who is getting ready for his first full season on the Champions Tour. 

After having a banner year in 2008 and playing on the Ryder Cup team in his home state of Kentucky, he followed up with another great performance in 2009, making the Presidents Cup team. He won more than $4 million each of those two seasons.  Then his game fell into a dark hole.

“I struggled equipment-wise this year,” Perry said about his 2010 season. “I had a driver that spun too much. I had irons I was not happy with.”

Perry made the catastrophic error that happens to players of all levels. He changed equipment and it did not work for him. He didn’t change companies, just models of Taylormade clubs.  

“I played an r7 the last five years, one set,” Perry said.  That included two $4 million seasons.  “Now the square groove rule comes into effect.  I tried I guess 20 sets of irons this year.  I played some blades, but I’m a perimeter weighted guy.”

Nothing he used in 2010 worked for him until he tried out some 2011 models in December.

“I was 30 yards farther back (off my drives),” he explained. “Bunkers I used to carry in the air, I was having to shape it around them. All year it was very frustrating. 

“I thought I’m just old. I’m 50. You’re going to lose it. Eventually the power’s got to go away. But you know what? It was just equipment,” he said with relief. ”I had the wrong shaft, the wrong head.”

Enter a new set of designs.  The new 2.0 irons and new Superfast driver.

“Taylormade come out with new v-grooves, 2.0s, and I put the 2.0s in the bag. They’re very similar to my r7s and now my flight is back.  The ball’s spinning nice,&rdqu...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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