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!
