Jason Day reveals the biggest change in golf equipment over the past 18 years

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Jason Day was recently asked to reflect on the biggest changes in golf equipment throughout his 18 years.

Day identified the advancement of driver technology as the biggest difference in the game.

He feels that the driver is still the most forgiving team in the bag for many players.

“[The] the driver's head is definitely too big,” said Day. “I think the driver is a very forgiving group in the bag, that's why you see guys hitting drivers more than before. At that time, even though it was metal, and it was still forgiving at that time, but if you failed, you could get a certain person going left, a little duck hook – it was one of those things if you didn't hit. it was still good, but not as good as what we have today, that's why the game has changed.

“The driver's head is bigger I would say. Instruments, same. I won't really – there is iron development, but I would say that I play a lot of iron development in the game these days, which is hard to hear. I need all the speed I can get, and get up into the air. I used to have a lot of speed. That's not the case anymore.

“Wedges – everything is more driven these days,” Day said. “The parameters are like having the same wedge all the time. Granted, at that time I would play – if I had a 60-degree wedge that I liked, because you play out of the rough, the bunker and the fairway, I would change maybe once a year. … Now these days, guys change wedges maybe once every tournament or once every two tournaments. I know Tiger (Woods) changes every tournament. But because everything is so advanced in the way they make a golf club, you can produce the same club over and over again. “

In terms of personal changes, Day found that he recently needed to change the light shaft in his teams.

“I had to go to a soft, soft place,” Day said. “It's a little bit easier for me, so I can turn the ball. I think I was playing the wrong shaft – I shouldn't say I was playing the wrong hole. I was playing a shaft that I thought would give me enough spin, and it did, but I couldn't really work the ball, because it's a big heavy hole; weight – 136 g. It's like crowbar swinging, and I loved that. What I played when I was No. 1 in the world, but I also have a speed of 10 kilometers per hour. So I think it's time to settle on a soft shaft.

“At the end of the day, the great thing about golf is that you have to put the ball in the hole in the least number of strokes,” Day said. “If you can do that, that's all that matters.”