{"id":54089,"date":"2025-08-08T23:47:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T23:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/54089\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T23:47:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T23:47:31","slug":"dechambeau-garcia-make-big-changes-for-liv-golf-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/54089\/","title":{"rendered":"DeChambeau, Garcia make big changes for LIV Golf Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BOLINGBROOK, Ill. \u2014 As the first round of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/schedule\/chicago-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LIV Golf Chicago<\/a> kicks off at Bolingbrook Golf Club, a total of 30 equipment changes have been recorded for this week\u2019s field, including reserve players. With the Individual and Team Championships in sight, players are fine-tuning their gear to prepare for the challenge of Bollingbrook Golf Club.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the notable changes this week:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/dustin-johnson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dustin Johnson<\/a> : Swaps his TaylorMade QI10 3-wood for a TaylorMade R7 Quad Mini Driver. The move suggests DJ is prioritizing versatility off the tee to navigate Bolingbrook&#8217;s tight fairways.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/bryson-dechambeau\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bryson DeChambeau<\/a>: Switches golf balls from Titleist Pro V1x to Titleist Pro V1x Double Dot. This ball made headlines last week when Cameron Young used the ball to win on the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/ben-campbell\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Campbell<\/a>: Replaces his Titleist Scotty Cameron T-7 Tour Use Only putter with a T-9.5 Tour Use Only.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/paul-casey\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Casey<\/a>: Overhauls his iron set for the third consecutive event, moving from Titleist 620 MB to Mizuno MP-5.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/branden-grace\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Branden Grace<\/a>: Switches drivers from PING G440 to TaylorMade Qi35.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/richard-bland\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Bland<\/a>: Marks his third consecutive driver change, swapping a Srixon ZXI for a Titleist GT2.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/thomas-pieters\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas Pieters<\/a>: Changes driver shaft from Mitsubishi Diamana WB 73 D to Fujikura Ventus Black 7X.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/sergio-garcia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sergio Garcia<\/a>: Swaps putters for the fourth time this season and third consecutive event, moving from Titleist Scotty Cameron TG6 Circle T to Del Mar 3.5, which he\u2019d used often in past years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/sebastian-munoz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sebastian Munoz<\/a>: Replaces his full iron set, switching from PING i210 to PING i240, likely chasing enhanced forgiveness and distance for Bolingbrook\u2019s long par-4s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/anthony-kim\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Kim<\/a>: Switches drivers from Callaway ELYTE Triple Diamond to Titleist GT.<\/p>\n<p>(Equipment Data Supplied by World Tour Survey)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BOLINGBROOK, Ill. \u2014 As the first round of LIV Golf Chicago kicks off at Bolingbrook Golf Club, a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-54089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}