That’s nine places inside the top 70 who progress into the first Playoffs event at the FedEx St Jude Championship next week.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fowler needs a positive showing at this week’s final regular event of the season at the Wyndham Championship<\/a> in order to advance into the FedEx Cup Playoffs, something he failed to do in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n Making the cut will likely be good enough to see Fowler advance, but much will depend on other results.\u00a0<\/p>\n The six-time PGA Tour<\/a> winner is eager to end his season on a positive note and give himself good vibes heading into the 2026 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n In order to go about doing just that, Fowler has made the radical decision to switch up the shafts on his irons from steel to graphite.\u00a0<\/p>\n Fowler switches to graphite shafts<\/p>\n The popular American has removed his KBS Tour C-Taper 125g steel shafts from his Cobra KING Tour irons<\/a> (4-PW) and replaced them with graphite Aerotech SteelFiber 125cw shafts.\u00a0<\/p>\n Fowler might not yet be nearing a life with Tiger Woods on the over 50s PGA Tour Champions, but he does admit the switch up of shafts has made things a little easier for him now at the age of 36 years old.\u00a0<\/p>\n “I mean, went to the week of Travelers, so been in for, I guess that’s a little over a month now,” Fowler revealed during his press conference at the Wyndham Championship.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Something that’s a little easier on the body and seemed to get very similar numbers to where I was at. Yeah, it’s gone well so far. Probably do some more testing in some different weight configurations with them once I get some time.\u00a0<\/p>\n “I feel like we’re always trying to search, one, to get better but are there ways to make things easier, whether that’s physically, mentally, whatever it may be.\u00a0<\/p>\n “So yeah, I thought they were good enough to obviously put into play and looking forward to doing some more testing.”<\/p>\n According to the PGA Tour, “the graphite shafts in Fowler\u2019s irons have an added micro-thin layer of steel fiber to the surface of the shaft \u2013 hence the name.”<\/p>\n Rickie Fowler<\/p>\n Fowler’s irons aren’t the only clubs of his to have visited the pit lane this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n He recently switched from a Mitsubishi Diamana WB 73 TX shaft to a UST Mamiya Lin-Q Proto V1 6 TX shaft in his Cobra DS-Adapt X Driver<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Whether or not the shaft changes make any difference for Fowler remains to be seen.\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"Fowler](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-07-24t170052z_1928745370_mt1usatoday26700058_rtrmadp_3_pga-3m-open-first-round.JPG\")
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