{"id":521041,"date":"2026-03-07T19:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T19:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/521041\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T19:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T19:41:10","slug":"im-not-going-to-be-very-popular-for-this-major-winner-makes-controversial-equipment-change-suggestion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/521041\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I’m Not Going To Be Very Popular For This’ – Major Winner Makes Controversial Equipment Change Suggestion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jim Furyk thinks the size of driver heads should be reduced in the professional game.<\/p>\n

The 2003 US Open champion, who is working for the Golf Channel at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, gave his thoughts to the Straight Facts Homie! podcast on the Wingo Network<\/a>, where he explained why he thinks the size of driver heads ought to be changed.<\/p>\n

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He said: \u201cI\u2019ll tell you what I would do. I\u2019m not going to be very popular for this, but I would reduce the size of the driver head.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMaybe not necessarily for the average golfer, but I would do that for the golf professional. Because you can hit it all over the face right now and it\u2019s pretty forgiving. You don\u2019t lose a lot of distance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Furyk also revealed that his own experiences had led him to that conclusion. He added: \u201cI play a mini driver in my bag for my three wood. And when I hit that mini good, it goes darn near just as far as my driver.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s less than 10 yards difference. But if I mishit it, if I hit it a little thin, a little on the toe, a little on the heel, I lose a bunch of yardage.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think you\u2019ve gotten these young guys that are rearing back and swinging 110 per cent at it, and you can kind of cover areas on the face and get a lot of forgiveness and a lot of distance.<\/p>\n

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Furyk thinks such a change would force professionals to add more variety off the tee. He explained: \u201cI just think it would show an extra skill set. They\u2019re extremely talented, don\u2019t get me wrong, but I think it would also limit guys swinging 110 per cent at it all the time.<\/p>\n

“They\u2019d have to pick and choose their spots and maybe golf courses wouldn\u2019t have to quite be as long.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Aldrich\n<\/p>\n

Big hitters including Aldrich Potgieter would be affected by the chance suggested by Jim Furyk <\/p>\n

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The point about the length of layouts made by Furyk, who branched out into golf course design in 2025, touches on a debate never too far from the headlines: the golf ball rollback plan.<\/p>\n

As things stand, the golf ball is due to be rolled back<\/a> in the professional game in 2028, to “reduce the impact increased hitting distances have on golf’s long-term sustainability”.<\/p>\n

However, it is hugely controversial<\/a>, with some unhappy that long hitters in the pro game will be impacted through no fault of their own.<\/p>\n

Furyk\u2019s suggestion of reducing the size of driver heads is the latest take on how to ensure golf courses don\u2019t necessarily need to keep increasing in length.<\/p>\n

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