What to make of Ludvig Aberg’s surprising Sunday driver switch | Fully Equipped

Usually when golfers make spur-of-the-moment equipment changes, it’s likely because they are playing poorly. But Ludvig Aberg was an exception at the Genesis Invitational last weekend.

Starting the day only two shots off the lead, Aberg decided to sideline the Titleist GT2 driver he played for the first three rounds and went back to the Titleist TSR2 driver he used most of last season.

The result off the tee wasn’t quite as good as the opening three rounds — Aberg was near the top of the field in Strokes Gained: Off The Tee through 54 holes — as on Sunday, with the older TSR2, he lost nearly a third of a stroke off the tee.

But, as you probably know by now, Aberg fired a 66 Sunday and won the Genesis by a shot for his second PGA Tour title.

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On this week’s GOLF’s Fully Equipped, co-hosts Kris McCormack and Wadeh Maroun mused as to why Aberg made the 11th-hour switch. So far, he hasn’t revealed much about the change.

“When I had done my testing between TSR and GT, I thought it was a little bit more draw bias in the TSR2,” McCormack said. “And the GT2 was a little bit more neutral as far as the start direction and what the ball wanted to do down range.”

Aberg had his poorest showing off the tee in Saturday’s third round with the GT2 but still managed to slightly gain strokes (just .07) on the field off the tee. McCormack thought there must have been something he saw on Saturday that caused him to change.

“I’m kind of wondering if he saw a start line or just a window or a movement down range that just wasn’t suiting his eye,” he continued. “Particularly on Saturday, or if there was a different change in where the wind was coming and there was a particular hole or two out on the golf course that he just wanted to see more of a draw ball flight or just had more confidence in TSR2.

“There’s so many variables, I don’t know.”

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Another variable McCormack pointed out was that the TSR2 performed exceptionally well on low-heel strikes during his own testing and player testing. That’s not to say the GT2 doesn’t perform well on those misses, but the TSR2 was exceptional.

Although, Aberg probably doesn’t really “miss” in the traditional sense too often.

“I have no idea where he misses it, or if that’s even on his radar because I mean, those guys don’t miss much,” McCormack joked.

It’s worth noting Aberg kept the TSR2 with the same Fujikura Ventus Black 6-X shaft as his GT2 in the bag the next day for his TGL Match. It will be worth monitoring if and when the GT2 shows back up in his bag.

For more from GOLF’s Fully Equipped, listen to the full podcast episode here or watch it below.

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