He had to deal with it four years ago, as he told GolfWeb correspondent Brendan Moloney after the first round of this week's Schweppes Coolum Classic in Queensland, Australia. All of a sudden I was seeing totally different trajectories. It took me awhile to realize that the equipment plays such a big part and in the meantime I got my swing all screwed up trying to get it down. I struggled for a bout a year. I look for big things from him, now that he has decided to stick with Yonex.
Comfort counts more than money when it comes to equipment.
Players should change in full awareness that they do so at their own peril, even if they do pad their bank accounts with hefty new contracts. Dollar signs are nice, but they aren't nearly as fulfilling to the true professional as red numbers on the scoreboard. And big new contracts and red numbers don't always go hand in hand. Copyright 1999 GolfWeb - A SportsLineUSA Company. All Rights Reserved.