It’s been a long road for Jason Day to regain form after numerous equipment changes.
The former world No. 1, who won eight tournaments in two years from 2015 to 2016, is currently ranked 41st in the Official World Golf Rankings and hasn’t won since 2023.
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After years of battling career-threatening chronic back pain, Day underwent a complete overhaul of his swing. By transitioning to a more body-friendly upright movement, he discovered Avodah Golf, also famous for its connection to Bryson DeChambeau.
Day was drawn to Avodah’s iron set, which utilizes DeChambeau’s unique equal-length philosophy. By keeping the shaft length and lie angle of these clubs the same, Day achieved a more consistent stance and strike, reducing physical strain.
However, even after joining Avoda, Day explained that he had great difficulty finding a club that suited him.
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Jason Day struggles with Bryson DeChambeau’s same-length irons
Day played his best golf of the year at the Houston Open and enters the weekend at T4. He said he finally found the perfect fit for his irons after some serious struggles.
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The 2015 PGA Championship winner said after the second round, “I said earlier that I went back to Avoda’s first-generation irons, and Tom got it right the first time. He’s the one who made the irons for me.”
“But I went through the second generation, the third generation. Essentially what happened was I was standing there and these irons were going too straight. The first generation irons were going too straight for me. At the time, I wanted to hit draws.
“I had them do a drawing, but the second generation was drawing too much. In the third generation, I made some tweaks. It was drawing well, but it was just offset a little bit, and to my eye it looked like it was hooded and facing to the left, so I was kind of fighting against it.
“The first generation is on-set, so there’s no offset at all, so to me it looks more square and a little bit of a fade coming out. That’s kind of where I’m at right now. I’ve come full circle and gone from draw to fade.”
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“I don’t even know what I want. Golf is about wanting what you don’t have. It can be frustrating, but just stick to what’s good about you and go from there. Hopefully, I wouldn’t change anything anytime soon.”
Honestly, irons flying too straight seems like a big problem. Perhaps that’s the lesson here.
The only thing missing from Jason Day’s game is iron play.
If you take a closer look at the numbers, it’s clear that Day is playing very well in almost every aspect of the game. His toll this season has been on his iron play, but there are some bright spots emerging.
The only area where Day has lost a stroke in the PGA Tour field this season is his approach. He will average 0.22 fewer strokes per event in 2026. And recently there are no signs of improvement.
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He has lost strokes on his approaches in the past three tournaments, and had his worst performance of the season at the Genesis Invitational, where the 13-time PGA Tour champion lost by 1.7 strokes.
But things seem to be going in the right direction so far at the Houston Open. Through the two rounds, Day gained 1.43 strokes in his approach play, ranking him in the top 20 among all players.
If he can consistently combine that with the elite short game he learned through his most successful years, Day will be a frequent contender for the top of the PGA Tour leaderboards.
