{"id":43852,"date":"2026-02-28T07:55:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T12:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/28\/equipment-changes-brooks-koepka-made-before-shooting-66-at-cognizant-classic\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T07:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T12:55:14","slug":"equipment-changes-brooks-koepka-made-before-shooting-66-at-cognizant-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/28\/equipment-changes-brooks-koepka-made-before-shooting-66-at-cognizant-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Equipment changes Brooks Koepka made before shooting 66 at Cognizant Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/28\/equipment-changes-brooks-koepka-made-before-shooting-66-at-cognizant-classic\/#Brooks_Koepka_swaps_golf_balls_at_Cognizant_Classic\" >Brooks Koepka swaps golf balls at Cognizant Classic<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/28\/equipment-changes-brooks-koepka-made-before-shooting-66-at-cognizant-classic\/#What_Brooks_Koepka_did_to_fix_his_putting_stroke_at_the_Cognizant_Classic\" >What Brooks Koepka did to fix his putting stroke at the Cognizant Classic<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Brooks Koepka bounced back from a slump in the opening round of the Cognizant Classic. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After starting the tournament with a 3-over 74 in the opening round, he bounced back on Friday with a score of 66 to qualify.<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Koepka found his groove back on the greens after enduring a prolonged putting struggle that forced him to change putters for the first time in more than a decade. Although he couldn&#8217;t hit any holes on Thursday, he was the third-best putter in the field in the second round.<\/p>\n<p>He looked like a different player on Friday, and some of that can be attributed to the equipment changes he made under the radar.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"lightbox-btn\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"lightbox-expand\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Image Lightbox\" class=\"lightbox-overlay\" aria-modal=\"true\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p>Photo credit: Raj Mehta\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Brooks_Koepka_swaps_golf_balls_at_Cognizant_Classic\"><\/span>Brooks Koepka swaps golf balls at Cognizant Classic<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Koepka started the Cognizant Classic using the Srixon Z Star Diamond, the golf ball he has been using since 2021. But on Friday, he switched to the Titleist Pro V1x, widely considered the best ball in golf.<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The change clearly paid off, as he was 5 under through the first nine holes and quickly connected to the new ball. The only blot on his scorecard was a bogey on the penultimate hole of the round.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time he&#8217;s made this change. Koepka performed the same move at Winged Foot at the 2022 U.S. Open, but didn&#8217;t get the same results. He finished T55 at that US Open, finishing at +12 for the week despite using the ball in all four rounds.<\/p>\n<p>But after Friday&#8217;s show with the Pro V1X, he&#8217;ll likely keep it in his bag for the rest of the event.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Brooks_Koepka_did_to_fix_his_putting_stroke_at_the_Cognizant_Classic\"><\/span>What Brooks Koepka did to fix his putting stroke at the Cognizant Classic<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Koepka&#8217;s putting struggles were well documented at this point, but he appeared to correct his putting stroke during the second round. He then explained the changes he had made.<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The five-time major champion said, &#8220;I&#8217;ve changed my mechanics, so I&#8217;m going to go with a good feeling. Like I said, I was just cheating yesterday, and my hands were too far back when I set up, so that was the only thing I had.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce I got them in front, I felt like I could see the line a lot better and I felt like I could visually see where I had to jump out on the right line, and yesterday they weren&#8217;t matching up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can always change something during the round and try to do something. But that wasn&#8217;t the case. It&#8217;s very difficult to see with the naked eye.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I really had to stand up. That&#8217;s why after I finished here, I ran to the putting green and sent the video. And then we talked about it and we realized that. But that&#8217;s really it, the stroke was fine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll see over the remainder of the tournament whether Koepka is truly back on track on the greens, but so far the signs are positive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brooks Koepka bounced back from a slump in the opening round of the Cognizant Classic. After starting the tournament with a 3-over 74 in the opening round, he bounced back on Friday with a score of 66 to qualify. advertisement Koepka found his groove back on the greens after enduring a prolonged putting struggle that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[17],"class_list":{"0":"post-43852","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}