Jang Eun-soo, who won the Jeju Samdasoo Masters of the Korean LPGA Tour on the 9th, unraveled her "no win for 10 years." His golf bag at the ceremony was completely different from last year. Instead of the existing brand that was used before the professional debut, the brand was replaced by Ping Golf Club. In his 10th year, he threw a game plan with a desperate heart for victory. I changed everything from drivers to putters.

The replacement effect was certain. Jang Eun-soo's average driving distance in 2024 and 2025 fell to the 220-yard range, virtually disappearing his competitiveness on the regular tour stage. However, after replacing the equipment this year, the average distance increased again to 236.10 yards, reducing the burden of targeting the green and hitting the green at a 72.9% hit rate. Putter also changed to Ping Golf PLD Alley Blue Onset, a zero-talk series, and recorded an average of 71.37 pars. Lowest in 10 years of activity. In other words, it is in its second heyday by replacing supplies.

In golf, where the direction of winning is divided by one stroke, and the fate of passing the cut and missing the cut is divided, professional golfers do not hesitate to change if it has the effect of reducing even one stroke. That's how desperate I am. Among them, a typical "winner club" is a driver for distance and a putter that determines whether to make birdies or not.

In particular, the replacement of putters is more of a gamble. It's the most sensitive, so it's hard to change. Tiger Woods of the U.S. has hardly changed his putter, and Park Min-ji, who recorded 20 KLPGA Tour wins, has been using Ping Golf's "Ketch Mead Cadence TR Putter" for 10 years. Although it is a discontinued product, it continues to be made for Park Min-ji. Park Min-ji said, "Familiarity and trust are important in putters. You need 10 years' worth of practice to learn the persimmon with a new putter," he said.

Naturally, many professional golfers hesitate to replace their putters. However, players who want to hold onto straws are not afraid of change.

A case in point is Scottie Scheffler (USA), who ranks first in the world. Scheffler, who has good shots but is particularly sluggish on the green, changed his putter in early 2024 and won seven PGA Tour wins, including two consecutive Masters gold medals, and the FedEx Cup, standing tall as the world's best player.

Yoo Hae-ran also changed his putter and achieved a great achievement of "two consecutive major wins." After 34 putts in the first round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, he made a decision to "replace the putter." Moreover, it was a Scottie Cameron 11ROC model, not a TaylorMade product, which is his product sponsor brand. The effect was like a miracle. On the second day, he entered the competition for the championship by reducing eight pars and won the top prize. The 11ROC is designed with the shaft mounted slightly behind the face, and the head reduces torsion (torque) during an impact to aid in a more stable stroke. Yoo Hae-ran, who has a secret weapon that suits him, also lifted the trophy at the subsequent major championship Evian Championship.

On the PGA Tour, there is a player who hit the jackpot after replacing the putter.

This is Wyndham Clark of the U.S. Clark suffered from sudden difficulties in shooting last year. Especially, I couldn't use my strength on the green. However, it is ranked first with an average of 1.696 putts this year. Clark's magic bat is a 'ping Scottsdale telex blue onset' putter. He ranked in the top five four times, including winning the CJ Cup Byron Nelson and the U.S. Open, a major tournament, and accumulated $9.876,186 (about 14 billion won) in prize money for the season.

Among Korean male golfers, Kolon's Korean Open winner Yang Ji-ho is considered a successful case of replacing the putter.

He received 500 million won in prize money and 200 million won in bonuses, and got 700 million won at once. Yang Ji-ho's weakness was also his putt. It was only ranked 77th in 2025. However, this year, it changed completely after switching to a broomstick putter, also known as a "broom putter." In the Korean Open, the average number of putts in the fourth round was only 1.63. In the first round, he played the role of a magic bat that gave him the championship with an average of 1.36.

PGA Tour Bud Kohli of the U.S. also changed to Scotty Cameron Goro 7 putter this year and won his first PGA Tour title by shaking off long-running injuries and stagnation, while Kim Joo-hyung also succeeded in reviving after returning to the traditional Blade (Newport 2) type putter, which shared his first PGA Tour victory since March after numerous putter changes.

[Reporter Cho Hyosung]