PGA TOUR

TULSA, Okla. – While major equipment switches the week of a major are rare, one is paying off for Webb Simpson at the PGA Championship.

The biggest thing for me is when I look down I want to make sure it looks good, and then after that all I care about is the numbers and how it's going to perform out of the rough. So I might have given to a friend, but I see them in there, we bring them out, and all the numbers we tested were way better. Approach to the green is typically a strength for me; this year it's been a weakness, and I've struggled out of the rough. Simpson shot 1-under 69 at Southern Hills on Thursday. It was one of the top rounds in a breezy and blustery afternoon at the Oklahoma course. “Today felt like the golf that I know how to play. “I've had a couple of short stints with non-blades in my career but not many,” said Simpson, who had been using Titleist’s 620 MB irons.