The Very Specific Reason Collin Morikawa Made an Iron Swap for Birkdale

For former Champion Golfer of the Year Collin Morikawa, dialing in his gear involves swapping irons for a very specific reason.
Every year, around The Open Championship, the equipment discussion generally revolves around two areas of the bag: wedges and woods in the form of swapping into lower bounce options, and removing higher lofted woods in favor of driving irons.
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But what about irons?
There is one player taking the extra step to ensure he is making the best contact possible on the links of Royal Birkdale, Collin Morikawa, and we broke down exactly why he’s doing it and has been doing it for years now when he plays in The Open.
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