Sir Nick On Rory's Wholesale Equipment Change: I Told You So

Randy King in the Roanoke Times reports on Nick Faldo's comments at this week's Greenbrier Classic about Rory McIlroy's equipment switch, which Faldo had predicted could be an issue for the lad when the switch to Nike was announced.

"Rory very simply messed with a winning formula," Faldo said. "He went from rookie of the year to world No. 1 and been through a lot and thought he could start again.

"As I said from Day One, I tweeted right away when it was announced that this was a dangerous move. I won't get into all the - people said, 'Oh, he's so talented, he can adapt.' Well, why should the world No. 1 be adapting to something new? As we discovered six months later, he's busy still trying putters, still trying drivers. It's not as easy."

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"We get a millisecond of feel at impact and if it's going great, it builds confidence; if it's suddenly something different to what you've been doing or thinking you're going to do, that hurts your confidence," Faldo said. "So I hope he hasn't gone too far, but it's damaged his confidence."