Phil Mickelson's Tour Championship Winning Clubs
A lot of golfers on the PGA Tour use custom-made clubs, but Phil Mickelson's 18° and 22° Callaway hybrids are truly unique.
When I asked him about the 18° in June prior to the start of the U.S. Open at Bethpage, he told me, "This is a special club I actually made, taking the back part of the hybrid out so that I can open it way up and get through that thick rough."
No other player on Tour has one, although a few Callaway staff players have tried one at the company's headquarters in Carlsbad, Calif.
But don't hold your breath hoping that Callaway is going to make a version of the club available anytime soon. Justin Timberlake, who is a paid member of the Callaway Golf staff, also tried a Mickelson-spec hybrid at the company's test center and loved it. After asking Callaway representatives if he could have it, he was politely told no.
Hey, if a guy who has dated Britney Spears and Cameron Diaz can't score one ...
Here is a list of the clubs that Mickelson used to win at East Lake:
DRIVER: Callaway FT-9 (7.5°) Tour hosel with Mitsubishi Fubuki 73 X shaft
FAIRWAY WOOD: Callaway Big Bertha Diablo (15°) with Mitsubishi Fubuki 73 X shaft
HYBRID: Callaway PM prototype (18°, 22°) with Mitsubishi Diamana Thump X shaft
IRONS: Callaway X Proto (5-PW) with Rifle Project X 7.0 shafts
WEDGES: Callaway X Tour Forged (56°, 60°, 64°) with Rifle Project X 7.0 shafts
PUTTER: Odyssey White Hot XG #9 Blade
BALL: Callaway Tour ix
Posted by: Justin | Oct 5, 2009 9:55:48 AM
These posters were helping to clarify someone's misunderstanding- and not being offensive in the process. How about next time when you hide behind the Internet to act like a bad@ss, use your real name.
Posted by: smarter than the 5th grader | Oct 4, 2009 2:16:44 AM
6 out of 9 posts are about counting and how to count? That's some sad $.H.!T. Learn to count next time before acting like the smart guy in the room.
Posted by: bryan | Oct 2, 2009 9:09:32 AM
I think people are counting the type of ball as a club when quickly scanning to count. it is 14 though.
Posted by: XtopheleS | Oct 1, 2009 2:52:21 PM
Driver = 1, Fairway Wood = 1, 18 and 10 degree hybrids = 2, Irons 5-PW = 6, 56 degree, 60 degree and 64 degree wedges = 3, putter = 1. Total clubs = 14. When quickly scanning the list, you may accidentally count the shafts in there somewhere. They should, of course, not be counted.
Posted by: phil | Sep 30, 2009 11:57:19 PM
Nope 14.......
Posted by: Phil | Sep 30, 2009 11:55:32 PM
Yep....15 Clubs
Posted by: james | Sep 30, 2009 8:27:39 PM
Pretty sure there are 14 clubs listed. 8 + 6 irons=14.
Posted by: Bill | Sep 30, 2009 11:38:02 AM
Is it just me, or have you listed 15 clubs in Phil's bag?
Posted by: Justin | Sep 29, 2009 1:10:18 PM
And how can we say these things for sure? He uses a Frankenstein-ed hybrid and a driver with an elongated hosel- both can't be found anywhere else. Who's to say his putter is "standard"? None of us can. Maybe PM can fill us in?
Posted by: Steve | Sep 28, 2009 2:02:31 PM
It was not a #9. It was his old PM prototype with a much smaller flange.
Posted by: Thomas | Sep 28, 2009 1:09:53 PM
Phil used the Odyssey Black Series i #9 at East Lake. Not the White Hot XG #9.