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Any chance this is Phil's?
Did Phil ever play a ball like the one shown below? I found this deep in the woods at Westfields GC in Clifton, VA, and laughed it off as a joke that someone personalized their ball with his name on it. Once I got home, I googled it and realized that Mickelson was actually at one time sponsored by Bearing Point, so I thought there was a tiny chance this might somehow be his ball. The course is owned and designed by Couples, so I thought it might be possible that this ball is legitimate, like they might have played a round together sometime at the course??? Please don't make fun of me for thinking this is actually his ball, I am just trying to investigate an interesting find. Thanks!
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[quote name='Sawgrass' timestamp='1336509764' post='4874596']
Can't be Phil's. He never hits it in the woods.

(Seriously, it seems much more likely that it's actually his than it's likely somebody would go to the trouble and expense of doctoring a ball up to pretend that it's his.)
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He hit it in the woods on the masters. he was just able to find it

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I guess the question now is...Was Phil sponsored by Bearing Point while he was sponsored by Cally?

And if so...why was he playing a proV in a situation where he's not getting paid to play a certain ball? Does that say anything about Cally's balls?

mind blown

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I'd be more intrigued if it was a Callaway ball. I think the Pro V1 392 was a 2007 model wasn't it?

More likely they were balls given out to Bearing Point associates and customers

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Call the course and ask if he's ever played a round there. That should give you a general idea to cross reference his sponsorship years with Bearing Point which I believe was before his Callaway days.

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[color="#333333"]Mickelson has worn the BearingPoint (and KPMG Consulting) logo on his hat starting in 2000 to about 2007.[/color]

[color="#333333"]Here is the complaint he filed against the company:[/color]
[left][size="2"][color="#333333"][url="http://www.courthousenews.com/2007/12/26/Midkelson.pdf"]http://www.courthous...6/Midkelson.pdf[/url][/color][/size][/left]

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[quote name='Potatohead' timestamp='1336601790' post='4883230']
Probably just a promotional thing. I found a similar ball, a Maxfli about 15 years ago with the Shark logo on it and number 00. I thought it might be Norman's but turned out there were lots of them out there.
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Maxfli? This is a Pro v1 with the logo of one of his sponsors.


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[quote name='PuttLeftHitRight' timestamp='1336601893' post='4883248']
[quote name='Potatohead' timestamp='1336601790' post='4883230']
Probably just a promotional thing. I found a similar ball, a Maxfli about 15 years ago with the Shark logo on it and number 00. I thought it might be Norman's but turned out there were lots of them out there.
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Maxfli? This is a Pro v1 with the logo of one of his sponsors.



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The ball I found had Norman's Shark logo on it and was the brand of his sponsor at the time. What's your point?

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[quote name='Potatohead' timestamp='1336602011' post='4883260']
[quote name='PuttLeftHitRight' timestamp='1336601893' post='4883248']
[quote name='Potatohead' timestamp='1336601790' post='4883230']
Probably just a promotional thing. I found a similar ball, a Maxfli about 15 years ago with the Shark logo on it and number 00. I thought it might be Norman's but turned out there were lots of them out there.
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Maxfli? This is a Pro v1 with the logo of one of his sponsors.



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The ball I found had Norman's Shark logo on it and was the brand of his sponsor at the time. What's your point?
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This is not a Phil Mickelson "personal" logo. Who the heck would want a Bearing Point ball?

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[quote name='PuttLeftHitRight' timestamp='1336604847' post='4883686']This is not a Phil Mickelson "personal" logo. Who the heck would want a Bearing Point ball?
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Hell yeah!!

Logo balls fly farther!

run of the mill driver with stock shaft
a couple of outdated hybrids
shovel-ier shovels
wedges from same shovel company
some putter with a dead insert and
a hideous grip

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[quote name='scoobydrew813' timestamp='1336599574' post='4882974']
[quote name='puttapotomus' timestamp='1336521971' post='4875788']
If it was Phil's, I would have thought they could have at least gotten his name straight on the ball. Goes all the way across the line.
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The writing IS straight, I just am terrible at holding golf balls sorry.
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Not talking about how you are holding the ball. The name across the orbital line is NOT straight. Bottom of the P in Phil starts on one side of the line and the top of the N in his last name is on the other side....

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[quote name='murray002' timestamp='1336633548' post='4886646']
ball better have been real hard to find or someone would have found it long time ago
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Or, more likely, it has been recycled or sold used after being harvested from somewhere.

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