Tour Phil Mickelson - WITB - 2023 PGA Championship

[gator022]

5 minutes ago, cgasucks said:

Wrong...it goes even farther back with Mickelson and Blacked out TM Woods.

 

Here's him at the Masters...in 2001.

 

I’ll take your word for it. I have no idea what I’m looking at on that pic.

Edited May 17, 2023 by gator022

[cgasucks]

Just now, gator022 said:

I’ll take your word for it. I have no idea what to m looking at on that pic.

 

Here's another one.  On Golfwrx.com nonetheless.

 

WITB Time Machine: Top 5 OWGR This week in 2001 – GolfWRX

[gator022]

Just now, cgasucks said:

 

Here's another one.  On Golfwrx.com nonetheless.

 

WITB Time Machine: Top 5 OWGR This week in 2001 – GolfWRX

 

Cool. So it goes back even further.

 

Not sure where the argumentative “wrong” is coming from here.  I’m not sure anything in this was about being wrong or right. I simply mentioned how far I could recall it went back. Not sure how that makes me wrong….

[FuzzyDunlop69]

1 hour ago, cw1209 said:

 

That's an "L" on his lob wedge, not a 7.

Holy crap, I really am that dense...then again, I am a Cowboys fan!

[krazykarlsig]

Am I missing something or is Phil just being a troll with that wedge? https://www.yourgolftravel.com/19th-hole/ping-and-usga-reach-agreement-over-ping-eye2-wedges/

[Byrdman2230]

52 minutes ago, krazykarlsig said:

Am I missing something or is Phil just being a troll with that wedge? https://www.yourgolftravel.com/19th-hole/ping-and-usga-reach-agreement-over-ping-eye2-wedges/

It’s an eye 2 XG lob wedge. The XG means it has conforming grooves. 

[grm24]

2 hours ago, krazykarlsig said:

Am I missing something or is Phil just being a troll with that wedge? https://www.yourgolftravel.com/19th-hole/ping-and-usga-reach-agreement-over-ping-eye2-wedges/

You are missing something. Phil isn't trolling. The PING Eye 2 XG lob wedge was released in 2013 and has USGA/R&A compliant grooves. Completely legal. Here is a bit about the club. The XG moniker is important.

 

https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2014/01/18/phil-mickelson-ping-eye2-xg-lob-wedge-abu-dhabi/

 

 

[mat562]

14 hours ago, Valtiel said:

Same with the 300 Mini as well, he's been blacking out any Taylormade clubs that have been in that spot 

 

At least it's a more aesthetically pleasing blackout job than he had on the SLDR driver and the Rocketballz 3-wood he was bagging, both of which looked like it had been done with a spray can and duct tape.

[mat562]

10 hours ago, krazykarlsig said:

Am I missing something or is Phil just being a troll with that wedge? https://www.yourgolftravel.com/19th-hole/ping-and-usga-reach-agreement-over-ping-eye2-wedges/

 

He's been a fan of the Eye 2 wedge since his college days in the late 80s.

[ShortSticks]

The short game wizard is back to the EYE2 LW.

 

Love it!

 

An almost 40 year old design that is still one of the best at producing magic around the greens. 

[J_Tizzle]

47 minutes ago, ShortSticks said:

The short game wizard is back to the EYE2 LW.

 

Love it!

 

An almost 40 year old design that is still one of the best at producing magic around the greens. 

 

I loved the PM/Eye2 style of wedges around the greens inside of 50ish yards, but boy I HATED them as soon as the yardage hit 51 yards, lol.

 

Another Ping Anser hybrid sighting, this thing might go down as the GOAT hybrid.

[jholz]

He's been playing those irons for years. Looks like they might have made a "special" set from the shaping.

[ColinKelvin]

1 hour ago, J_Tizzle said:

 

I loved the PM/Eye2 style of wedges around the greens inside of 50ish yards, but boy I HATED them as soon as the yardage hit 51 yards, lol.

 

Another Ping Anser hybrid sighting, this thing might go down as the GOAT hybrid.

Do you know who else has used the Anser hybrids over the years? I remember Kuchar and Phil in the mid 2010s. Love the 17 so much I have three of them! 

[joj]

11 minutes ago, ColinKelvin said:

Do you know who else has used the Anser hybrids over the years? I remember Kuchar and Phil in the mid 2010s. Love the 17 so much I have three of them! 

Sneds too

 

[J_Tizzle]

14 minutes ago, ColinKelvin said:

Do you know who else has used the Anser hybrids over the years? I remember Kuchar and Phil in the mid 2010s. Love the 17 so much I have three of them! 

 

I know Kuch, and I'm pretty sure there is the old eBay special in Dahman's bag with the stock shaft.  I feel like I've seen several of them over the years sneak their way into pro's bags.  I have a 17/20/23 heads in my garage that I always consider going and shafting up when I see them in a pro's bag.  Only thing is I remember the 17 being crazy hot.

[getitdaily]

So, Phil has clearly been spending his liv money on ebay.

 

Time to go list some stuff...

[easylittle5wood]

On 5/16/2023 at 2:30 PM, bcflyguy1 said:

Those '13 X Forged irons are so good!

Was going to say the same thing. For quite a few years after several replacements came out a bunch of Callaway staffers still played these. Now 11 years later a set is still in play, that’s staying power. 
 

I wonder if Phil never wanted out of these even with other Callaway irons?

[bcflyguy1]

13 minutes ago, easylittle5wood said:

Was going to say the same thing. For quite a few years after several replacements came out a bunch of Callaway staffers still played these. Now 11 years later a set is still in play, that’s staying power. 
 

I wonder if Phil never wanted out of these even with other Callaway irons?

Probably not so much that as it is that Phil's never afraid to chop and change.

[Binson]

I've really missed the Phil WITB's.  Interesting that he plays the Eye 2 XG even over the wedge with his own namesake, designed after the Eye 2 LW. 

[Anser3]

He used an original Eye 2 wedge in 2010 after the groove rule change basically to sick it to the USGA and R&A over their asinine ruling about grooves (The Eye 2 was deemed conforming forever in the lawsuit Mr. Solheim filed against both bodies.  I believe terms of the the suit regarding the legality of the original Eye 2 have changed).

[CK423]

super interesting seeing all these liv guys switch into the gear they really want to play absent sponsor requirements

[guty17]

On 5/17/2023 at 3:33 PM, mat562 said:

 

At least it's a more aesthetically pleasing blackout job than he had on the SLDR driver and the Rocketballz 3-wood he was bagging, both of which looked like it had been done with a spray can and duct tape.

Would you know what else Taylormade clubs he played previously? Thanks

[nosedive32]

On 5/17/2023 at 4:17 PM, getitdaily said:

So, Phil has clearly been spending his liv money on ebay.

 

Time to go list some stuff...

I think he just keeps all his old crap in a garage then gets bored and pulls it out sometimes

 

The 17 degree anser with a kuro kage shaft was in his bag for the second half of 2013. Had it when he won at Muirfield. It replaced a 980f 4 wood he started using again in late 2012 from the early 2000s. It's made a few random reappearances over the years.

 

I can confirm from watching feature group coverage this week the Apex UW is notably stronger than the Answer hybrid off yardage and ballspeed so it's probably 14-15 degrees. 

[mat562]

12 minutes ago, guty17 said:

Would you know what else Taylormade clubs he played previously? Thanks

 

A V Steel and R7TP back in the early/mid 2000s. There's a photo of him earlier in the thread playing a lead tape-concealed TM 300 Series driver back in his Yonex days too. He also played an old Flex Twist Graphite-shafted Tour Spoon from the early 90s that lasted a good decade or so too, right through most of his time with Yonex.

 

 

 

Edited May 20, 2023 by mat562

[guty17]

16 minutes ago, mat562 said:

 

A V Steel and R7TP back in the early/mid 2000s. There's a photo of him earlier in the thread playing a lead tape-concealed TM 300 Series driver back in his Yonex days too. He also played an old Flex Twist Graphite-shafted Tour Spoon from the early 90s that lasted a good decade or so too, right through most of his time with Yonex.

 

 

 

That is awesome. I play R7 TS 13* in one bag and Rbz Tour in another. Although Rbz is Stage2 sadly.
 

So that is 300, sldr for drivers. Vsteel, R7 and rbz for 2-3woods and original one, 300 and brnr for minis. 

[EaglesGolf99]

2 hours ago, nosedive32 said:

I think he just keeps all his old crap in a garage then gets bored and pulls it out sometimes

 

The 17 degree anser with a kuro kage shaft was in his bag for the second half of 2013. Had it when he won at Muirfield. It replaced a 980f 4 wood he started using again in late 2012 from the early 2000s. It's made a few random reappearances over the years.

 

I can confirm from watching feature group coverage this week the Apex UW is notably stronger than the Answer hybrid off yardage and ballspeed so it's probably 14-15 degrees. 

Very interesting.