Does anybody know what Lefty was using at AT&T Pebble Beach last weekend? I saw him hitting a Hybrid, was that the X Hybrid or FT-Hybrid?

Also, is he still playing the X-Tour irons?

Full Bag info will even be better.... thanks.

Is he still using a Diamana in the driver??? Go Phil!

Here you go straight from the Darrell......



Callaway FT-5
Loft: 8.5*
CG: Draw
Diamana 73X

X-Tour 13* Diamana 73X
FT-Hybrid 17* Diamana 73X
X-Tour #4-PW Project X 7.0
X-Tour Wedges Project X 7.0
Flamed Odyssey PM XG #7
HX.Tour Golf Ball

I know the darrell is reliable but does anyone else find it wierd that is driver, 3 wood and hybrid have the same exact shaft?

diamana blue right and yea that is a little wierd that they all have same shaft

I don't think so at all......he loves that shaft and feels that it works best for him in those clubs....

It's not how hard or fast he swings as much as it's how much he loads the shafts. In short, his downswing is very closed to his body and narrow which forces him to load the shaft a lot. This requires a much stiffer flex, among other things. PX 7.0's are like steel pipes.

What is a flamed Odyssey? I have never heard of that.

I believe "flamed" is when the head is heated with a butane torch to almost blue the metal.

Does anyone know wherre you could get that flamed finish done to your putter?

7.0 are as stiff as cement

I am positive that he doesn't use the xg7, he uses a special version of the xg 9.
Rich

I think its funny that Graphite Design makes a shaft especially for him, than he dumps it and uses the Diamana.

I would bet his irons may be longer than standard though, thus reducing the flex a some. I know my 6.5's are really stiff at standard length. Stiffer than X100's. I can't imagine 7.0's.

I also doubt he uses a 73 gram in his hybrid. Thats really light!!

I play PX 7.0's and I play them slightly over length. In the shop they cycled out really high and I was a little worried but they play great. I have them in some LT's. Great feel and ballflight.

I called Royal Precision, when they still existed/before the TT buy out, and was told their shafts get stiffer as they lengthen. I thought this was counter intuitive, but I didn't want to second guess him or my clubfitter. Weird though...

I just got a new Golf Digest and saw that phil is playong the X-forged now.

Dont you think he could also be using the newest model for Callaway Marketing ..

I dont know if he is using the X-Forged but last time I checked he was using X-Tours

i think i saw the x20 tours in his bag at the masters

Well your wrong, sorry to tell you

unless you can back that up, don't say it...

Well if you look here it is his usal X-Tours that he have been playing for a while

hahaha, i stand corrected. i was thrown by the issue of golf digest in which he was using the x forged, so i though that he might be done with the x-tours, but when i saw the coverage, i was convinced they weren't the x tours, but they definitely weren't the x forged, so therefore i though the x20 tours were in the bag

thanx

It is just callaway out smarts people it is also marketing... there #1 player on the PGA tour using the newest product.. for some people if a player uses the product the consumer will buy for example Tiger woods with the Sasquatch

haha, yeah i know. i was just thrown off...

am i wrong or did phil, at one time, have a 4 hybrid in his bag... i am not sure, but watching one tourney a while back, i thought i heard the announcers say that the longets iron in his bag was a 5 iron... please tell me if i am right or wrong!!!

Not sure if it was a 4 hybrid, but he definetly was playing a hybrid, not sure if he still is.

there was one point when i remember looking at his bag and seeing 3 X hybrids or at least 3 hybrid head covers. idk if they make a hybrid 1 iron in that style, so that must mean he had 2, 3, and 4 hybrids... i'm not stating fact, its my guess...

x-forged went in the bag this week.

any pics???

after watching this weekend, it looks like he had a different driver in the bag ?

was it the x460 ? or was it the new version that posted posted here last week ?

Driver Callaway FT-5 8.5°
3 Wood Callaway X Hot 15°
Hybrid Callaway FT 3H 17°
Hybrid Callaway X 4H 21°
Irons (5-9) Callaway X-Forged
Wedge (PW) Callaway X-Forged
Wedge (GW) Callaway X-Tour 52°
Wedge (LW) Callaway X-Tour 60°
Wedge (FW) Callaway X-Tour 64°
Putter Odyssey White Hot XG #9
Ball Callaway HX Tour

At the tourney he won last weekend

What is an FW? (Filmickelson Wedge?) :-)

I'd like to know that too (Flop Wedge?)

Is he using X-forged wedges now
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Phil is in Singapore for the Singapore Open, he said that he is using the new irons (same as the one he used at Fry.com).

Which irons? Blades from callaway?

Yeah. Callaway released prototype blades for Phil to try and so far so good, i guess.

There's a thread on this... can somebody get me a link!!

Pics? I'd like to see them.

A Picture from Phil's bag at HSBC Champions

Wow, those are some sexy irons! The wedges look nice as well.

Some pics of phil's bag at the Singapore Open.

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Those Callaways remind me a bit of the old Ben Hogan Apex blades, circa 1994:

i need to get me some of those blades...

I know his 64* wedge has 0 bounce.
I caddied in is group during the Deutsche Bank Pro-Am and we were talking about wedges and he said he personally went into the Callaway trailer and built the 64* wedge with 0(zero) bounce

I really like that FT-5 and odessey headcover. Especially the later. Are those the ones that come on the new putters? Or are they special order?

same thing i was thinking thats a fricken cement poll, but then again phillip is a big boy....

Just a little update on Phil Mickelson's bag...

DRIVER - He is still using the FT-5 Tour but now with a Diamana Whiteboard. Not sure on the exact bend profile of the specific shaft he us using but the graphics are definately Whiteboard graphics.

3-WOOD - Phil has moved on to the new FT-Fairway which Callaway will debut this spring. He has a Whiteboard in this as well.

HYBRIDS - He is now using the new FT-Hybrids shafted with Blueboards.

IRONS - As discussed above, Phil is now using the Prototype Blade irons. Rumor has it that Callaway WILL, eventually, release these to the public but obviously in a modified form. Expect an announcement concerning these this Spring, with a possible release sometime this summer or fall.

WEDGES - He's now using the new X-Forged wedges.

BALL - Phil was still using the HX Tour at the HSBC since the new ix had not been approved for tournament play. I believe it is now.

According to the Golf Channel, this was his set-up at the HSBC...


DriverCallaway FT-5 8.5°
3 WoodCallaway FT Tour 13° prototype
HybridCallaway FT 3H 21° prototype
Irons (4-9)Callaway X-Series Forged prototype
Wedge (PW)Callaway X-Tour 50°
Wedge (SW)Callaway X-Forged 55° prototype
Wedge (EW)Callaway X-Forged 64° prototype
PutterOdyssey White Hot XG #9
BallCallaway HX Tour

I heard that Phil and Tiger both have steel shafted drivers, both X flex.

I don't ever renember Phil having a steel shaft in his driver, Tiger used a DG x100 until about 3 years ago and he has been using graphite ever since. He was using a Bi Matrix shaft, graphite with a steel tip, approx 2 years ago. Ever since Tiger started rebuilding his swing, and came out of his "slump" I am pretty sure he has used graphite in his driver and fairway woods.