His final-round playing partner may have been busy shouting “FORE!” but Phil Mickelson was more inclined to worry about the number.
Mickelson, who fired a blistering closing round of 64 to land his fourth AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am title on Sunday, also helped bag Callaway’s fourth victory in the last five weeks across the Atlantic.
The Callaway staffer, who valiantly clawed his way back from six behind to win by two, ranked tied third in greens in regulation on 75% with his Callaway RAZR X Forged Muscle Back irons and tied tenth in putting after holing numerous putts from outside 20-feet en route to a sensational final-round 64.
Having unthinkably chopped and changed with his flatstick in recent months, most notably with the belly putter, Mickelson is now back with his Odyssey White Hot XG blade and feeling more confident than ever.
“I certainly am confident now heading into some of our big events. I feel like, you know, my putter is back,” said the popular Californian, who needed just 26 putts on Sunday.
But it wasn’t just the clubs that worked for Lefty as the 40-time PGA Tour champion wasted little time in praising the performance of Callaway’s brand new HEX Black Tour ball.
“I had a big advantage this week, I felt, because when the winds started coming up, when the rain started coming up, I felt like I had an advantage by the way my ball was flying and being controlled through that wind,” added the four-time major champion, who moves up to World No.11 with the victory.
“The new HEX Black Tour ball just flew so good and penetrated through the air so much better that in this thick, cold air I felt like I had a big advantage.”
Mickelson may have found 61.8% of the fairways for the week but when it mattered most on Sunday, he missed just one.
“I feel like I’ve got a driver that’s dialled in with our new RAZR Fit driver. And I feel like I’ve got such control over my flight and trajectory distance control.”
The soon-to-be- Hall of Famer’s victory marked the second worldwide win with a RAZR Fit Driver, following Alvaro Quiros’ victory at the Dubai World Championship in December.The RAZR Fit Driver features Callaway’s OptiFit adjustability system, designed for easy use and noticeable changes in trajectory for each of the settings.
What’s in Mickelson’s bag
Driver: Callaway RAZR Fit (9.5-degree; Fujikura Motore Speeder VC7.2)
Fairway wood: Callaway Big Bertha Diablo (15-degree: Fujikura Rombax 80B)
Hybrid: Callaway X Prototype (19-degree; Mitsubishi Fubuki 73X)
Irons: Callaway X-Forged (4-iron), Callaway X-Prototype (5-iron) and RAZR X Forged Muscle Back (6-PW; Rifle Project X 7.0)
Wedges: Callaway X Series JAWS (52, 60, 64-degree; Rifle Project X 7.0)
Putter: Odyssey White Hot XG PT82 Blade
Ball: Callaway HEX Black Tour
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