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Enter to Win Phil Mickelson’s U.S. Open Paycheck

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Phil Mickelson has finished second in the U.S. Open Championship six times without a victory, but he will have especially passionate support at Pinehurst No. 2 this year as he attempts to win the career Grand Slam.

Callaway Golf, in a promotion called “The Big Bertha Payday,” (#BerthaPayday) is allowing golfers a chance to win the same official dollar amount of Mickelson’s prize winnings at this year’s U.S. Open. Starting today (5/22) and lasting through the final round on June 15, every person living in the United States or Canada that demos a Big Bertha Driver, Big Bertha Alpha Driver, or a Big Bertha Fairway Wood at a participating location will receive a code they can use to enter the contest.

Read our review of the Big Bertha and Big Bertha Alpha drivers here.

That’s it. Just test out Callaway’s newest Big Bertha technology at a local participating golf course or range, and you could win up to $1.5 million, the estimated winnings for first place.

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“A lot of people out there have not had the chance to feel like what a putt for a million dollars feels like,” said Mickelson in a promotional video for The Big Bertha Payday. “Now, even though you’re not the one hitting it, you at home have the chance to feel that same anxiety.”

By entering, you will join Phil in the grind over four-footers, the diabolical greenside shots for which Pinehurst is infamous and the unbearable major championship pressure. The better he plays, the more money you have a chance to win.

Although he missed cuts at The Masters and The Players Championship in 2014, Mickelson’s game sets up well for the Donald Ross designed Pinehurst No. 2, which requires imagination and supreme touch around the greens. In the 1999 U.S. Open at the same venue, Mickelson finished in a tie for second place, losing to a memorably gutsy performance from the late Payne Stewart.

In the 2005 U.S. Open at Pinehurst, Mickelson finished T33, earning him $35, 759. With a vested interest, participants will be hoping for a better showing in 2014’s rendition of the championship.

For the sake of one lucky fan, let’s hope Mickelson at least makes the cut. For everyone else, the contest is a great excuse to try out Callaway’s newest drivers and fairway woods.

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He played on the Hawaii Pacific University Men's Golf team and earned a Masters degree in Communications. He also played college golf at Rutgers University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism.

19 Comments

19 Comments

  1. Tom

    Jun 26, 2014 at 4:38 pm

    Did they ever announce a winner of this contest?

  2. Jane Schrag

    Jun 17, 2014 at 1:06 pm

    Thanks for a chance of a lifetime

  3. Jane Schrag

    Jun 17, 2014 at 1:05 pm

    Thanks for chance of a lifetime. God Bless!

  4. Jane Schrag

    Jun 17, 2014 at 1:04 pm

    Thanks for the chance to Win with You. God Bless

  5. Larry Oliver

    Jun 11, 2014 at 4:42 pm

    It is your time to complete the Majors (4) slam!! Just go out nad win the US Open!!!

  6. David Gladden

    Jun 11, 2014 at 8:02 am

    Just win it Phil!

  7. Bill Trivette

    Jun 10, 2014 at 10:46 pm

    I have been pulling for Phil ever since her came on tour.I hope he wins this year.

  8. Macario Reyes

    Jun 7, 2014 at 2:10 pm

    go Phil!!!!

  9. jim sigmon

    May 29, 2014 at 9:14 pm

    pHIL ALL THE LUCK AND MAY GOD BLESS THIS ROUND, I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT.. I WATCH EVERY ROUND AND TOURNAMENT YOU PLAY IN GOOD LUCK THANKS FOR BEING PHIL MICKELSON

  10. Stephen Gorman

    May 25, 2014 at 7:13 pm

    We are wishing you all the good fortune you deserve Phil good luck from the Gorman family we will be rooting for you. My little 7 yr old rori beth is a lefty too and loves watching you play.

  11. Walt

    May 25, 2014 at 4:12 pm

    GO GET UM !

  12. Jane Martin

    May 24, 2014 at 2:01 pm

    Phil–Big Bertha–green backs to me!!!YEAH

  13. Alan Markle

    May 24, 2014 at 1:39 pm

    finding where to enter the contest is very difficult.

  14. Tom

    May 23, 2014 at 9:04 am

    All PGA Tour Superstores are offering up this promotion, demo the Bertha there and register.

  15. Scooter McGavin

    May 23, 2014 at 6:46 am

    Hm. The debate over winning lots of money or getting to see Phil lose again… I’ll have to think about that.

  16. JOHN HABERLE

    May 23, 2014 at 12:54 am

    It would be great to see lefty win,I come on 6 times a bridesmaid. It’s is time.

  17. Jeannette Neeld

    May 22, 2014 at 8:01 pm

    Go Phil it’s your turn

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Whats in the Bag

Chesson Hadley WITB 2024 (March)

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Driver: Titleist TSR3 (10 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 70 TX

3-wood: Titleist TSR2+ (14.5 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 80 TX

Irons: Titleist T200 (3), Titleist 620 CB (4, 5), Titleist 620 MB (6-PW)
Shafts: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 105 X (3), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (4-PW)

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (52-12F, 56-14F), WedgeWorks (60-K)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG 2-Ball
Grip: Odyssey

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

Check out more in-hand photos Chesson Hadley’s clubs here.

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Gary Woodland WITB 2024 (March)

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Driver: Cobra Darkspeed X (8 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TZ5 70 M5

  • The white circle that appears at the top of the face a removable sticker that’s used for launch monitor tracking, and Woodland removes it for competition!

3-wood: Cobra Darkspeed X (14 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TZ5 GW100 Prototype

7-wood: Cobra LTDx LS prototype (20 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TZ5 GW100 Prototype

Irons: Wilson Staff (18 degrees), Cobra King MB (4-PW)
Shafts: KBS Tour C-Taper Limited X

Wedges: Cobra SB (48), Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (52-08F, 56-14F), Cobra King (60)
Shafts: KBS Tour C-Taper Limited X (48 degrees), KBS Tour V-Ten 125

Putter: Scotty Cameron T-5 Proto
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Tour 3.0P

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord

See more in-hand photos of Gary Woodland’s WITB in the forums.

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Q&A: Martin Trainer on his Bobby Grace “Greg Chalmers” putter, 6.5-degree driver, and “butter knife” 2-iron

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As unbiasedly as I can put it, Martin Trainer has one of the coolest club setups in professional golf. (At some point soon, I’ll put together a top-10 list of “coolest club setups on Tour,” but I know that Trainer will be in the top-10)

What a lineup. He plays a 6.5-degree Wilson prototype driver, a 13-degree Wilson prototype 3-wood, a true blade Wilson Staff Model 2-iron, and a Bobby Grace “Greg Chalmers Commemorative” putter!

 

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I mean, look at this 2-iron from address…

To quote the great author R.L. Stine: “Goosebumps.”

On Wednesday at the 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open, I caught up with Trainer to learn more about his bag setup.

Here’s what he had to say:

You have the Internet going crazy over your bag setup, and your putter. Where’d you pick the Bobby Grace-Greg Chalmers putter up? How long have you had it?

MT: This was from when Bobby Grace came to my course in California: Cal Club. And for whatever reason, they just started having them in the shop. So then I took my buddy’s, started using it, and made, like, a million putts in a row, which is how every putter story begins, I guess.

And then, I bought a couple of my own, used it for years, got to the Tour with it, won on Tour with it (the 2019 Puerto Rico Open). Then, about a year later, started using another putter, did that for a couple years, but now it’s back in the bag.

When did it come back in the bag?

MT: December of this past year. So a few months ago.

What year would you say was the first time you threw that in the bag, or, like, when you bought it?

MT: God…Probably, 2016, maybe? 2018?

Do you remember how much you paid for it?

MT: I don’t know, actually. Maybe $100-150 bucks or something. I think that’s the only golf club I’ve bought between high school and now. Well, two, since I bought two of them.

The driver is interesting, too. What went into the prototyping process?

MT: That was a version of the current driver, but it was the prototype that they first came out with for Tour guys to try. And for whatever reason, I just never switched out to the new one.

It’s just 6.5 degrees, right?

MT: Yeah. Very low loft, yeah.

What kind of ball speed do you have with that these days?

MT: Like high 170’s.

Yeah, that’ll work. And then a 2-iron blade? We’re seeing fewer and fewer of those out here.

MT: Yeah. The butter knife.

Very cool thing to have in the bag. Have you done any testing with driving irons? 

MT: Yeah, I used to have a thicker one, but it was a little offset, and I never hit it that well. And then finally, I started messing around with the butter knife. And I remember the first time I looked down at it, I was terrified. And then I ended up getting used to it, putting it in play, and it’s been in place since. It’s a pretty good club for me.

How far do you carry that? 

MT: Like 235.

A good little wind club, I’m sure.

MTL Yeah, exactly. I can hit it very low. It’s great.

I love it. You have people shook looking at that. Thanks for the time, man. 

MT: Absolutely.

To see more photos and discussion of Trainer’s bag, click here.

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