Tour News
Mickelson named Interim Assistant Coach at ASU
Above: Phil Mickelson (right) and his brother Tim Mickelson, who is the head coach of the ASU Men’s Golf Team.
Phil Mickelson has returned, at least in title, to his alma mater Arizona State University, according to Golfweek. The five-time major champion and three-time individual NCAA Champion for the Sun Devils (1988-92) has been named interim assistant coach of the men’s golf team.
Don’t expect Mickelson to cut down on his Tour schedule to travel with the team and talk course strategy at tournaments, but do expect ASU to load up on recruits in the near future. Mickelson’s new position allows him to join forces with his younger brother, Tim Mickelson, who is in his fourth year as head coach of the team, and play a more central role in recruiting than just being an alumni. And according to reports, he’s already playing his role well.
The Sunday Morning Herald reported that 16-year old Ryan Ruffels, a highly touted Australian junior golfer, received a call from Mickelson luring him to play for his alma-mater. Ruffels told the Herald they chatted for an hour.
Ruffels won the World Junior 15-17 boys’ title in July 2014 and finished fourth in the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship last month. His upcoming schedule includes the Australian Masters in Melbourne and Australian Open in Sydney at the end of November.
Hopefully the new recruits are comfortable with a pod-system.
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Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2024 PGA Championship
GolfWRX is on site this week at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, for the PGA Championship.
While we see fewer equipment changes and new gear seeding at major championships, we get a look at custom gear and looks into the bags of players we rarely see, which is just as exciting. In the case of the PGA Championship, this means a look at the gear some of the PGA Professionals who qualified for the tournament will be gaming, and LIV players, such as Jon Rahm and Patrick Reed.
Check out links to all our albums from Valhalla below and check back throughout the week as we continue to update.
General Albums
WITB Albums
- Michael Block – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Patrick Reed – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Cam Smith – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Brooks Koepka – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Josh Speight – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Takumi Kanaya – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Kyle Mendoza – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Adrian Meronk – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jordan Smith – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jeremy Wells – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jared Jones – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- John Somers – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Larkin Gross – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Tracy Phillips – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jon Rahm – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Keita Nakajima – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Kazuma Kobori – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- David Puig – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Ryan Van Velzen – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Brad Marek – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Chris Gotterup – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Rich Beem WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Phil Mickelson – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Matt Dobyns – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Lucas Herbert – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jason Dufner – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- John Daly – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Taylor Gooch – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Dean Burmester – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Joaquin Niemann – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Dustin Johnson – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
Pullout Albums
- Ping putter covers – 2024 PGA Championship
- Bettinardi covers – 2024 PGA Championship
- Cameron putter covers – 2024 PGA Championship
- Max Homa – Titleist 2 wood – 2024 PGA Championship
- Scotty Cameron experimental putter shaft by UST – 2024 PGA Championship
- Joaquin Niemann – new Ping putter – 2024 PGA Championship
- Brooks Koepka’s new Cameron putter – 2024 PGA Championship
- Rickie Fowler’s Cobra bag and Aerojet driver – 2024 PGA Championship
- Super Stroke grip – 2024 PGA Championship
- Tiger Woods – 2024 PGA Championship
- Michael Block’s new TaylorMade “Proto” 7-iron, from address – 2024 PGA Championship
- Odyssey putter covers – 2024 PGA Championship
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Photos from the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
GolfWRX is live this week at the Wells Fargo Championship as a field of the world’s best golfers descend upon Charlotte, North Carolina, hoping to tame the beast that is Quail Hollow Club in this Signature Event — only Scottie Scheffler, who is home awaiting the birth of his first child, is absent.
From the grounds at Quail Hollow, we have our usual assortment of general galleries and WITBs — including a look at left-hander Akshay Bhatia’s setup. Among the pullout albums, we have a look inside Cobra’s impressive new tour truck for you to check out. Also featured is a special look at Quail Hollow king, Rory McIlroy.
Be sure to check back throughout the week as we add more galleries.
General Albums
- 2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Monday #1
- 2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Tuesday #1
- 2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Akshay Bhatia – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Matthieu Pavon – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Keegan Bradley – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Webb Simpson – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Emiliano Grillo – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Taylor Pendrith – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Kevin Tway – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
Pullout Albums
- New Cobra equipment truck – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rory McIlroy – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- New Cobra equipment truck – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Eric Cole’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Custom Cameron putter – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Matt Kuchar’s custom Bettinardi – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Justin Thomas – driver change – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rickie Fowler – putter change – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rickie Fowler’s new custom Odyssey Jailbird 380 putter – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Tommy Fleetwood testing a TaylorMade Spider Tour X (with custom neck) – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Cobra Darkspeed Volition driver – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
See what GolfWRXers are saying about our Wells Fargo Championship photos in the forums.
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Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
GolfWRX is on site this week in McKinney, Texas, at the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson (FKA the AT&T Byron Nelson).
Last year at TPC Craig Ranch, Jason Day ended a five-year winless streak. J-Day is in the field again, as are Jordan Spieth, Tom Kim, and Will Zalatoris.
We have our usual assortment of general galleries, WITBs, and pullout albums for your perusal. As always, we’ll continue to add links to additional albums as they make their way to us from the Lone Star State.
Check out links to all our photos below.
General Albums
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Monday #1
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Monday #2
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #1
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #2
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #3
WITB Albums
- Pierceson Coody – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Kris Kim – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- David Nyfjall – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Adrien Dumont de Chassart – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Jarred Jetter – North Texas PGA Section Champ – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Richy Werenski – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Wesley Bryan – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Parker Coody – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Peter Kuest – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Blaine Hale, Jr. – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Kelly Kraft – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Rico Hoey – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
Pullout Albums
- Adam Scott’s 2 new custom L.A.B. Golf putters – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Scotty Cameron putters – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Ben Griffin playing Maxfli golf ball
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other paul
Nov 12, 2014 at 8:00 am
Is ASU a Christian university? What’s with all the (anti) religious comments?
Mat
Nov 12, 2014 at 12:12 pm
Well, they are Devils…
Jake Anderson
Nov 12, 2014 at 6:29 am
I think all the comments about Phil Mickelson’s alleged weight problems are totally misplaced. He is a beautiful male athlete and he should be proud of his body!
Go Phily!
Pat
Nov 15, 2014 at 8:43 pm
Let’s call it what it is. I’m a huge Mickelson fan, but he is definitely out of shape and overweight but somehow makes it work for what he has to do. Baseball, golf, sumo and MMA are the only sports where the “athletes” can get away with being fat. No need to sugarcoat things Jake. There is nothing beautiful about Phil’s body.
Dave
Nov 11, 2014 at 10:20 pm
Callaway can’t be too happy about him wearing that Nike hat in the pic! ; ) love Lefty hope he comes back strong next season.
TheFightingEdFioris
Nov 11, 2014 at 9:18 pm
This is awesome, just another reason to love Hefty. There may be reports of him being “fake”, but I’ll take that over my boy Tiger just flat-out being an a*s.
Bert
Nov 11, 2014 at 4:50 pm
I guess I’m missing something? I still don’t understand why negative comments concerning Phil. What’s he done to be abrasive?
I believe he’s a great champion and most deserved of the victories he’s obtained and has more than paid the price with many second place finishes.
He keeps his charitable contributions quiet, but it’s know that he has been more than supportive of many great charities.
And where did all the Christ hater’s comments come from? If you hate Christ so, He must be real in your life. If He’s not real; how can you hate Him?
Has a post been removed?
Pat
Nov 15, 2014 at 8:48 pm
I’m a huge Mickelson fan as well, but let’s not be blind and in denial about Phil’s demeanor and personality. He is very cordial to his fans, but is known to be rude and condescending at times to his peers. I’ve seen it first hand when he played at Riviera one year. I think it’s great that he’s done so much in the name of charity and the golf community however.
patrick
Nov 11, 2014 at 4:27 pm
Ronald doesn’t need christ he needs common sense.
Ben
Nov 11, 2014 at 2:57 pm
Golfwrx lets be careful what we publish about recruiting we don’t want to get phil in trouble for NCAA violations ok?
Another Jeff
Nov 11, 2014 at 11:55 am
Ronald,
I’m not a fan of Phil either. But I am, a preacher’s son, and I think what you are railing against is what I have seen all my life – folks you consider to be hypocrites. I know at least for me – I don’t deny anyone their faith and, honestly, I applaud those who’s lives seem to follow their beliefs. My father (now deceased – estimated that only 50 -60% of those sitting in the pews each week were converted. The others were – playing Church. As an example of a guy who lives his beliefs I would offer up Bernhard Langer. I think you would find him much more palatable than someone professing Christ and acting the Devil. Christians aren’t perfect – but true Christians are trying to be more and more Christlike each day. Ronald as a still somewhat rebellious Christian – I hope you will find the peace in your life that my less rebellious brothers and sisters have found.
Honmagolfan
Nov 11, 2014 at 3:55 pm
Another Jeff, well said. Ronald, no one is perfect, but hyprocrites need Christ more than anyone. But true Christ followers try to be more Christlike in their faith.
joe
Nov 12, 2014 at 8:39 am
where does bubba fit into this?
Pat
Nov 15, 2014 at 8:51 pm
You guys do need a to chill out. Ronald is entitled to his opinions like the rest of us. I hate Tiger because he is such a d-bag both on and off the course. Does that make me a horrible person? No it doesn’t and just because Ronald dislikes Phil doesn’t mean he’s a horrible individual either.
Ronald
Nov 11, 2014 at 11:12 am
I’m so glad he’s not a jesus freak. I’d hate his guts even more, which is hard to do