Equipment
Phil Mickelson’s potentially shocking driver change at the 2023 Open Championship
Phil Mickelson’s bag setup at the 2023 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club might look a lot different than it did at the 2023 U.S. Open just last month.
After masterfully finishing T2 at The Masters to kick off Major Championship season in 2023, Mickelson followed up the performance with a lackluster T58 at the PGA Championship, and a missed cut at the U.S. Open.
Now, it looks like lefty is switching things up at the top end of his bag for the year’s final major.
Rainy conditions on practice day #3. #TheOpen pic.twitter.com/wpAJp0xN75
— Phil Mickelson Tracker (@TrackingPhil) July 18, 2023
Mickelson – who’s used a Callaway driver throughout most of his legendary career (he used a Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond in 2023) – was spotted on Wednesday at Royal Liverpool using a Ping G430 LST 9-degree driver during a practice round at the 2023 Open Championship.
Phil Mickelson swinging a Ping driver at the Open today ? pic.twitter.com/rR8o5NnFDd
— Dylan Dethier (@dylan_dethier) July 19, 2023
While the potential switch is certainly shocking, Mickelson actually switched into a Ping G430 Max 15-degree fairway wood prior to LIV London in July. According to a Ping rep, Mickelson requested a number of driver options to be built up for Open Championship week.
It appears that Mickelson found his match with a Ping G430 LST 9-degree head, equipped with a Fujikura Ventus Blue 6X shaft. At least, he liked that one enough to bring it out onto the course for his Wednesday practice round.
Of course, there’s no guarantee that’s the driver he’ll tee it up with on Thursday, but he’s serious enough about making the driver change to test it out on the eve of Thursday’s opening round.
We’ll keep an eye on Mickelson’s driver and fairway wood choices as Open Championship week at Royal Liverpool continues.
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- Webb Simpson what’s in the bag accurate as of the Wells Fargo Championship. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (10 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Black 6 X
3-wood: Titleist TS2 (15 degrees, B2 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Blue 70 TX
5-wood: Titleist 913 Fd (18 degrees)
Shaft: UST Mamiya VTS Proforce 8 TX
Hybrids: Titleist TSR2 (24 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD D1 Hybrid 105 X
Irons: Titleist T150 (5, 6), Titleist 680 (7-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM9 (46-10F, 54-14F, 60-04L)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (46), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Odyssey Ai-One Jailbird Cruiser
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Check out more in-hand photos of Webb Simpson’s clubs here.
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- Keegan Bradley’s WITB accurate as of the Wells Fargo Championship. >14 clubs pictured. Obviously, Bradley will reduce that number to 14 for competition. Check out more photos from the tournament here.
Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (16.5 degrees)
Shaft: Aldila Rogue White 130 MSI 70 TX
Hybrid: Callaway Apex UW (19 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX 80 TX
Irons: Srixon ZX5 Mk II (3-5) Srixon ZX7 Mk II (6-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore (52-10 Mid, 58-6 Low)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Odyssey Ai-One Jailbird Cruiser
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy WristLock
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Plus4
Ball: Srixon Z-Star Diamond
Check out more in-hand photos of Bradley’s clubs here.
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At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals that all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, there is a listing for a set of Mizuno 245 irons.
From the seller: (@JB_007): “1. Mizuno Pro 245 – $1000 –> 950/obo
- Purchased brand new – they have 36 holes on them, with probably 10 premium range balls. Great set of irons, I just am looking to go another way right now.
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Mikey
Jul 19, 2023 at 5:40 pm
He should play all Ping. Call him the G Man.
Bob
Jul 19, 2023 at 5:06 pm
Doing espionage for Callaway on links conditions performance? Just a thought.
DG
Jul 20, 2023 at 6:43 am
Right. Is that why he switched his 3 wood to ping earlier in the month? Another idiot heard from.