Callaway x hot driver settings chart
However, over the opening two days of the tournament, Mickelson struggled off the tee. In 2008, Mickelson opted for a Callaway FT Tour 3-wood - a 13-degree version bent to 11.5 degrees and equipped with a 43-inch Mitsubishi Diamana White Board shaft – in lieu of his driver. Most impressive was the 366-yard tee shot he hit to set up a crucial birdie on the tournament’s 69th hole. It’s the same club that helped him hit big bombs in his win at last month’s PGA Championship.
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Mickelson’s 5-degree driver, the Callaway Epic Speed Triple Diamond driver with a Fujikura Ventus Black shaft, also will be in the bag. “That 2-wood, I'll call it, seems to fit the right yardage on a lot of those holes for me.” “There's a lot of holes where it kind of turns or tightens,” he said in his pre-tournament press conference. But Mickelson, who’s made no secret of his pursuit of extra clubhead speed in recent years, also will have his driver in the bag. He expects to hit a 2-wood on about half his tee shots this week. Mickelson may employ a similar strategy this week. “And I felt like with the fairways being firm like they were today, all I needed was 3-wood on the holes.” “I don't really want to hit it past 300 yards on most of the par-4s because it starts running into the rough,” Mickelson said back then. With firm summer conditions and thick rough lining the fairways, Mickelson decided to start the week without a driver in his bag.
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So what was Phil Mickelson’s plan of attack for the first major at his hometown muni? Eschew the driver. At 7,643 yards, Torrey Pines was the longest course in major championship history when it hosted the 2008 U.S.