Phil Mickelson Dumps Callaway In Favour Of TaylorMade
With Rory McIlroy jumping ship to Nike, the last thing Callaway need is Phil Mickelson unhappy with his equipment.
Yet that seems to be case as Leftie was spotted in Mission Hills last week with a TaylorMade RocketBallz 3-wood in his bag. He arrived in China with the club and explained to senior company official during a Callaway photoshoot that his current equipment would not be suitable for the event.
Mickelson then removed his Callaway Big Bertha Diablo 3-wood with the blessing of Callaway's senior vice president of marketing, Harry Arnett.
Mickelsonâs dilemma was that he needed a club that could go 290 yards off the tee (his Diablo fairway goes 275 his Razr driver goes 305) to negotiate tee shots at Mission Hills and still reach par 5âs at the event.
Arnett explained to Phil that although a prototype fairway was being readied it would not be available to him for several weeks and that he should âplay whatever you wantâ to get a victory. Mickelson then produced the TaylorMade RocketBallz 3-wood complete with a matt black finish to attempt to deflect any attention.
Mickelson now has no Callaway fairway woods in his bag having already taken out a Callaway RAZR Fit 5-wood and replaced it with a 2003 Titleist 980F. Would a win for Phil this week in Singapore be good or bad for Callaway?
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