Equipment

Phil Mickelson on the FT-i and FT-5 Driver at Bob Hope Classic

Here is an excerpt from pgatour.com website. Mickelson talking about what driver he may use.

Mickelson has also worked with the technicians at Callaway to design a driver that will eliminate his tendency to hit the ball left. He’ll use the FT5 this week in Palm Springs but has been testing a longer version of the FT1 that could be in his bag for Mickelson’s Masters title defense.

“I think that the FTI, the square headed driver, is not just an evolutionary driver,” he said. “I think it’s more of a revolutionary driver. Because it’s such a drastic change, because the moment of inertia is so high, because the ball goes so straight it doesn’t want to curve, I think it’s actually going to take a little bit more time on the PGA TOUR.

“There will be guys that love it. Guys that don’t like to work shots and want to aim it down the middle of the fairway and rip it, this will be perfect for them because it goes so straight but some guys like to hit little draws, hit a fade, hit high shots, low shots; and the design from my manufacturer, the FT5 is a much better fit to hit those variety of shots.

“But if I just wanted to hit it straight, I’ll go to the FTI which is why I’m leaning towards that driver for Augusta when I tried to hit it a lot longer. I’m not really trying to maneuver it or curve it; I’m just trying to hit high bombs.”

As it turns out, it has been reported that he has been playing with the FT-5 driver. He’s currently in 47th place. In 113th place for driving accuracy. Hmm…perhaps he should try that FT-I, and just hit it straight? I wonder what club Robert Allenby is playing? He shot a 9 under the first day!

Here are the specs from Phil’s bag, day one at the Bob Hope:

Iron Shafts: Rifle Project X 7.0
Wood Shafts: Mitsubishi Diamana Blueboard 73X
Grips: Royal Sandwrap, +7 wraps

Driver: Callaway FT-5 8.5
3WD: Callaway X-Tour 13.0
HYB: Callaway FT-Hybrid 17.0

Irons: #4-PW Callaway X-Tour

GW: Callaway X-Tour Forged – 52
AW: Callaway X-Tour Forged – 56
LW: Callaway X-Tour Forged – 60

Putter: Odyssey-PM

Ball: Callaway HX.Tour

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