Is Phil ditching the 64° wedge?

[laxbballgolf]

Is Phil Mickelson going to keep a 64° wedge in his bag this year with the new grooves?

I know he had some comments earlier this year saying the new grooves don't catch consistently at a loft above 61 degrees or so (part of his explanation for using the Ping Eye 2 as his 64° wedge), so I am curious whether or not he is going to keep a 64° wedge in the bag now that the Eye 2s have finally been banned and the dust has settled, so to speak.

Anyone know?

[Shanks A Million]

I was thinking the same thing. Notice, he had 2 drivers this week, so I imagine that he took out his 64° to fit one in. The 64 with the new grooves will be OK from the fairway, but from the rough? Useless.

[Tiger Spuds]

  Shanks A Million said:

I was thinking the same thing. Notice, he had 2 drivers this week, so I imagine that he took out his 64° to fit one in. The 64 with the new grooves will be OK from the fairway, but from the rough? Useless.

And considering he spends 90% of his time in the rough, it would make sense to ditch it.Seriously, 2 drivers.He needs to learn how to hit

one first.Tries to murder every ball 320 yards.If he held back a little he'd hit a lot more fairways.

[Shanks A Million]

  Tiger Spuds said:

And considering he spends 90% of his time in the rough, it would make sense to ditch it.Seriously, 2 drivers.He needs to learn how to hit

His problem is that he thinks he can hit these monster drivers. Seriously, he carries a 46", 7.5° driver. Who on this earth can hit such a thing at all consistently? Phil could never be criticized for not being creative in his approach, but by golly, sometimes the old ways are best. He needs to stick to a 44.5", 9.5° driver like any other mortal.

[Fourputt]

Phil needs to put himself in position to score, and spraying the ball all over creation from the tee ain't the way to do it. I've always been a fan of his, but more and more I have to question the short part of his game... meaning that 5 inches between his ears.

[Leftygolfer]

He scored pretty darn well for being last in driving accuracy. If he wins the masters being aggressive like he is right now what are we going to say? I have a hard time questioning a 37 time PGA tour winner, 2nd best of his generation. He hit a few huge drives with that driver.

[Zeph]

The 64 wedge got a ton of loft, out of the rough you want high flight, stop and small roll.

[ET-Taylor]

  Zeph said:

The 64 wedge got a ton of loft, out of the rough you want high flight, stop and small roll.

Actually it hasn't even got 2/3 of a ton of loft technically speaking

[KevinC]

I was reading golf.com and it has an interesting article on this subject.

"Nobody knows how this groove thing will play out. Club manufacturers smell blood in the water after the PGA Tour's mealy-mouthed defense of Mickelson, and now reports say that Padraig Harrington might put an old Ping wedge in play. If Harrington switches, many more will follow, and if a significant number of players are playing re-worked 20-year-old wedges, then the rule change will be a joke."

Read more: http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/...#ixzz0iTQI1qDD

I think he will change, but it might take a while before he does.

kevin

[jamo]

  Leftygolfer said:

He scored pretty darn well for being last in driving accuracy.

184/189 technically speaking, last year. He has actually been getting worse too. 181st in 2008, and 191st in 2010, and the actual percentages have been getting worse too.

[shortstop20]

Phil will never win another major swinging the way he does now, especially with the driver.

That's my .02

[clubchamp]

  shortstop20 said:

Phil will never win another major swinging the way he does now, especially with the driver.

He's basically won 3 majors doing it so I think he might have at least one more in him. I don't think he will ever win the US open playing that way but augusta seems to fit his game for some reason.