Golf Clubs

Callaway I-MIX Driver Shafts $199.99 Callaway Golf’s I-MIX Technology, featuring a wide variety of the most sought-after shafts in the market, is available on Callaway I-Mix club-heads. With more than 70 of golf’s most popular shafts available you don’t have to choose just one. I-MIX Technology gives you the ability to quickly and easily customize your equipment every time you play. Vary the weight and flex to complete your dynamic d…

Callaway Fusion FT-9 Neutral Driver (460cc) This is the driver the shot makers turn to. Versatility, distance and control all in one space-age package. The FT-9 Driver was designed to deliver the most creative shot-making you can think of. Fade it. Draw it. Or take it over the trees. With the addition of Hyperbolic Face Technology, ball speeds across the entire face have been dramatically improved to generate even more distance. Choose betw…

Used Callaway Big Bertha 2005 Fairway Wood With an internal weight chip that lowers the Center of Gravity (CG), the Callaway Big Bertha 2005 Fairway Wood produces easier, higher initial launch trajectory and longer carry distance. The Variable Face Thickness (VFT), a patented Callaway Golf technology, maximizes the Moment of Inertia (MOI) of the club head for maximum speed and distance while the additional S2H2 and Tru-Bore technologies pr…

Fujikura Zcom

What’s In Phil Mickleson’s Bag?

2010 Masters winner Phil Mickleson is one of the world’s best known golfers.  And, if it wasn’t for a certain fist pumping and club flinging athlete named Tiger Woods, he is arguably the best golfer of this generation.  Yet it is due to his humble, dare I say, “meek” persona that he just doesn’t draw the same type of notoriety that others of his caliber do.  To help good old “Lefty” out, I wanted to take up a few inches of internet real estate and discuss the tools that this master craftsman uses to stay atop the PGA leader board year after year.

Speaking of what Mickleson carries in his bag as he racks up top finishes on some of the worlds toughest courses, let’s start with the bag itself.  As Callaway Golf’s marquis star it comes as no surprise he is partial to the brand.  He, or more correctly stated, his caddie, carries a red and black Callaway Big Bertha Diablo Tour Bag.  This cart bag features a six- way divider system made of ballistic nylon with leather accents and double-strap connections. Other features are:

• 10.5 inch molded top with six way dividers; Double strap connections
• 7 zippered pockets; 1 zippered ‘X-Spann’ pocket provides additional room
• 2 water bottle pockets; 1 magnetic pocket
• Tour touch reinforced body for increased durability
• Weighs 10 pounds

Now, it makes sense that the nations hottest golfer has the hottest golf gear.  As he powerfully drives the green, the most common club he’s been using this season is a left handed Callaway FT-9 Tour Drive with 7.5 degrees of loft and a stiff, Fujikura ZCOM 60 Graphite Shaft.

For those long, par 5′s Phil has two hybrid clubs that he puts to work.  His first choice is the Big Bertha Diablo which is listed at 15 degrees, though in some articles he points out that it is more of a 13 degree face.  For those drives that made it a little further along towards the green, he chooses the Callaway Prototype Hybrid with 22 degrees.

When conditions or desires dictate, he also carries the Callaway X-Forged 4 iron and X-Prototype Irons 5 through pitching wedge.  He also switches between several steel shafted X-Forged wedges with different degrees of angle, and alternately hits with a 52, 60, and 64.

Rounding out his club selection is the Odyssey White Hot XG Blade Putter.  IMO, this is the hottest putter on the market, perfectly balanced and has more feeling than most of us guys!   No idea what that is?  Look it up online or better yet, head to your local pro shop and take a test drive.  I’m sure you will develop a nice case of putter envy as well.

Alright, balls, gloves, and shoes.  He hits the Callaway Tour i(z) ball.  This ball has one of the most durable covers, gives phenomenal distance, great greenside spin, and little driver spin.  Perhaps not the greatest ball for a beginner, but remember, I’m talking about the equipment used by one of the greatest golfers of all time.  For perfecting his grip on the club, Lefty uses the Callaway Pro Series glove, and to keep his feet firmly planted on terra firma, the Callaway HX Tour golf shoe.

So there you have it, as of May 2010.  All the gear you need to drive, chip, and putt your way to greatness like Phil Mickleson.

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Callway Ft 9 Tour (Can you change shaft)?

I have a Callaway Ft 9 Tour (Non-Authentic, Without the hosel) and was wondering if you could change the shaft?
I have a Fujikura ZCom X-Stiff and it is too stif for me so i was wondering if it was possible
to change the shaft.

Most Callaway drivers are very difficult to reshaft….if you are a novice. An experienced club builder with a “hot-rod”, an “over the hosel-insert spacer”, and fixed and mounted “shaft-puller” can not only get the Z-com out, but save it too. You might be able to sell or trade it to someone. At a typical golf retailer (e.g. Golfsmith, Golf Galaxy) you will pay $20-30 labor to have your driver reshafted. If you choose to do it yourself and don’t care about saving the shaft, hacksaw the shaft off as close to the “hosel” as possible. Use rubber pads to secure the clubhead in a vise and then use a drill to clear out as much shaft and “hosel” material as possible. The “hosel” is actually just a plastic insert that slides into the clubhead and then accepts the shaft. You may need to use an exacto-knife to fully clean out the hole. A new “hosel” must be purchased….MAKE SURE YOU GET THE RIGHT SIZE!!! It will be either .335 or .350 depending on the shaft you choose. A little epoxy in the hole, then the hosel, then more epoxy, and then the shaft….voila. The most labor intensive golf clubs (along with Titleist bore-thru models) in the world. Save yourself the heartache of having someone inexperienced butcher your clubhead and get a TaylorMade.
If you do have someone try to save the shaft…..make absolutely sure thay will NOT USE A BLOWTORCH to heat up the clubhead…..there is a thin line where the two portions of the clubhead are glued together……IT WILL MELT and can jackup your club…..good luck