Phil Still Upset About Possibly Losing 1.5 Inches Off His (Driver) Shaft, Now Wants The Golf Ball Targeted
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Interesting twist in Phil Mickelson’s crusade against a proposed rule change yet to be proposed as far as I know: change the golf ball.
Last week he randomly took on the notion of a 46-inch shaft limit and this week, with his tennis court and palm trees as a backdrop, continued his battle for the everyday golfer against an unproposed proposal.
This week he starts off with some batty analogy about New York City crime rates and ice cream sales. Don’t close out the window so fast.
While I love that he’s advocating a ball that moves more (again) by “not having the ball be perimeter weighted,” he does admit more sidespin means more balls might be hit offline. “
“Just an idea to start addressing the real issue,” he said.
I’m fairly confident limiting the driver shaft at 46 inches—the standard shipping length for his Callaway Epic—will be much more palatable to the masses than a ball curving a bit more. But hey, at least he’s generating conversation and his old friends in Fairhaven will just love this.
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