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Phil Mickelson decided not to go with the Ping Eye2 wedge at Riveria, but he did carry a Callaway Tour Authentic X Forged 4-iron instead of one of his prototype hybrid clubs. Mickelson uses callaway x-22 irons with Project X shafts. The main difference between the two irons is the X Forged has perimeter weighting that helps get the ball airborne more easily while the X-Proto is a muscleback blade that allows players to shape shots more easily.
NikeWhen Anthony Kim had his breakout season in 2008, he did it using 12 Nike clubs titleist ap2 irons. The two non-Nike sticks were an Adams hybrid and a customized Scotty Cameron putter that said "Boomer Sooner" on the flange as a nod to Kim's alma mater, Oklahoma.
This season, Kim is playing 14 Nike clubs taylormade r7 cgb max Irons. The hybrid club was replaced by a Nike SQ Dymo fairway wood, and Kim is now playing a new Nike Method