Golf Insider Confesses What Working Under Phil Mickelson Is Really Like: ‘I Was Mortified..’ Phil Mickelson loves his clubs. That's why no expert would dare try test their unconventional setup. But wh

‘Curiosity kills the bird,’ they say but in Phil Mickelson ‘s case, it might impact you if you test his unconventional equipment setups. It’s a high-pressure task, as Lefty loves his clubs and their mechanics. That’s something Callaway representative Johnny Thompson knows better than anyone. Thompson had spent five years as Odyssey’s PGA Tour representative in 2011. That gave him a front row seat to Mickelson’s pursuit of the perfect feel. Recently, he narrated one harrowing incident from that time.

“I had his [Phil Mickelson’s] classic PM 882 style,” recalls Thompson on the Fully Equipped podcast. “He brought it on, asked me to bend it at the Masters. So you know, like a loft-lie machine? And like how you fit putters into a loft-lie machine?… There’s no scoop. There’s no pocke