This Week at WorldGolf.com: March 1, 2005

Were all those critics of Phil Mickelson's equipment switch right before the Ryder Cup premature? Mickelson took it on the chin, from the media and fans, for making such a dramatic change from Titleist to Callaway right before such an event of international importance.

Of course, if the U.S. had won, it would have been a different story, right? Anyway, look at what Lefty's done lately. Shoots a 59 at the PGA Grand Slam of Golf and a 62 at Spyglass Hill during the AT&T Pro-Am, which he won. Won the FBR Open, too. It interests us to know that Mickelson switched equipment right before those two victories as well.

According to blogger Kiel Christiansen, the mysterious methods of the pros are very, very different from the methods of you and I. And we should understand that before leveling such criticism.

As always, your comments are welcome on any topic. Have a great week.

Try South Africa
for a real golf safari

After a recent trip to South Africa, national golf editor Tim McDonald is sold. "The place is fantastic," he writes. "It has great golf courses and one important attraction you won't find in the U.S.: elephants strolling through the courses or warthogs grazing in the fairways. They aren't all that way, of course, but there is usually a game reserve nearby. You put the two together, and you have a trip worth remembering."
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Rock, roll and golf
with Alice Cooper

He was just a few years past 30 at the time, but in certain ways, Alice Cooper was like a newly-minted retiree. He took up golf because he had so much time to kill. "I stopped drinking in the early '80s," Cooper said. "I took up golf instead. My wife says I traded one bad habit for a worse one," he says with a small laugh. "I think she's kidding." Now living is Scottsdale, Cooper is surrounded by hundreds of courses.
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Blog on: Phil's equipment saga

When Phil Mickelson switched from Titleist to Callaway sticks just prior to the Ryder Cup, he was pilloried for making such a drastic change before such a big event. Everyone wanted to know why in God's name he would change equipment at such a time. As blogger Kiel Christianson points out, however, most of the guys on tour are constantly changing equipment. "They're not like us," he writes. "They're pros."
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