Kevin Kisner and Scott Brown shot an 8-under 64 and will take a one-shot advantage into Sunday’s final round.
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Phil Mickelson busted out his almost 10-year-old Odyssey putter — affectionately named his “Tiger Slayer” — for Sunday’s Capital One’s The Match: Champions for Charity, hoping it would bring him good luck as he and partner Tom Brady faced the team of Tiger Woods-Peyton Manning in a charitable match for COVID-19 relief. The story behind the putter is quite simple: Mickelson has always leaned towards a blade/8802-style putter throughout his, career, occasionally switching into heel-shafted mallets—and in very rare cases, something funky like the Scotty Cameron Futura. RELATED: How to watch: Capital One’s The Match | How it works: Capital One’s The Match This putter holds a special place in his heart beyond its specs, however: In 2012, at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Phil, playing in the same group with Tiger fired a final-round 64 (to Tigers 75) to win. No further explanation need, beating Tiger (by 11) on the course of all courses to win in the final round would make anything special. SPECS Putter: Odyssey PM Prototype Length: 35 inches Insert: White Hot XG Loft: 3.5 degrees Lie: 74 degrees Grip: Super Stroke Pistol GT Tour
An early birdie has Tiger Woods near the leaders as the first major of 2019 is in full swing.
LA QUINTA, Calif. — When it comes to his thought process on the course, Jon Rahm likes to keep things simple. That means getting the yardage, wind direction and club selection from caddie Adam Hayes. Nothing more, nothing less. Before Hayes was on the bag, Rahm went through the same pre-shot process with Tim Mickelson, his former head coach at Arizona State, who managed and caddied for the 23-year-old before taking over the bag full-time for brother Phil Mickelson. “Because Tim was my coach at (Arizona State), I didn’t need much,” Rahm said of their pre-shot routine. “It was, ‘OK, it’s 120, this shot, right?’” Asked what it’s like being privy to the player-caddie pre-shot conversations between the Mickelson brothers, Rahm, who played a practice round with Phil on Wednesday at the CareerBuilder Challenge, said they are on the opposite end of the spectrum. “With Phil, it’s like, ‘Oh, this shot, the moisture, this is going on,’” Rahm said. “They’re talking about one mile per hour of wind sideways, it’s going to affect it 1 yard. This green is this, this trajectory. They’re thinking and I’m like, ‘I’m lost.’ ‘I’m like, God, if I do that thought process, I could not hit the golf shot.’” Of course, Mickelson’s extreme attention to detail doesn’t end with full shots. Rahm said it also extends to the putting green as well. “He gets to the green and it’s the same thing,” Rahm said. “I’m like, ‘Oh, it’s a foot right?’ And he goes, ‘OK, it’s 1.8 degrees of slope here.’ And I’m listening and I’m like, ‘Man, I hope we’re never paired together for anything because I can’t think like this (laughs).’ I would not be able to play golf like that. “And then you hear me and Adam (Hayes) talk — 180, a little breeze into, OK, hard 6. And it’s just the extreme opposite.” Despite being polar opposites when it comes to the way they navigate the course, Rahm appreciates having the opportunity to glean as much as he can from the five-time major winner during their practice rounds. “It’s just fun to hear it, to hear what he does,” Rahm said. “But I tried to learn as much as I can from that guy, I always like to try to pick his brain a little. Again, great guy to be out here with.”
