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PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – They are an old story and Daniel Berger is sticking to them. “I’ve just done a bunch of testing and it’s the best iron for me. So, I don’t see why I need to go out there and look for something else,” Berger said Tuesday as he talked to the media as defending champion of this week’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. At question was Berger’s decision to remain committed to the TaylorMade Tour Preferred MC irons that he first used in 2011 as a high schooler. When he was a free agent in the equipment world in 2020, Berger signed with TaylorMade, but what fit him best was not the latest equipment but the older stuff. “I’ve just stuck with them (through the years),” Berger said. The issue, of course, is when Berger needs backup help for this forged cavity-back design, because TaylorMade, like all manufacturers, had moved on to newer models. That’s where social media helps. “I’ve got a couple different sets and they’ve come from all over the place,” Berger told GolfWRX at last week’s Farmers Insurance Open. “I bought one set online, just from some guy on the internet. “He messaged me online on social media. It’s a perfect set. I don’t know if he worked at TaylorMade at some point, but the box and everything was from TaylorMade. They were brand new.” That was not a one-off, either. Berger’s search has turned up others who have, or could, come to his rescue. “There are sets available online and people have reached out to me, so I’ve got an extremely large amount of backup sets sitting at my house,” he told GolfWRX. But Berger, who has finished T10, T5 and first in each of his three starts in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, thinks he would be wise to be proactive with his equipment. “I think if I were to do it right, I would have a set at home that I would use to practice with and a set at home that (would be my game set),” he said. Thanks to his presence on social media, however, “I have plenty of clubs right now to last me for a while.”

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After flirting once again with a 59, Phil Mickelson settled Thursday for another portion of the PGA TOUR record book, as he became the first golfer to record three rounds of 60 or better in TOUR history (ShotLink Era). Mickelson shot a 12-under 60 in the opening round of the Desert Classic, as he torched La Quinta Country Club with 10 birdies and an eagle. He rolled in a birdie putt inside 10 feet on the par-4 18th to record his 60. Mickelson’s two previous 60s both came at the Waste Management Phoenix Open – in 2005 and 2013. Unlike those two 60s, the Thursday round at La Quinta was on a par-72 course. The 12 under total is Mickelson’s lowest round in relation to par in his World Golf Hall of Fame career. The only other TOUR players to shoot multiple rounds of 60 or better are Jim Furyk (who owns the TOUR record of 58, along with one of the nine rounds of 59 in TOUR history) and Zach Johnson (who has shot two rounds in the 60s). Mickelson’s round Thursday is the 37th time in TOUR history that a player has shot 60. He made the turn in 30 and promptly ripped off five birdies in his next seven holes. Needing to go birdie-birdie on his final two holes to shoot 59, he came up just short, making par on the par-4 17th before his birdie on the final hole. He walked off the 18th green with a four-shot lead over Curtis Luck, with several groups still in action at the Desert Classic, which uses three courses in the first three days. “It was kind of a lucky day for me in the sense that I did not feel sharp heading in,� Mickelson said. “I haven’t really had the intense practice sessions that I would like, but I felt that all parts were OK and it just clicked. Sometimes you have days where it just clicks. Bad shots that I hit, I got away with it … It was a fun day, but I certainly did not expect this to be the case.� With no expectations of shooting low, Mickelson said he was just staying more in the present “for the simple reason that I didn’t feel like I was firing on all cylinders.� But he did acknowledge that before making his 4-footer at the 16th for birdie, he realized that 59 was in reach. Using a sand wedge on his approach into 17, Mickelson said he didn’t hook it as much as he wanted, leaving him a much longer putt than he would’ve liked. Mickelson nearly shot 59 at the 2013 Waste Management, but a brutal lip-out on the final hole ended his chances. He was vying to become the 11th player in PGA TOUR history to shoot a sub-60 score in tournament competition. The last player to shoot 59 was Brandt Snedeker at the 2018 Wyndham Championship. The only 58 in PGA TOUR history was by Jim Furyk at the 2016 Travelers Championship.

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