Gear Notes: Anthony Kim’s Nike Putter, Phil Mickelson’s Callaway Irons, Steve Stricker’s Titleist Hybrid

Callaway 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's X-Proto 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. Nike When Anthony Kim had his breakout season in 2008, he did it using 12 Nike clubs. 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. The hybrid club was replaced by a Nike SQ Dymo fairway wood , and Kim is now playing a new Nike Method 001 putter . TaylorMade Paul Goydos added new TaylorMade TP wedges with xFT to his bag at Riviera, but not until they were extensively modified. According to the company, his 54 and 60 wedges were bent in two areas of the hosel to create offset. An e-mail from TaylorMade said, “We bend it extremely strong at the lowest point of the hosellike 6. Basically as much as we can without damaging or ruining the look of the hosel. Then we go to the highest point of the hosel and bend it back to its original loft. The result is a wedge that has a lot of offset.” TaylorMade reps say the wedges with added offset look similar to Ping Eye2s in the playing position and help Goydos get under the ball.