“Phrankenwood” at the Masters

Phil Mickelson had a “secret weapon” for this year’s Masters tournament at Augusta National. He’s named it the “Phrankenwood” driver, a club Callaway developed after Mickelson asked for a modern 2-wood that he could hit as far as a driver but with a flatter ball flight and more shot-shaping control. Here’s what Phil had to say about the club:

It’s almost like a small driver but its put the 3-wood technology of our X Hot into a driver. What it’s done is taken a lot of spin off of it. And if you watch, you’ll see a lot of the shots off the tee that I hit have a lot more scoot on them.

Phil’s Phrankenwoods (he has two) have been machined, heat-treated, and welded entirely in Callaway’s R&D facility in Carlsbad, which is extremely rare for a metalwood product. It has 8.5-degrees of loft and measures only 250cc’s (most modern drivers are 460cc’s). A 45-inch Fubuki k 70X Prototype shaft makes the club as long as a typical driver.

Source: Callaway Golf