Shockingly, Mickelson Is Unsure of Club Selection for Open

You guys remember Phil Mickelson, right?

He's the guy that didn't have a driver in his bag at this year's U.S. Open, has instituted the two-driver philosophy in tournaments and ever set out for 18 holes with five wedges in his bag.

Well, in a story that makes "Kennedy Killed" look like a San Diego weather report, Lefty isn't sure of what clubs he plans on using at the British Open, which begins on Thursday.

"Phil has 19 clubs," said his short game coach, Dave Pelz, "and he'll decide what to put in and what to take out depending on the weather on Thursday. But he'll probably go with four wedges."

The story reports that Mickelson will have a driver, just one, in the bag to attack Royal Birkdale and will be between a 2-iron and a hybrid iron, depending on the wind. Surprisingly, no mashie or niblit were mentioned.

Also noteworthy is the mention that Pelz thinks if Mickelson could start finding the short grass, he'll be the best player in the world.

"Phil Mickelson has the best short game I have ever seen," Pelz said. "No question.

The day Phil Mickelson starts driving it in the fairway, he's going to be the best player in the world," Pelz added.

I mean, that's a pretty easy thing to say with Tiger Woods laying on his couch. If Mickelson somehow won the British, a tournament he's only had one top-10 in over his career, it would be because of his short game, not his driving.

The thing is, Lefty is going to drive the ball wild, that's just him. This would be like saying, "If John Daly could stop being crazy and lose 100 pounds, he'd be the best golfer in the world" or "If Lorena Ochoa was a man, I could see her at the top of the PGA Tour." They are wonderful ideas, but so is a world without war or Hugh Hefner wanting me to blog from the Playboy Mansion.