Phil Mickelson’s latest video appearance? To authenticate a putter
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He was in black shorts and a black hoodie. On his head was a black hat together with his brand hooked up to the middle of it, and on his toes have been black flip-flops.
And on the video shot on a cellphone, Phil Mickelson was authenticating two putters, one in every of which is presently up for public sale on a golf memorabilia website.
It was, , totally different, informative and a bit odd. So very Phil. And although there’s simply over a month left in fairly probably the wildest 12 months of his — or anybody’s — golf life, it might additionally very effectively be the final time in 2022 we see the six-time main winner, suspended PGA Tour golfer and LIV Golf participant.
Shared by the Golden Age Auctions group this week, the video helps certify a Scotty Cameron teryllium-insert putter that Mickelson used for a stretch about 20 years in the past — and will be yours with a successful bid; on Saturday afternoon, the present quantity was simply over $8,000, and the public sale was to shut in two weeks. The video was additionally distinctive. Golden Age auctions off many objects and there are letters of authenticity, however by no means, they stated on their web site, has there been a video.
It wasn’t with out element, both.
“So this is to authenticate these two putters that I’m giving to friends that are Scotty Cameron originals, one with a teryllium insert, one without,” Mickelson started within the video. (It’s unknown who was given the putters, neither is it identified the standing of the one not up for public sale.) “This was earlier than the Del Mar three and a half actually happened. So what we needed to do was weld within the neck as a result of I needed it to be a hosel neck. And then he needed to personally type of get within the teryllium insert and screw it in there. And that is one with simply a milled black face.
“But these were both handmade by Scotty and I. I’ve used them in tournaments in the early 2000s. I’ve won with the teryllium, for sure, and I’m not sure if I’ve won with this black one or not; I’d have to go back and look at the rounds of golf. But we made both of these together, as well as we made two blades together out of a block piece of metal. But these were handmade by Scotty and myself back around 2000, 2001.”
And then Mickelson, carrying his black shorts and a black hoodie, together with a black hat together with his brand hooked up to the middle of it, and black flip-flops, regarded into the cellphone for a second, and the video ended.
Editor’s observe: If you’re enthusiastic about bidding on the putter, you can click here. There are additionally 559 objects up for public sale, and you can view them all here.