The clubs Phil Mickelson used to win the WGC-Mexico Championship

Phil Mickelson had gone four-plus years without a win on the US PGA Tour but Lefty ended that drought at the WGC-Mexico Championship, defeating Justin Thomas on the first hole of a playoff with a two-putt par.

As it often is with Mickelson, it was his hall-of-fame short game that propelled him to victory. For the week Mickelson ranked third in strokes gained/putting at 1.850 and second in scrambling at 81.82 percent converting 18 of 22 chances. Included was the 19-foot birdie putt that Mickelson holed on the 16th hole for a birdie that put him in a tie at the time with Thomas and Tyrrell Hatton. The putter Mickelson used this week was his trusty Odyssey Versa #9 White, the same model he used to win the British Open.

Mickelson’s wedges happen to be a model on which his name is on the patent – Callaway’s Mack Daddy PM Grind. Collaborating with designer Roger Cleveland on the club, which debuted in 2015, Mickelson leaned on inspiration from Ping’s old Eye2 L-wedge, a club Lefty had used in the past. Mickelson favoured the high toe area, which provides more surface area for shots played with an extremely open face (Mickelson favours lob shots with frequency). Additionally, the grooves stretch out across the entire face, another Mickelson suggestion.