Phil Mickelson uses his golf ball to make the ultimate flex

Phil Mickelson has long reigned as golf’s king of flexing on his opponents, whether it be trash talking on the course, in the booth, or on Twitter.

And, it turns out, he’s even got his golf balls doing some of the work for him.

I noticed it earlier this week when, looking for a picture of Lefty, I came across an image of his golf ball. Something looked different, but I couldn’t figure out what, exactly. So I zoomed in, and there it was: Not a number on his Callaway Chrome Soft X golf ball. Instead, it was replaced by was Mickelson’s logo.

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It’s a pretty fantastic idea that few other golfers could pull off. Nevertheless, Golf Twitter drank it in. Here’s a smattering of some of the best responses …

Can you imagine finding one of these in the woods?

— Mark (@SECslayer) February 9, 2022

Starter: “Gentlemen, identify your golf balls”

Player A: “I’ve got a Titleist 3, red dot”
Player B: “Titleist 2, green line”
Player C: “Taylormade 2, black dots”
Phil: “I’ve got a Callaway *me*”

— Alister WokeKenzie- #1 Ranked GCA Burner Account (@wokekenzie) February 9, 2022

It must be nice to never need to hit a provisional with a different number on it! Can’t say that would work for my game 😂

— The 15th Club (@join15thclub) February 10, 2022

Luke Kerr-Dineen

Golf.com Contributor

Luke Kerr-Dineen is the Director of Service Journalism at GOLF Magazine and GOLF.com. In his role he oversees the brand’s game improvement content spanning instruction, equipment, health and fitness, across all of GOLF’s multimedia platforms.

An alumni of the International Junior Golf Academy and the University of South Carolina–Beaufort golf team, where he helped them to No. 1 in the national NAIA rankings, Luke moved to New York in 2012 to pursue his Masters degree in Journalism from Columbia University and in 2017 was named News Media Alliance’s “Rising Star.” His work has also appeared in USA Today, Golf Digest, Newsweek and The Daily Beast.