The first time Phil Mickelson took two drivers into Masters competition he won a second green jacket.

That was in 2006 and the last time Mickelson won the week before the Masters was the same year.

Mickelson demoralised the BellSouth field at TPC Sugarloaf using two drivers before heading down I-20 to pioneer a new method of playing the Augusta National course. 

Back then it was an enormous boost for Callaway with the only thing better than one of their FT-3s was two of Callaways FT-3s.

But this year it’s not about boosting Callaway sales of the new ‘Razr’ driver.   

“The way I hear the weather is turning out I’m probably going to put two drivers in the bag,” he said.

“One will have a loft of 7 ½ degrees and the other 5.9 degrees and with a longer shaft.

“I’m just trying to get another 15 to 20 yards out of it, which I think it will do.  So I may just have that option in case I want to try to carry the bunker on 1, 2 or 8.”

In layman’s terms, Mickelson will be using two drivers with one Callaway to fade the ball on holes that do not put a premium on length, while the other Callaway driver will be used when extra distance is required.

Bernie McGuire in Houston, Texas.