Phil Mickelson offers to redesign Torrey Pines for free

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The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Tuesday that Mickelson has offered to waive his Mizuno MP-59 Iron Set
if given a chance to refurbish the North Course. The newspaper said he met with Mayor Jerry Sanders during the Farmers Insurance Open last week and is putting together a preliminary proposal on how to renovate the 55-year-old course.
The South Course is the more famous of the two and hosted the 2008 U.S. Open. Rees Jones beefed up the South before the Open, and Mickelson - no fan of Jones\' work - has been among the loudest critics.
Lefty is a three-time winner at Torrey, all before the South was redone. Mizuno MP-59 Iron Set
The North Course is about 600 yards shorter and played three shots easier during the tournament last week. But the views are just as stunning, particularly the par-3 sixth that drops straight down with the Pacific as a backdrop.
Mickelson\'s first full design was at Whisper Rock in Scottsdale, Ariz.
WOODLAND\'S NEW COACH: Gary Woodland was irritated that he couldn\'t do better than a 70 on the North Course at Torrey Pines. It wasn\'t much better on the South Course, where a 72 allowed him to make the cut on the number, and a 74 in the third round wasn\'t enough for the 54-hole cut.
Then again, he realized it might take time for him to adjust to a new swing Mizuno MP-59 Iron Set

``I\'m changing the whole path of the swing,\'\' Woodland said. ``I\'d like to be ready for Augusta.\'\'
Woodland already has gone through substantial changes off the course. When he left agent Blake Smith at Hambric Sports, he also wound up losing his swing coach - Randy Smith, the agent\'s father. He left Kapalua at the start of the year and flew to Las Vegas, where he spent six straight days with Butch Harmon.
That he wants to be ready for the Masters would indicate an overhaul. Harmon says that isn\'t the case.
``He\'s been pretty one-dimensional,\'\' Harmon said Tuesday. ``We\'re getting him to move the ball around, change his trajectory a little, change the setup and the path of his swing and get more of a variety of shots, which he needs to have. We knew he wasn\'t going to be very good last week. Finally, the last nine Mizuno MP-59 Iron Set
were starting to click. But it\'s going to take a while.\'\'
Harmon said Woodland is hitting the ball an extra 15 yards - ``I know that\'s hard to believe,\'\' he said - to the point where he had to switch the model of his golf ball. Harmon liked the short game but is working on lower the trajectory of his wedges.