At first glance, it appears Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning have the edge in The Match: Champions for Charity. Oddsmakers say so.
Think again.
Phil Mickelson touted he has the winning formula for Sunday’s charity match at Medalist Golf Club in Hobe Sound, Florida, and it’s not just hitting bombs. It’s a bit more mathematical.
C² = B + HS = I + V
What?
Mickelson, a five-time major winner and World Golf Hall of Famer who’s partnered with six-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady at Medalist, explained his formula for success in a video posted on Twitter ahead of Sunday’s match.
“Well ‘C²’ stands for ‘coffee.’ Not just any coffee wit sugar and crap. No. It’s coffee for wellness with good stuff that gets your body to function right and your brain to function right,” Mickleson explained. “You couple that with ‘calves’, you have exponential performance. That equals B + HS which is ‘bombs’ and ‘hellacious seeds’ which equals I and V, ‘intimidation’ and ‘victory.’
“And that is how Tom Brady and I are going to come home with yet again, another belt from The Match.”
No word yet on if Brady is on board with this formula.
Mickelson won the first match against Tiger Woods in 2018.
In his video, Mickelson explained a hellacious seed is a “screaming, low, hot runner” which will do well against Woods’ “cute” stingers.
“A hellacious seed is going by a stinger so fast like you can’t even really wave. Like if you were to put your hand out the window, you would blow your hand back so fast it would hurt… Hellacious seeds are so hot and long,” Mickelson explained.
The Match: Champions for Charity is expected to begin at 3 p.m. ET Sunday afternoon, but the Hobe Sound area is forecast to experience thunderstorms all afternoon.
Keep up with Golfweek for updates on the match.
