Mickelson parts ways with swing coach Harmon

Mickelson said in a statement Wednesday to Golf.com that he has learned a great deal from Harmon since they began working together in 2007.

The statement read: “I’ve thoroughly enjoyed working with Phil and we’ve had great success together”.

One of those came at Augusta National in April, where he finished joint second behind Jordan Spieth, but he was not a factor in any of the year’s other majors and failed to qualify for the season-ending Tour Championship for the second season in succession.

Mickelson said Harmon deserved a place among the greats of the game.

Mickelson has been frustrated with his form in the past couple of years and is winless since lifting the Claret Jug at Muirfield in 2013 – a victory Harmon called the “pinnacle of his career” – and earlier this year he dropped to No. 22 in the world rankings, his lowest since January 1996. I completely agreed that sometimes you need to hear things a different way, get a different perspective on things.

Happier times for Phil Mickelson and Butch Harmon.

At this point in his career, I’m not sure what exactly Butch, or anyone, can teach 45-year-old Phil. Lefty has been fairly consistent, outside of his driving accuracy, in all aspects of his game, especially his sand game around the greens, for a while now, and seems to just want to try something new in hopes that he can capture one more major. He could see it way back in 2007 at the Wells Fargo Championship when he was asked about what makes Harmon great.

Golf Digest reported, citing sources, that Mickelson has settled on Andrew Getson to be his new swing coach.

Will Mickelson’s decision be a good move for him moving forward?

Harmon coaches a number of leading players on the PGA Tour, including Rickie Fowler and Dustin Johnson.

You know what else all of this means, right?