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Dear Phil,

It's time -- time for a wardrobe change. For what now seems like forever, you've been wearing bespoke shirts from Q'aja and trousers from Tom Ford, a combination that for a long time worked well.

A rather glum Phil Mickelson sports an unruly bed head, each of which hint that sweeping changes are required.Phil Mickelson's bed head hints that sweeping changes are required.But as you now seem to be morphing into a poor man's version of notoriously stylish Tommy Armour III, you'll need to up the apparel ante post haste to keep pace with the grandson of the Silver Scot in order not to look like the man who's apparel time forgot.

With the longer, bushier hair and the increasingly high and wide lines of you visor, paired with the very un-Mickelsonesque use of a belly putter, you're is quickly becoming an caricature of yourself -- you look like Phil, but at the same time, you don't.

Chapeau Noir harkens back to your more youthful days on tour when you wore Fairway Blues, with the upturned collar that was SoCal to the bone. Happily, the remedy is simple, and it can be found right there, in SoCal at Travis Mathew HQ. Yes, Travis Mathew is what TA3 happens to wear, and it works very well for him, and it would work just as well for you as you are gents of similar proportions (on pgatour.com, Phil is 'listed' at 6ft 3, 200lbs, TA3 at 6ft 2, 190lbs).

Listen, your belt probably costs more than Chapeau Noir makes in a month, and you're more than welcome to carry that accessory forward if you need a security blanket. We can even deal with the visor, though we do prefer the cap.

But the time has come Phil. You know it, Amy knows it, everyone knows it.

Sincerely,

Chapeau Noir

P.S. While you're at it, ditch the belly putter. It's not a good look, even if you do have the belly for it.