Mickelson driven to succeed with 'different weapon'

Phil Mickelson is ready to unleash "a whole different weapon in my arsenal" when he launches his 2014 campaign at the $2.7 million HSBC Abu Dhabi Championship on Thursday.

The world No 5 finally got a monkey off his back last year by winning the British Open, golf's oldest major, for the first time.

Mickelson said he would have a new driver in his bag when he accompanies seventh-ranked Rory McIlroy and defending champion Jamie Donaldson of Wales in the first round in Abu Dhabi, the first event of the European Tour's three-week Middle East swing.