The case for choosing Phil Mickelson as a captain’s pick at this month’s Presidents Cup is buoyed as much by the calibre of the other options as it is by his career record.
There hasn’t been a repeat winner in the US Open in nearly 30 years, since Curtis Strange in 1989, but it sure looked like the same guy won the championship for a second year in a row.
Discussion was prevalent among television analysts about how the game’s best players — those, at least, known for their driving prowess — failed so miserably to solve an Erin Hills test seemingly biased towards their strengths.