The rib injury that has troubled the Northern Irishman for much of this season has apparently healed to the extent that he has played “eight or nine” times in the last 10 days.
Wonder why Phil Mickelson hasn’t withdrawn from the 117th US Open? It’s because Mickelson is still “holding out hope” he can attend daughter Amanda’s graduation speech and make it to Erin Hills on time for the opening round of the US Open.
PGA Tour editor Evin Priest, at Muirfield Village, Ohio Phil Mickelson dropped a bombshell at the US PGA Tour’s Memorial Tournament on Saturday. Lefty is set to withdraw from the one major championship that has eluded him, revealing he’ll skip the 2017 US Open to in order to attend his daughter Amanda’s high school graduation. The Read more…
Phil Mickelson has informed the United States Golf Association that he will not play in the US Open at Erin Hills in two weeks, choosing instead to attend daughter Amanda’s high school graduation in California.
For weeks, we’ve heard that Erin Hills isn’t your typical US Open venue thanks to extra-wide landing areas off the tee that indicate an edge to golf’s longest hitters. But it appears that if you miss those fairways, the rough is as penal – if not more – than what you’d expect at America’s national championship.
The US Open is golf’s ultimate meritocracy, giving anyone the opportunity to compete with the best of the best. And like any examination, there are a select few that soar, while others come out on the business end of the battle. This story is decidedly the latter case.
Australian Golf Digest
