Regardless of who is on Mickelson’s bag, it wouldn’t be surprising to see him accomplish something big this week. Mickelson has two wins and two runner-ups in 18 career starts at Riviera.
Day, who has long battled a debilitating back injury that kept him out of the recent Presidents Cup and Australian Open, seems to finally be feeling the benefits of balloon therapy.
Golf fans have three decades experience of being wowed by Phil Mickelson’s short game. But on Saturday, the five-time Major champ pulled off a par save that even impressed himself.
At No.72 in the World Ranking, Phil Mickelson currently has not qualified to play in this year’s US Open at Winged Foot Golf Club, site of one of his record six second-place finishes in the championship.
With three final pars, McDowell finished with an even-par 70 for the day, a 12-under 278 for the week and the satisfaction that he’s still got what it takes to win on the European Tour.
Mickelson said he needed more time to weigh the proposal, saying he wants to know how it will affect fans and the game, but came away impressed by the group’s proposal.
With just one official PGA Tour event (this week’s RSM Classic) left between now and Royal Melbourne, let’s take a look at the realistic candidates for a potential fifth captain’s pick.
Welcome to 2019, where up is down, black is white, the PGA Tour is played in the dead of the night, and Bryson DeChambeau, long the Tour’s lovable lab-coated nerd, is getting ripped.