It’s the championship that one of golf’s great major winners needs to complete the career Grand Slam. Yet Phil Mickelson, approaching age 55, is cognisant that the sun has almost set on his US Open career.
By day’s end, a number of the more recognisable players of past and present had their weekend fates sealed – if two-over par or better was not next to their names, they were headed home early.
With LIV Golf’s globetrotting schedule, three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson has not found time to make his annual scouting mission to Augusta National ahead of the tournament this spring.
Dave Pelz, a former NASA scientist, became a noted short-game teacher to dozens of tour pros and an inventor of numerous short-game training aids that helped everyday players. He passed away on Sunday at his home in Texas.
Phil Mickelson has never shied away from making bold declarations. So his latest, which came in the form of an attention-grabbing reply on X/Twitter overnight, is hardly surprising.
Lefty beat only four players the entire week, among them Ian Poulter and Charl Schwartzel. And yet, he may have hit the shot of the tournament, a vintage driver off the deck into the par-5 12th green that set up a prime look at an eagle
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