Like anybody, good people make mistakes. We all have a moment in life sometimes and that was kind of a moment I think for him. Mickelson even left the Fox announcers at a loss for words as he used a tactic few had ever seen before; as his bogey putt rolled past the hole and appeared to be slowly making its way off the green entirely, he quickly ran behind the ball and hit it back toward the cup:.
A remarkable sequence on Hole 13, where Phil Mickelson was assessed a two-stroke penalty for hitting a moving ball and ended up making a 10 on the hole. He said Thursday he would not because of a Detroit News report on past gambling activities that he felt was unfair, inappropriate and ill-timed. A petition at change. Mickelson said if that petition meets the 50,signature goal, and that each of the 50, signers agreed to do "one random act of kindness for another member of the community," then he will tee it up again when the PGA Tour returns to Detroit next summer.
The petition had more than 1, signatures around p. Friday, shortly after Mickelson's announcement. Phil Mickelson said earlier this week he had been exploring charity opportunities to become involved with in Detroit, through his foundation. That should've been enough for a disqualification -- if not under Rule , then under Rule , which gives the USGA authority to DQ a player for a serious breach of etiquette.
Bodenhamer confirmed Saturday night that committee members did consider removing Mickelson from the tournament under but decided against it because the rule is applied only in "extreme circumstances.
If Mickelson was desperate enough to ask for that kind of public support, he surely knew he needed it. As he jogged after his going, going, almost-gone putt at unlucky No.
Were they watching a tape of a practice round? Was this some kind of practical joke? Mickelson is the Arnold Palmer of his time, a go-for-broker who never met a layup he didn't hate.
Like Arnie, Phil learned early to bring the crowd into the experience with his style, his eye contact, his head nods and thumbs-ups, and his time spent signing autographs before and after rounds. The fans love him for it, too, and always thank him at the U. Open like they did Saturday, after Mickelson's meltdown, by continuing to shout and sing "Happy Birthday" to him as he walked the course.
But the ever-playful Mickelson took it way too far this time. Maybe he was affected by the rollicking presence of Beef Johnston, golf's burgeoning answer to Charles Barkley.
Or maybe Mickelson just forgot for a second that he was playing in the U. Open, not some rowdy, anything-goes pickup game with friends. Either way, he embarrassed himself Saturday by pulling a page from the John Daly playbook. If you believe Mickelson, you know that he effectively cheated the game and intentionally violated the spirit of a rule.
If you believe your own eyes and ears, you know that Mickelson dishonored the championship that he covets the most. Hitting a moving putt at the U. Open en route to shooting an 81? It's like an angry linebacker in the Super Bowl -- with his team down four touchdowns late in the third quarter -- kicking a fumble into the stands rather than recovering it. Mickelson did himself no favors by saying that he should've called this audible a couple of times at the 15th hole at the Masters.
George's that he wanted to move on from the mini-controversy surrounding a report in the Detroit News concerning an old gambling issue that the Hall of Famer took issue with and then escalated by talking about it more.
In a brief interview on the course, Mickelson said "I made my point and got your attention'' and said he had moved on to preparing for his 27th appearance in The Open. I feel like this is a good links course for my game. I don't have to hit drivers. There's plenty of room to hit it.
There's plenty of room to keep the ball in play. And then it lets me chip and putt to try and score. Mickelson had one of his best Open results at Royal St. George's in , finishing tied for second after leading at times during the final round, eventually finishing 3 strokes back of winner Darren Clarke. To that point, Mickelson had just one top 10 in the Open, contending only in , when he missed a playoff by a stroke and finished third.
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