Nicklaus + Watson question Phil Mickelson's play on 18
"Put the ball in play. Go play golf," Jack Nicklaus said about Phil's decision to go for the green from the woods. "You don't ever give up the end of a golf tournament," he said, adding he learned that lesson in 1963 when he picked the wrong club on the last two holes of an event he was leading and finished bogey-bogey and lost. I didn't like that feeling and said I'd never do that again, and I never did."
Watson acknowledged it's easy to second guess but said: "What are you playing for? You're playing to win, not be a hero. The only person you have to beat is yourself -- and he beat himself. It sounds like he beat himself because he didn't play the percentage shot." (More from TGC)
3 Comments:
Its just one of those situations where you beat yourself, as Watson said. The question now since he has lodged his name right there between Norman and Van de Velde is can he recover from such a disaster? Personally I think he will be fine, and be ready to take on the British Open. Classic case of beating himself.
Phil Mickelson did what 50 million of us golfers do every sunday : he could have won the competition but chose not to.
I'm with Jack. That last hole was the 2nd most painful 18th of all time (Jean VanDeVeld is always #1).
AJ
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