U.S. Open: Mickelson explains "decisionmaking" on 18
“I am still in shock that I did that. I just can’t believe that I did that,” Mickelson said (here) after blowing a one-shot lead on the final hole after slicing his tee shot and hitting a tree with his second. “I’m such an idiot.”
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1. Gene Wojchiekowski, Phil's Phailure will hurt for a while: "There should be a chalk outline around Mickelson's Open scorecard and yellow police tape around the 18th hole at Winged Foot. That's where the Phil Phailure took place, where bizarre, mind-boggling history was made."
2. Ivan Meisel, Open Will be remembered for Mickelson's collapse: "The biggest reason why this is so disappointing is that this is a tournament that I dreamt of winning as a kid, that I spent hours practicing -- I mean, countless hours practicing, dreaming of winning this tournament, came out here weeks and months in advance to get ready and had it right there in my hand, man. It was right there and I let it go."
3. Steve Keating, Old-bad days return to haunt anguished Mickelson: "Leading Australia's Geoff Ogilvy by a shot as he stepped onto the 18th tee, Mickelson stood on the brink of history poised to join Tiger Woods and Ben Hogan as the only men to win three consecutive majors since the legendary Bobby Jones. With the record books beckoning, Mickelson faltered, unleashing a wild drive that bounced off the roof of the hospitality tent into the crowd before ending in a double-bogey and another runner-up finish."
4 Comments:
When you are a riverboat gambler like Phil, sometimes you are going to self destruct. It doesn't hurt at all, it's part of the game. Phil has given us so many thrills with his go for broke style that I couldn't ever fault the guy. I grew up watching Nicklaus play and frankly his play it safe style bored me to no end. I admired the guy immensely but didn't enjoy watching him play. Then there was Arnie who like Phil went for it on every shot. Thanks for the memories, Arnie and Phil.
Sorry, as a player I appreciate course management over everything. You're not really a golfer until you stop trying to pull off low percentage shots at every opportunity. It all about having the lowest score possible, and winning. Like I said about the short game, give me Mickelson's course management on Thursday afternoon at the BellSouth classic. Give me Jack and Tiger's on Sunday afternoon at a major.
It's incredible. I can believe what happened this weekend. I think that there was another massacre in Winged Foot.
Mickelson and Monty probably will have problems to sleep the forthcoming weeks.
Who will forget first the last hole? Phil or Monty?
The Feinstein book about this one will be titled "Suicide at Winged Foot".
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