for an uncharacteristically long stretch, dating to
a withdrawal at the memorial, four-time major
champion phil mickelson was bringing to mind the
old story of the frustrated pro who, after hitting a
bad tee shot, looked at his caddie and said, “Quick,
give me something to break.” and his caddie, not
missing a beat, replied, “How about par?” mickelson was so frustrated with his inability to concentrate for 18 holes that he added the scottish open
to his schedule the week before arriving at royal
lytham & st. annes, producing friday and saturday
rounds of 64 and 65 for a t-16 finish and a sigh of
relief. “i just wasn’t in a good, competitive frame
of mind,” he said. mickelson showed last year at
royal st. george’s he has finally embraced links
golf and is no longer one of those players who takes
himself out of the british open before getting to the
first tee. “what was so much fun for me about last
year was that i was able to make a move in horrible
weather because, historically, i’ve not played well
in bad weather,” he said. “now, i look at it a little bit
differently and i almost welcome it, in a sense.”
—Jim Moriarty (@GWMoriarty)
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