Posts Tagged Phil Mickelson


A Decade Of Memories In The Majors.

The 00’s have officially passed us by and with it goes one of the most memorable decades in major championship golf history. The dominance of Tiger Woods was a hallmark of the past ten years and while the great man did produce some of the most impressive golf in major history there were other players […]

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What Golf Needs in 2010…

I’ve refrained from writing about Tiger Woods over the last month for a couple reasons. First, I’m genuinely disappointed with the whole mess and don’t feel ready to share my thoughts until I can see it less emotionally. And second, I don’t think anyone really knows the true story…and won’t until either Tiger or Elin […]

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Mickelson and Woods capture Tour Champs and FedEx Cup honours

The biggest stars of the PGA Tour were its biggest winners over the weekend. Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson shared the honours after The Tour Championship in East Lake – Woods winning the FedEx Cup and Mickelson coming up trumps in the tournament itself. Woods finished second to Mickelson in the tournament – three shots […]

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Ahead Of The Class

Phil Mickelson did it on the PGA Tour. So did Scott Verplank. In recent years Pablo Martin and Danny Lee have done it in Europe. I’m taking, of course, about winning a professional tournament while still an amateur, something Oklahoma State’s Rickie Fowler came oh so close to doing Sunday at the Nationwide Tour’s Children’s Hospital […]

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Top 10 Report Cards

In my (admittedly) lackluster academic career through high school and university I always hated mid-terms. The end of year pressure I could deal with. I expected it. It was supposed to be there. It was the mid-year exams, those that seemed to creep up without warning right as you were getting comfortable that I hated. […]

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7 Up! At Bethpage Black

The People’s Open. That’s what they called it. Seven years ago, for the first time in its history, the United States Open Golf Championship was played on a public course in New York, and I was there. Well, sort of. I was in New York City playing tourist, standing under Empire State Building, wandering blissfully through […]

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Mickelson’s return starts at St Jude

An emotional Phil Mickelson is making his comeback to the US PGA Tour after a brief time away to be with his wife, Amy, who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Three weeks ago, Mickelson said he was taking time off the tour to be at his wife’s side. However, with some encouraging signs on […]

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Amy Mickelson Diagnosed With Cancer

Some battles are tougher than anything a U.S Open can throw at you. Amy Mickelson, wife of world number 2 golfer Phil Mickelson and well known philanthropist, has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Gaylord Sports Management, Mickelson’s representation on tour, announced last Wednesday in a brief press release that after “a battery of tests” Amy […]

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Masters Week is Here! Time For Previews and Predictions

The longest three months of the year for a fan of the PGA Tour ranges from the Mercedes Championship until the world’s best finally ascend on Augusta National Golf Club in early April. For those of us in foul weather climates, it also signals the unofficial start to the golf season. The Masters is not […]

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Kiwi Amateur Lee toasts Classic victory

Only a few days before Tiger Woods is scheduled to make his long-awaited comeback, he is reminded of the emerging talent who want to overthrow him as the king of golf. Foremost in doing the reminding is Danny Lee, an 18-year-old amateur from New Zealand who has claimed victory in the Johnnie Walker Classic, one […]

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