PGA Championship 2013: Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson No-Show at Oak Hill

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Published: August 10, 2013

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If the new era of the Tiger-Phil rivalry was scheduled to begin at Oak Hill Country Club this week, someone forgot to tell the game's best two players.

Instead of battling each other head-to-head at the 2013 PGA Championship, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson have sputtered their way into afterthoughts 54 holes into golf's final major of the season.

Heading into Sunday's final round, the two are a combined 14-over par and sit much closer to the bottom of the leaderboard than to the top of it.

Along the way Mickelson has become unglued and completely lost his swagger in the third round at Oak Hill. Likewise, Woods has been frustrated, demoralized and at times on Saturday seemed uninterested.



This wasn't the way it was supposed to be for Woods and Mickelson in the season’s final major. The PGA Championship was supposed to be the launching pad for a renewed rivalry between these great golfers.

Instead, it was another disappointment for Woods and a slight step backwards for Mickelson.

It was also a reminder that there are no guarantees in golf’s major championships—even when talking about the sport’s two greatest talents.

At Oak Hill this week, Woods has been erratic off the tee and simply out of sorts on the greens. 

The end result is a four-over tally through three rounds, including a three-over on Saturday, that guarantees his now five-year-plus drought in majors will continue at least until next April.



For Mickelson, things have been even worse. The reigning British Open champion has been all over the golf course, including Saturday when at times he seemed to be playing tennis with his golf ball back and forth across fairways and greens.

His shocking third-round eight-over 78 sent him tumbling down the leaderboard to second to last at 10-over.



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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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