Phil Mickelson Brings the ‘Thrill’ Factor to the Memorial Tournament

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Published: May 31, 2014

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With Tiger Woods at home nursing his ailing back, the job of bringing the star power to a PGA Tour event falls on the broad shoulders of Phil Mickelson.

Yes, there are supporting men such as Rory McIlroy and Adam Scott, but Mickelson is the guy people pay the big bucks to come and see.

Golf media needs to fill copy space, and he is always good for a paragraph or two or three.

Mickelson is known for his exciting escape shots on the course and superb touch around the greens to scratch out a par or make a miraculous birdie, but he is going to need all of his skills to avoid making a triple-bogey from his latest predicament.

He became the focus of a media frenzy Saturday at the Memorial Tournament.

It was disclosed Friday evening in the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) that Mickelson was named in an insider-trading investigation headed by the FBI and the SEC.

When the G-Men with the alphabet soup initials start looking into your life and business dealings, it is best to have a very expensive attorney rather than a guy named “Bones” carrying your bag.

There are some things even a 64-degree wedge can’t extricate you from.

It is said that there is no such thing as bad publicity, but I think Mickelson would disagree with you right now.  

After he signed his scorecard following his third-round even-par 72, he addressed the assembled media but declined to comment on the allegations or the implications of the investigation.

Mickelson was asked how much the investigation had been weighing on him:

You know what? I can’t really go into much right now, but as I said in my statement: I have done absolutely nothing wrong. And that’s why I’ve been fully cooperating with the FBI agents, and I’m happy to do so in the future, too, until this gets resolved.

But for right now—and hop...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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