Phil Mickelson: Early Success Should Mean Singles Showdown with Rory McIlory

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Published: September 29, 2012

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Before the 2012 Ryder Cup started, you would have laughed if it were suggested that Phil Mickelson would take the final pairing of the singles matches, given his 11-17-6 total record during Ryder Cup play.

But now, after a sparkling 3-0 start in the Four Ball and Foursomes play with teammate Keenan Bradley, Mickelson is forcing United States captain Davis Love III to make some tough calls across the board. One of those calls should be to pair Mickelson with McIlroy in the final duo.

Mickelson is absolutely putting a knife to his iron play right now. It's downright surgical what he's doing with his approach shots, no doubt feeding off the energy Bradley is giving throughout the day on every single hole.

He's fresh off a 7 & 6 dismantling of former world No. 1 Luke Donald and accomplished Englishman Lee Westwood, and he and Bradley made it look easy Saturday morning.

That performance ties two other American duos, Paul Azinger and Mark O'Meara being the most recent in 1991, for the all-time record for biggest margin of victory.

So why not ride the hot streak all the way to the end?



For starters, who else are you going to pair against McIlroy right now? Tiger Woods didn't have a good showing, and although his iron play was superb in the back nine of his Friday Four Ball match, he isn't making putts or hitting fairways well enough to garner a No. 1 matchup.

Bradley is a possibility, and so is FedEx Cup champion Brandt Snedeker, who is teaming with Jim Furyk to continue his recent hot streak on the green.

For any of those men to have a chance to tee it up for the final time on the first hole at Medinah in this year's Ryder Cup, they'll have to have huge afternoons of Four Ball play. Woods especially, since he's expected to carry this Ryder Cup team in their effort to regain the Cup.

But Mickelson is hot, he's a crowd favorite right now and if the selections w...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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