Phil Mickelson, the British Open and His Secret to Winning Another Major

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Published: July 16, 2013

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Phil Mickelson has always held a tremendous flair for the dramatic. With the Open Championship at Muirfield beginning Thursday, Lefty has another chance this summer to make people take notice. 

It seems pretty clear, after Mickelson won the Scottish Open last week for his first victory in Europe since 1993, that there are only two potential outcomes this week: Phil will win the whole damn thing or miss the cut…again. 

Mickelson has a horrible record at the Open Championship. He has just two top-five finishes in his career—third place in 2004 and tied for second in 2011—with four missed cuts in his 18 tournament entries and an average finish of 36th place in those in which he did make the cut, finishing 40th or worse six times (not counting amateur result). Even when Phil makes the cut, he is rarely at the top of the Open leaderboard.

Why would this year be any different? Maybe Phil is different.

When asked about his relationship with links golf, Mickelson explained how his opinion has changed over the years. "It's a hate-love," Mickelson told Shane Bacon of Yahoo! Sports. "I used to hate it, now I love it."



Take what Mickelson says with a grain from one of Scotland's most famous pot-bunkers. 

Phil always says the right things at press conferences, so his newfound love of links golf may be nothing more than pre-championship respect to the rich, illustrious history at Muirfield.

Or maybe he really thinks he can win it. He said a lot of great things heading into the U.S. Open at Merion and, well, we know how that turned out. 

Mickelson should have won the U.S. Open this summer. Justin Rose deserves credit for winning the championship, but Mickelson had the trophy in his bag, playing excellent tee-to-green golf but failing to capitalize on the greens, lipping out or burning the edge of at least 18 holes over the final t...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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