Phil Mickelson’s 41st May Foreshadow Great Things for Rest of 2013

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Published: February 5, 2013

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If you’re a dyed-in-the-black-shirt-and-pinstripe-pants Phil Phan, you’d like to think that his 41st victory in Phoenix means he’ll run the table in 2013. Or at least that he’ll make some important noise at majors and snag a few other titles to get to closer to his goal of 50 victories.

Mickelson would agree with you there.

“I think that sets up the tone for the rest of the year,” he explained after winning the Waste Management Open.

I really started to play well, but for me, the rest of the year took a turn on Tuesday when I got my new driver. It just changed my whole deal. When I stood up—here at TPC Scottsdale, water is down the left on a lot of holes, down left on 10, on 15, on 17, and being able to hit those fairways and make birdies and play those holes aggressively, that's a big thing for me.

Water on the left for Mickelson, a lefty, is like water on the right for someone who hits banana balls.  

Mickelson added:


I think it's going to change the rest of the year for me. I really do. My iron play has always been the strength of my game, and it was certainly good this week, but to drive it as easily as I did in play and to have the misses be so much less is going to set up for a very good year.

It’s hard to remember when, if ever, Phil Mickelson has been quite this positive about his golf game. Over the history of his career, it’s just been one little thing after another. If he gets the tee ball in play, then something slips up in the putting department, or he misses an approach to the green at a really important time. But Mickelson played with near total confidence, it appeared, although he did admit to being nervous before the final round.

“I hadn't won in a while, I hadn't been in contention, and I know how guys—look what happened last year when guys are in the lead,” he pointed out. &...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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