Phil Mickelson’s Outcry for Ryder Cup Change Carries Americans to New Heights

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Published: October 3, 2016

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American celebrations have happened so infrequently over the past quarter-century at the Ryder Cup that nobody could remember the partying particulars of the U.S. team's most prominent player.

Sure, everybody knows Phil Mickelson plays golf as a left-hander, often at the highest levels.

Sunday night at Hazeltine National in Chaska, Minnesota, the world was reminded that when he parties like a savage, it's as a righty.





Two years after he put his reputation on the line following yet another Ryder disaster, the 46-year-old Hall of Famer led the Americans to their second victory this millennium, making 10 birdies in his singles match as the Yanks cruised to a 17-11 victory outside Minneapolis.

As part of the U.S. task force that was established on the plane flight home from a blowout loss in Scotland two years ago, Mickelson has for the past 20-plus months exclaimed to anybody who would listen that the Americans' process was busted and required a complete overhaul.

The points system was revamped, the qualifying periods overhauled and the wild-card picks were pushed back to later in the year. This Ryder Cup would be the players' event, with the dozen Americans involved in nearly every detail.

More than any other player, Mickelson, who played in his 45th Ryder match to extend his American record, has his fingerprints on it.

"If I made a decision, Phil agreed with it," U.S. captain Davis Love cracked to reporters on the 18th green. "Whether he really agreed with it or not, he went along with it."

Two years earlier, Mickelson infamously staged a minor insurrection following the team's 16.5 to 11.5 whipping at Gleneagles, controversially calling out captain Tom Watson for failing to involve players in most of his decisions. Ahead of the latest Ryder Cup, Mickelson lodged a complaint against the management style of Hal Sutton, his captain in Mich...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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