AUGUSTA, Ga. — Phil Mickelson spoke it into existence on Friday, as a warm and familiar Augusta National feeling lifted him from the depths of his LIV Golf despair. “I’m going to go on a tear prett…
It was a stunning turn of events for the world’s 425th-ranked player , who stood in 42nd place in the 49-player LIV standings.
But Augusta National has a history of reinvigorating aging Masters champs and Hall of Famers, and it certainly had that effect on Mickelson, who had beense from a gallery that has showered him with love in the past. Asked why he felt his fellow LIV member was so emotional on the 18th, Harold Varner III said: “I think he’s been through a lot. I’d be pretty emotional too. … His life’s been turned upside down, some his fault, some not. … From the outside looking in, I’d be pretty emotional as well.”Phil Mickelson gives a thumbs up during the Masters on Sunday.His playing partner, Jordan Spieth, said the roars on the back nine “felt very, very like eight, nine, 10 years ago.
“Today is hopefully a stepping stone to really kick-start the rest of the year and continue some great play because I have a unique opportunity,” Mickelson said. “At 52, no physical injuries, no physical problems, being able to swing a club the way I want to, to do things in the game that not many people have had a chance to do later in life. … This doesn’t feel like a fluke.”After missing the cut in the only two majors he played last year — the U.S.
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