That he wasn’t out of the woods until the second shot on his 72nd hole of the week speaks to another essential element of the Mickelson experience: It is never easy.Mickelson is one of golf’s most accomplished players ever. It’s not all fair that a few blowups in high-stakes situations have attached themselves to his legacy. But he’s had some significant clunkers, most notably the 2006 U.S. Open at Winged Foot, when he led by a shot on the last hole and made double bogey.
Mickelson’s margin of victory in this tournament was two. He led by a stroke entering the final round, then fell a shot behind Brooks Koepka when he bogeyed and Koepka birdied right out of the gate. Mickelson righted the ship and Koepka faded after that, but Mickelson still let a five-shot lead become two by the last hole. And when he sliced his drive into a gallery and Koepka perfectly cut the corner on that hole’s dogleg to the right, it felt familiar.
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