Could Phil Mickelson Win the Grand Slam?

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Published: June 13, 2010

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Kathy Bissell

 

When Tiger Woods won his last major, the 2008 US Open, everyone figured it would be just be a couple of  years before he matched Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 major championships, counted the old-fashioned way (Without The Players). The talk last year was that he’d have a chance to do it at Whistling Straits, the PGA Championship site. 

 

Recent history changed all those calculations and speculations.  Between June of 2008 and now, nobody has even mentioned that maybe it would be Phil Mickelson who would have a chance to win four majors in a year. If there was ever a year for it, this is the one.

 

Mickelson already won The Masters.  So he’s the only one who has a chance.

 

The US Open set up, with graduated rough and shaved fairways at a course where Mickelson has won three times, means he has to be a strong contender at Pebble Beach.  Mickelson came painfully close at Pinehurst when Payne Stewart won the 1999 US Open.  He was second four more times at the US Open, for a total of five, one more than Sam Snead.  (Snead held the record of most US Open seconds from 1953 until Mickelson posted his fifth second in 2009.)  

 

But it’s not just Pebble Beach that works in Mickelson’s favor this year. 

 

St. Andrews, with its multiple-tiered, tricky and treacherous, double greens requires a good short game and great putting.  Will Dave Stockton’s words of wisdom help Mickelson in Scotland?  Certainly there is room to hit the ball off line without consequence at St. Andrews, but unlike most US courses, unplayable also looms on nearly every hole.  If there isn’t a gale wind, Mickelson has a shot at The Old Course.      

 

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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