Phil Mickelson Takes Giant Step Closer to Joining Golf’s All-Time Pantheon

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Published: July 22, 2013

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Phil Mickelson never expected to win a British Open in his career. Even after he secured the Claret Jug on Sunday with a five-under 66 that he called "probably the best round of my career," Mickelson seemed surprised, in a way, at his own excellence. During the championship ceremony, he said:

This is a win that I never knew in my career if I'd be equipped, if I would have the shots, if I would have the opportunity to win a tournament here. And to do it, to play some of the best golf and probably the best round of my career, and break through and capture this claret jug, is probably the most fulfilling moment of my career because it was something I wasn't sure I'd be able to ever do.

Where does the British Open championship put Mickelson on the list of all-time greats? Suddenly, he's a lot closer to the top.

Two days ago, Mickelson was still already one of the greatest golfers of his era, sitting just inside the second cut—if you will—of the best players of all time. Phil had won four major titles and had collected a career's worth of second-place finishes, including six at the U.S. Open, a major he has yet to win. 

When Mickelson finished second in the 2013 U.S. Open at Merion after holding the 54-hole lead, he told reporters that all he felt was "heartbreak." No one, not even Mickelson, thought his major championship redemption would have come so soon. 

If life were a movie script, Phil's next major would have come at the 2014 U.S. Open at Pinehurst—the tournament he's never been able to win at the course that began his string of runner-up finishes and endeared him to so many golf fans around the world.

After the disappointment at Merion, Pinehurst felt like the next one for Phil. It still does, making the victory at Muirfield all that much more impressive.

 



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