Will Phil Mickelson’s U.S. Open Hangover Last Through the 2013 British Open?

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Published: July 5, 2013

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The real question isn’t so much will Phil Mickelson’s U.S. Open hangover be over by the Open Championship, but whether or not it will last into next year.

Coming off his sixth runner-up finish in the U.S. Open, Mickelson can’t help but be building up quite a bit of scar tissue from all of those brushes with glory.

He bravely soldiers on, however, smiling and telling all who will listen about how well he’s hitting the ball, how unlucky he’s been because the ball’s not dropping and how anxious he is the for next major.

While this is specifically about Mickelson, the above comments are standard fare for many professional golfers. They’re always really close, playing really well and just about to do great things.

And maybe that really is the case with Mickelson in terms of the one championship that seemed to be impossible to win. He was as close to winning last month as he was at any other U.S. Open.

In 2004, Mickelson double-bogeyed the 17th hole in the final round and finished a pair of shots behind Retief Goosen.

In 2006, when Mickelson double-bogeyed the 72nd hole to hand Geoff Ogilvy the title, he played five individual stroke play events after that and finished in the top 20 just once the rest of the year.

The pattern continued in 2009, when he was in contention until he bogeyed two of the last three holes and lost by a pair to Lucas Glover. He played five more events with his best finish being a tie for 27th.



He then won the Tour Championship, was a member of the winning Presidents Cup team and won the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions to close out his season.

And then there was Merion in 2013. He’s made a very good living thanks in large part to the short irons in his bag, but they were the clubs that let him down in a big way in the final round. He hit bad wedges on the 13th and 15th holes a...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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