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A shot at redemption

Sporting News, The, July 21, 2006

After his collapse in the U.S. Open, Phil Mickelson enters the British Open not as the heavy favorite but as the championship's biggest question mark.

This event is unlikely to repair Lefty's wounded psyche. He hasn't embraced golf in the United Kingdom the way Tiger Woods has. In 13 British Open appearances, Mickelson has but one top 10 finish (third in 2004). His 11th-place result in 2000 was his only other top 20.

Mickelson has something in common with Roberto De Vicenzo, the last man to win at Hoylake. Nine months after that triumph, De Vicenzo signed an incorrect scorecard at Augusta National and handed the Masters title to Bob Goalby, who otherwise would have met De Vicenzo in a playoff. "What a stupid I am!" De Vicenzo declared.

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After squandering his chance to win the U.S. Open on the 72nd hole at Winged Foot, Mickelson made a similar remark, minus the broken English. "I'm such an idiot," he said.

Can Lefty put the U.S. Open disaster behind him? Piece of cake. He probably doesn't even remember the final hole at Winged Foot--his brain wasn't engaged at the time.

A shot at redemption

Sporting News, The, July 21, 2006

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