Masters: Phil the Thrill primed for weekend charge

2011-04-08T16:00:09Z

AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Holder Phil Mickelson again zig-zagged his way across Augusta National and was relieved to conclude an up-and-down second round on Friday in position to mount a

Americans open strongly at Masters

2011-04-07T12:30:33Z

A quartet of Americans set the early pace when the 75th edition of the Masters got underway on Thursday.

Sean O'Hair, Jerry Kelly, Jeff Overton and Kevin Na all ducked under par over the first few holes as the chase for th...

Golf's greatest tee off in Masters at Augusta

2011-04-07T06:30:25Z

An all-star cast of golf's greatest players will attack the legendary Augusta National course in the 75th Masters starting on Thursday, with the world number one ranking and a major title up for grabs.

Defending champion Phil Mickelson made himself the favorite with a victor...

Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods ready for Masters clash

2011-04-07T06:30:22Z

Successful juggling of the risks and rewards of aggressive shot-making at Augusta National has brought Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods each three Masters titles in the past 10 years.

While both American stars have struggled in the past...

Golfers Tiger, Mickelson ready for intense Masters

2011-04-06T17:30:29Z

Successful juggling of the risks and rewards of aggressive shot-making at Augusta National has brought Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods each three Masters titles in the past 10 years.

While both American stars have struggled in the past...

Player puzzled by Big Easy's hard times at Augusta

2011-04-06T10:30:21Z

AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - One of the biggest surprises for golfing great Gary Player in recent years at the Masters has been the failure of fellow South African Ernie Els to claim the green jacket.

Els, a three-times...

Mellow Mickelson still smiling at Masters

2011-04-05T18:30:40Z

One year after a broad smile and emotional Masters victory embrace with wife Amy at the 18th green, World No. 3 Phil Mickelson still has a wide grin on his face and a casual confidence.

The American left-hander, who captured the Masters in 2004 and 2006 as well as last year, joked his way through a news conference Tuesday, two days after winning the Reuters) - Holder Phil Mickelson and four-times Masters champion Tiger Woods were major talking points at Reuters) - Short is sweet at Augusta National, where a fine touch around the greens often spells success, though holder Phil Mickelson is prepared to hit the ball long and hard at the

Absent Seve in Masters hearts, minds and menu

2011-04-04T19:30:32Z

On the verge of a wide-open Masters that Seve Ballesteros would have loved, the Spanish golf legend was honored in the Champions Dinner menu selections of defending champion Phil Mickelson.

Ballesteros, a flamboyant five-time major winner who turns 54 on Saturday, is unable to travel because of a brain tumo...

Mickelson storms to share of Houston lead

2011-04-02T21:30:09Z

Phil Mickelson, warming up for his Masters title defense, fired his lowest round in two years Saturday to seize a share of the Houston Open third-round lead.

Mickelson equalled the Redstone course record with a bogey-free nine-under par 63 for a 13-under total of 203.

He was joined atop the leaderboard by fel...

New faces, familiar stars to collide at golf Masters

2011-03-30T20:30:30Z

A quarter-century after US legend Jack Nicklaus outdueled Spain's Seve Ballesteros to win the Masters at age 46, another American-European showdown is looming at PACIFIC PALISADES, California (Reuters) - Phil Mickelson scrapped plans to provide Masters champions with Spanish cuisine to honor

Winners of the 2010 major golf championships

2010-11-29T15:42:24Z

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Mickelson getting healthy and excited for future

2010-11-03T03:00:30Z

His health back to normal, Phil Mickelson excited about future as he preps for HSBC Champions

Phil Mickelson isn't making any excuses about all the chances he had to reach No. 1 for the first time in his career, nor does he begrudge Lee Westwood for being the player to finally t...

Phil Mickelson wins 2010 Masters golf tournament

2010-11-04T14:37:06Z

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Reflection on the 2010 golf season

2010-11-04T14:36:59Z

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2009 Masters Tournament predictions

2010-11-04T14:37:19Z

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South African Els wins Grand Slam event by one shot

2010-10-20T12:00:19Z

MIAMI (Reuters) - Ernie Els came from three strokes behind with five holes remaining to win the end-of-season PGA Grand Slam of Golf by one shot in Deutsche Bank odds from TPC Boston, Norton, Massachusetts. A total purse of $7.5 million and 2,500 FedExCup points will be on the line with action set to begin Thursday morning. The Golf Channel and NBC ...

Mickelson diagnosed with severe arthritis

2010-09-01T12:16:15Z

Phil Mickelson revealed that he has been diagnosed with a severe but treatable form of arthritis that attacks the immune system and in his case left him unable at one point to even get out of bed.

The reigning Masters champion said Tuesday that doctors are treating him for psoriatic arthritis which first flared up a week prior to the Golfer Phil Mickelson revealed he has been diagnosed with a severe form of arthritis that attacks the body's immune system and in his case left him unable to even get out of bed.

The reigning Masters champion said doctors at the Mayo Clinic

Mickelson diagnosed with treatable but severe form of arthritis

2010-09-01T12:16:14Z

Golfer Phil Mickelson revealed on Tuesday he has been diagnosed with a severe form of arthritis that attacks the body's immune system and in his case left him unable to even get out of bed.

The reigning Masters champion said doctors at the Mayo...

Mickelson in good shape after arthritis diagnosis

2010-08-10T13:30:17Z

KOHLER, Wisconsin (Reuters) - World number two Phil Mickelson has been diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis but says he feels 90 percent fit ahead of this week's U.S. PGA Championship at

Prognosis good after Lefty reveals health issue

2010-09-01T12:16:12Z

Mickelson discloses at PGA he has form of arthritis that sent him to Mayo Clinic

Phil Mickelson is being treated for a form of arthritis that surfaced just before the Wisconsin (Reuters) - If any extra proof was needed that this week's U.S. PGA Championship at Whistling Straits is wide open for the taking, then look no further than the winners of the last two majors.

Tiger struggles at Bridgestone golf

2010-08-08T19:15:15Z

Tiger Woods struggled to the worst 72-hole performance of his career, finishing an astonishing 30 strokes behind winner Hunter Mahan at the World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational.

Woods claimed he was not injured and hinted his final-round seven-over par 77 and level-78th finish in th...

Woods slumps to 18 over par at World Golf Championships

2010-08-08T14:15:33Z

Tiger Woods looked and sounded like a broken man after his final round at the Bridgestone Invitational on Sunday where he carded the worst 72-hole score of his 14-year professional career.

Top-ranked defending champion Woods fired a closing seven-over par 77 to finish the World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational at 18-over par 298 on a cours...

Bubba opens with 64; Tiger struggles at Firestone

2010-08-05T19:45:06Z

Bubba Watson fires 6-under 64 for 2-shot lead over Phil Mickelson and 3 others at Firestone

Not even one of his favorite golf courses is much use to Tiger Woods these days.

Facing the two easiest holes to start his round, he hit tee shots into the trees and made bogeys. On the course where h...

Mickelson's Open hopes in ruins

2010-07-17T12:15:33Z

Phil Mickelson's British Open hopes lay in tatters for another year here Saturday after his five-iron let him down on holes 16 and 17.

The 40-year-old Californian was full of optimism coming into St. Andrews, where he also had a chance of taking the world number one spot from Tiger Woods.

Bu...

A day more suited to Mary Poppins than Tiger Woods

2010-07-16T15:00:18Z

Winds gusting to 40 mph wreak havoc at British Open: 'You were just trying to hang on.'

Outlined against a blue-gray sky, a wind-whipped white plastic trash bag cartwheeled up the first fairway in the wrong direction.

Welcome to the Old Course on a Friday better suited to Mary Poppins than Tiger Woods.

For a century and a half...

Famed Road Hole gets tougher at British Open

2010-07-14T00:16:16Z

A triangular piece of turf, a strip of road, a hotel wall, a narrow fairway, a pothole bunker and another section of roadway have caused more debate here than whether Tiger Woods can win a third successive British Open on the Old Course on Sunday.

At no other place on Earth, especially this week, would 40 yards of ground take conversational precedence even...

Tiger on the hunt to recapture Open magic

2010-07-13T23:15:13Z

Tiger Woods will try to prove that his lurid sex scandal has not shattered his championship form when the British Open begins on Thursday over the fabled Old Course where golf began.

World number one Woods won the past two St. Andrews majors in 2000 and 2005 and an unprecedented third win at this historic links layout would be his first crown since admitti...

Croquet, anyone? K.J. Choi shakes up putting green

2010-07-13T12:30:28Z

With a nod to croquet, K.J. Choi makes radical change with putter heading into British Open

K.J. Choi has been getting more attention than anyone on the putting green.

He starts out like everyone else, lining up alongside the ball for what appears to be a normal swing. Then, he turns to face the hole, jutting out his right leg to the le...

The People's Champ eyes an Open title

2010-07-13T10:46:02Z

All eyes on Lefty: The People's Champ works the crowd, sets his sights on first Open title

Phil Mickelson rolled in an 18-foot birdie putt on the final hole of practice — oh, how he'd love to be in that same position for a win at the British Open come Sunday — then headed off to take care of his other duties.

"Give...

Mickelson seeks Faldo magic in Open bid

2010-07-13T09:17:34Z

Phil Mickelson has turned to three-times winner Nick Faldo in a bid to boost his chances of finally winning a British Open.

The 40-year-old American, who has won three Masters and one USPGA title but failed to capture either the Phil Mickelson refused to blame the hype surrounding his bid to oust Tiger Woods at the top of the world rankings for his poor show at the Scottish Open here on Friday.

The 40-year-old American would have climbed above the world number one with a top-two finish at Loch Lomond this weekend.

But a second rou...

Mickelson nine looks to have ended Scottish Open bid

2010-07-09T07:30:07Z

LUSS, Scotland (Reuters) - A quintuple-bogey nine in Friday's second round threatened to bring an abrupt end to world number two Phil Mickelson's Scottish Open on Friday.

The American looked almost certain to miss the cut at Loch Lomond despite a battlin...

Mickelson a win away from World No. 1 golf spot

2010-07-07T06:15:25Z

Phil Mickelson admits it will be "cool" if he ends his long wait to become the World Number One by winning the Scottish Open this week.

The popular American knows a win or second-placed finish at Loch Lomond will finally end Tiger Woods' incredible 607 weeks at the summit of world golf.

Mickelson has been t...

A lost opportunity at the US Open

2010-06-22T14:16:16Z

What might have been: Pebble Beach turns into a US Open where the stars don't shine

Even with 21 majors, they still had everything to gain by winning the U.S. Open.

For Tiger Woods, a chance to end six months of bad publicity with a 15th major. For A major deal: McDowell takes down the best, earns US Open title

There was the group of players he beat and the group of players he joined.

With his whole career in front of him and a U.S. Open title behind him, 30-year-old Graeme McDowell now goes about trying to be remembered more as the guy who knocked off

McDowell confident, cautious US Open leader

2010-06-19T14:15:59Z

Graeme McDowell took a two-stroke lead into the third round Saturday, but the Northern Irishman was well aware he had a long way to go to end Europe's 40-year US Open drought.

"I'm probably as ready to go into the weekend of a major as I've ever been," said McDowell, who won the

McDowell leads US Open golf

2010-06-18T23:15:36Z

Masters champion Phil Mickelson homed in on the second leg of golf's grand slam with a birdie barrage, but it was still Graeme McDowell atop the US Open leaderboard.

After Northern Ireland's McDowell fired six birdies in a three-under 6...

Woods makes little headway despite early birdies

2010-06-18T12:16:09Z

Tiger Woods finally made a couple of birdies, but couldn't make much headway on Friday in the early stages of the US Open golf championship second round.

Woods, whose three-over first-round 74 was just his third round in a major championship without a birdie or better, started the day five shots off the lead held by Paul Casey didn't expect to see his name atop the US Open leaderboard, but a solid performance at Pebble Beach had the Englishman among three leaders going into Friday's second round.

"The ball-striking has certainly been indifferent," Casey said of his recent putting form, "kind of missing it both ways, which is...

Four share early lead at Pebble Beach US Open

2010-06-17T18:15:25Z

Mike Weir chipped in for birdie at 16 then finished with two bogeys that still left him with a share of the early US Open lead Thursday alongside KJ Choi, Ian Poulter and Rafael Cabrera Bello.

The par-71, 7,0...

Weir sets early pace at Pebble Beach

2010-06-17T13:15:13Z

PEBBLE BEACH, California (Reuters) - Canadian Mike Weir holed out from just off the green to birdie the par-four 16th and grab an early one-shot lead at the U.S. Open on Thursday while Phil Mickelson ...

Woods set for late teeoff as U.S. Open gets underway

2010-06-17T08:00:18Z

PEBBLE BEACH, California (Reuters) - Triple champion Tiger Woods prepared for an afternoon tee-off to launch his bid for a 15th major title as the 110th U.S. Open began under overcast skies at Pebble Beac...

US Open Golf 2010 Live Streaming TV Schedule

2010-10-14T12:19:43Z

US Open Golf 2010

After half a year of catharsis for Tiger Woods, a product of his infidelities, doubts about the fitness of the best golfers in the world still unresolved at the gates of the U.S. Open.

As much as the Indian players like Arjun Atwal, one of the most cigarettes, ?he borrowed' in the Pro-Am, Tiger said after training with the California is very close to his best, nobody puts their hand in favor the fire as before. U.S. Open Golf 2010 started in California.

'Special' Pebble place for Mickelson to put past behind

2010-06-16T14:17:39Z

When it comes to his many and varied near-misses at the US Open, Phil Mickelson prefers to look on the bright side.

Five runner-up finishes in 11 years may seem like an agonizing array of almosts, but for the American who celebrated his 40th birthday on Wednesday they are proof that he has what it takes -- eventually -- to add a US Open trophy to his three

Mickelson hoping for another memorable week

2010-06-15T17:45:11Z

Memories of the Masters still linger for Lefty, who hopes for another major week

He's inching closer to Tiger Woods in green jackets and is now officially 1-up on Woods in moments that make you want to cry.

A simple hug with his ailing wife off the 18th green at Augusta National had people reaching for tissues across the c...

Pebble Beach has short history of great champions

2010-06-12T09:15:27Z

US OPEN: Pebble Beach scene of memorable shots and great champions in short but rich history

The history of the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach is short. The memories are not.

The course is famous for its sheer beauty, especially the seven holes in the middle that run along the rugged Pacific coastline, and the wall along the 18th fairway that st...

Mickelson's U.S. Open dream looms large at Pebble

2010-06-11T18:30:26Z

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Of all the storylines dominating the build-up to next week's U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, perhaps the most intriguing is Phil Mickelson's emotional bid for a second conse...

Woods returns to Pebble Beach, scene of past US Open glory

2010-06-11T18:59:04Z

The US Open returns next week to Pebble Beach, where Tiger Woods' 2000 triumph was a dazzling display of dominance that defined the American's aura of invincibility.

Woods won by 15 strokes, still the largest margin of victory in a major. His 12-under total of 272 was the lowest in US Open history in relation t...

'Decent' round has Woods poised for weekend

2010-10-06T12:42:11Z

Tiger Woods fired a "decent" 69 on Friday to position himself for the weekend at Memorial and give himself a chance to get two more rounds under his belt before the US Open.

Woods was just inside the projected cut line when he started after an even-par opening round of 72.

But the defending champion found birdies easier to come by on Friday, when his six birdi...

Rose shoots 65 to open early lead at Memorial

2010-06-03T13:30:53Z

In a soggy start to Memorial, Justin Rose opens with a 65; Woods unlikley to finish round

Justin Rose has finished with a 65, playing his best golf after a two-hour rain delay and building a two-shot lead over Phil Mickelson and other early starters at the Memorial.

Defending champion Tiger Woods<...

Mickelson out of the money at Colonial

2010-06-11T18:57:59Z

American Phil Mickelson fired a three-over 73 Friday for his second consecutive over-par round, likely ensuring that he will miss the cut at the 2010 PGA Colonial tournament.

A victory at the Colonial would have pushed Mickelson ahead of Tiger Woods for No. 1 in the world r...

Top ranking still elusive for Mickelson after missed cut

2010-06-11T18:57:59Z

FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) - A week that began with Phil Mickelson eyeing the top spot in the world rankings ended prematurely on Friday when he missed the cut by a significant margin at the Colonial Invitational.

On an ideal day for scoring at Tiger Woods' world number one ranking is on the line again this week, but Phil Mickelson said his only chance of seizing the top spot is to put the matter out of his mind.

"It would be something very special," Mickelson said of the chance to gain the number one ranking for the first time in his career.

"But to accomplish that, I can't focus on that," said Mickelso...

Mickelson eyes top ranking

2010-06-11T18:58:02Z

FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) - Phil Mickelson, eager to bury memories of last year, has every reason to look forward to this week's Colonial Invitational with the world number one ranking within fingertip reach.

Should the American left-hander win the Changing of the guard nears: Mickelson gets another shot at No. 1, with others behind him

It has been 12 years since the creation of the Mark H. McCormack Award, given to the player who has been ranked No. 1 in the world for the most weeks during a calendar year.

Tiger Woods is still the only name engraved on the trophy.

Along with his 14 m...

Mickelson eyes Colonial opportunity to dethrone Woods

2010-06-11T18:57:28Z

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When Phil Mickelson tees off at next week's Colonial Invitational at Fort Worth in Texas, the American left-hander will have another chance to replace PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Golf fans are spoilt for choice with a plethora of mouthwatering storylines for this week's Players Championship where Phil Mickelson h...

Mickelson could topple Woods as world number one on Sunday

2010-06-11T18:55:36Z

LONDON (Reuters) - Tiger Woods's 258-week reign as world number one could be ended by fellow American Phil Mickelson on Sunday.

Woods, who recently returned to golf after a break of five months following revelations about extra-marital affairs, missed the cut as a professional for only the sixth time at l...

Lefty has a chance to go to No. 1

2010-06-11T18:55:34Z

With a victory at Players, Mickelson could get to No. 1

That 15-foot birdie putt Phil Mickelson made on the final hole at Quail Hollow meant more than an extra $130,000 for finishing in second place alone.

It put him in position to become No. 1 in the world.

Mickelson could reach the top spot in the world ranking...

With Woods out of picture, Mayfair hangs onto PGA lead

2010-06-11T18:55:26Z

Billy Mayfair, the only player to beat Tiger Woods in a play-off on the US PGA Tour, won't have to worry about the world number one on Sunday.

While Woods sensationally missed the cut at the

Monday qualifier Mayfair leads Mickelson at Quail Hollow

2010-06-11T18:55:25Z

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Billy Mayfair shot a one-under par 71 to take a two-stroke lead after the third round of the Quail Hollow Championship on Saturday and give himself every chance of becoming the first Monda...

Woods off at Quail Hollow

2010-06-11T18:55:12Z

Woods opens with birdie at the Quail Hollow Championship

Tiger Woods got off to a fast start at the Quail Hollow Champhionship.

Woods began his second PGA Tour event this season with a birdie on t...

Masters memories for Mickelson

2010-04-28T15:01:58Z

Mickelson finds an unusual way to celebrate a green jacket

One picture getting plenty of attention the day after the Masters was Phil Mickelson in a green jacket. There was nothing unusual about that except for where the photo was taken.

Mickelson was in his car at the window of a Mickelson leaves course during pro-am with illness

Masters champion Phil Mickelson has withdrawn from his pro-am group at the Quail Hollow Championship on Wednesday complaining of illness.

Mickelson was sick at his hotel Tuesday night and called for assistance after the fifth hole at Reuters) - U.S. Masters champion Phil Mickelson is returning to the Scottish Open this year after missing the 2009 edition.

The American left-hander is a regular visitor to the banks of Loch Lomond but was absent from last year's event and the British Open at Turnberry a week later because his...

Mickelson to join Woods in potent Quail Hollow field

2010-06-11T18:54:27Z

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Masters champion Phil Mickelson will head the field with world number one Tiger Woods at the Quail Hol...

Mickelson's wonder shot from the trees at Augusta

2010-04-12T20:15:25Z

AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Phil Mickelson delivered a dazzling array of breath-taking shots en route to a third U.S. Masters title but his magical six-iron at the par-five 13th in Sunday's final round will live longest in the memory.

Facing a four-foot gap between two pine trees after a wayward drive, Mickelson...

Phil Mickelson Wins Masters, Celebrates With Amy

2010-10-25T14:27:20Z

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Mickelson wins Masters while Tiger shares fourth

2010-04-12T01:15:49Z

US star Phil Mickelson has won his third Masters title and fourth major crown in dramatic fashion while Tiger Woods could only ponder his mistakes and wonder what might have been.

Mickelson shot a bogey-free five-under par 67 to finish 72 holes on 16-under 272 on Sunday, defeating Mickelson wins third green jacket with an emotional victory at Masters

Phil Mickelson soaked up a scene he knows all too well as he climbed the steep hill toward the 18th green at Augusta National to claim another green jacket.

Only when he rapped in one last birdie for a three-shot victory did this Phil Mickelson's win in the 74th Masters on Sunday saw one of the most poignant moments in the history of the tournament as he hugged cancer-stricken wife Amy moments after his triumph.

She had arrived at Augusta on Tuesday, but due to the treatment she is undergoing, had been unable to get to the course before Sunday's dramatic finale.

Wearing dark sunglasses and...

China HSBC Champions Golf

2010-11-03T11:04:17Z

Phil Mickelson of the United States, right, walks with an amateur golfer, left, during the Pro-Am event of the HSBC Champions golf tournament at the Shanghai Sheshan International Golf Club Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2...

Britain Ryder Cup Golf

2010-10-03T13:15:52Z

U.S. team member Dustin Johnson, right, plays a tee shot as teammate Phil Mickelson looks on during the second day of the 2010 Ryder Cup golf tournament at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Phil Mickelson reacts after hitting from the trees on the fifth hole during second round play in The Tour Championship golf tournament at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Phil Mickelson reacts after his second shot on the fourth hole during the final round at the BMW Championship golf tournament in Lemont, Ill., Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

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Deutsche Bank Championship Golf

2010-09-06T00:50:09Z

Phil Mickelson chips onto the 18th green in the third round of the Deutsche Bank Championship golf tournament at TPC Boston, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010, in Norton, Mass. (AP Photo/Micha...

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