Topic: Phil Mickelson

Famed Road Hole gets tougher at British Open

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 ...

Tiger on the hunt to recapture Open magic

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 ...
With a nod to croquet, K.J. Choi makes radical change with putter heading into British OpenK.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 ...
All eyes on Lefty: The People's Champ works the crowd, sets his sights on first Open titlePhil 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 ...

Mickelson seeks Faldo magic in Open bid

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 US Open or ...

Mickelson struggles but unconcerned by Tiger talk

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 ...

Mickelson nine looks to have ended Scottish Open bid

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 battling fightback ...

Mickelson a win away from World No. 1 golf spot

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' ...
What might have been: Pebble Beach turns into a US Open where the stars don't shineEven 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 major deal: McDowell takes down the best, earns US Open titleThere 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 ...