Phil Mickelson

One week after making his LIV Golf debut, Phil Mickelson turned in a disastrous performance at the U.S. Opem.

A fan reacts after being hit by a ball from Phil Mickelson on the third hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at The Country Club, Friday, June 17, 2022, in Brookline, Mass. #PhilMickelson #USOpen2022 pic.twitter.com/tlu6yGNoCt Last week, he finished in a tie for 33rd place at 10 over in the LIV Golf event in London following a long layoff from competition of any kind. While Mickelson has not joined some of his LIV Golf peers in resigning from the PGA Tour, the tour has made it clear LIV Golf players won't be permitted to play in PGA Tour events. Wow. Look at the galleries following a +11 Phil Mickelson. #USOpen pic.twitter.com/PWgVHgMudc One week after making his LIV Golf debut, Phil Mickelson turned in a disastrous performance at the U.S. Open and missed the cut. The 52-year-old Mickelson is a six-time major winner who was looking to complete the career Grand Slam, but he didn't come close and instead missed the fifth U.S. Open cut of his career.

Phil Mickelson got off to a miserable start for the 2022 U.S. Open, posting a 8-over 78 in the opening round. His second round was certainly an improvement, ...

"I just really struggled with the putter the first few holes, just like I did last week," Mickelson said, via ESPN. Mickelson carded a 3-over 73 for the second round of the U.S. Open. He had three bogeys on the back nine to start his day before posting a couple of birdies on his scorecard. Phil Mickelson got off to a miserable start for the 2022 U.S. Open, posting a 8-over 78 in the opening round.

According to someone on the ground at The Country Club in Brookline, Phil Mickelson and his ex-caddie Jim "Bones" Mackay blanked each other.

Bones never displayed them in his house. Lefty had a tradition of giving them to his grandfather. According to a reporter on the ground at The Country Club in Brookline, Phil Mickelson and his ex-caddie Jim "Bones" Mackay blanked each other.

Phil Mickelson ended up closer to last place in the standings than the projected cut line after a miserable two rounds at The Country Club in Brookline, ...

The U.S. Open is the ultimate test and you don’t really know where your game is until you get tested. “I feel I’m certainly playing better than I’m scoring and I’ll look forward to working on it.’’ I’m struggling with the putter, last week (at the London LIV event) and this week. I thought I was a little bit closer than I was, but I really struggled putting. It was the first time Mickelson, who’s become a polarizing figure in the sport since joining the Saudi-backed tour, has played a tournament in the U.S. since January, when he played at Torrey Pines. His week began with an awkward, uncomfortable 25-minute pre-tournament press conference on Monday (at which he was grilled like a fugitive coming out of hiding for his involvement with the Greg Norman-led LIV Golf series) and it ended with him leaving the course in a courtesy car shortly before 2 p.m. Friday.

This week, at The Country Club outside of Boston, was perhaps Mickelson's most wretched time at a U.S. Open.

“I thought I was more prepared than I was,” Mickelson said as he got ready to get into his courtesy car and head westward to his home in California. “The U.S. Open is the ultimate test. “I really struggled with putting,” said Mickelson, who finished in a tie for 33rd last week in the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series event to win $150,000. “I’m struggling with the putter, last week and this week. He looked uncomfortably out of sorts, was curt, and it seemed he wasn’t ready to speak at the scheduled time. Refuge, he must have thought as he left the interview area, would be found on the golf course. Add in that it’s the only major the World Golf Hall of Fame member hasn’t won and the pain increases.

After struggling during first-round play on Thursday, Phil Mickelson played better Friday, carding a 3-over-73, but it wasn't enough to make the cut at The ...

He immediately raised his left arm and yelled, "Way left!" The man was holding an ice bag on his head. He had a 3-putt bogey on the par-4 13th. The man was helped by USGA officials, and Mickelson came over and shook his hand. Mickelson's total of 11 over through 36 holes tied for fifth worst in a major championship during his career. He carded a 3-over 73, dropping his total for 36 holes to 11 over.

PHIL MICKELSON'S US Open weekend went from bad to worse after he floored a fan with a shot on Friday.The 52-year-old American, who is chasing the only.

And Mickelson said on Monday: "I would say to the Strada family, I would say to everyone that has lost loved ones, lost friends on 9/11, that I have deep deep empathy and sympathy for them. And he looked embarrassed when he was asked for his reactions to the open letter from a US terrorist survivors group, 911familiesunited.org. The fan was pictured lying on his back in one of the bunkers clutching his face after being hit by the ball.

Phil Mickelson's tee shot on No. 3 in the second round of the U.S. Open landed in the rough to the right.

Just really showcased what a special place this is.” On his way to the seventh tee, he gave his ball to a 9-year-old girl standing by the ropes. “I love it when we bring golf here because they create a really special atmosphere.” But Mickelson had little else to smile about. But if the fans held his cash grab against him, they didn’t let it show. One problem: It was Sam Horsfield’s shot from the neighboring sixth hole that hit him.

Mickelson had a miserable outing at the 2022 U.S. Open, a tournament he still needs to win to complete his career Grand Slam.

If there is any silver lining for Mickelson, it's this: He will have at least three more chances to add the U.S. Open to his list of career victories, through 2025. But consecutive bogeys on Holes 13, 14 and 15 ensured he would have one of the worst major outings of his professional career. At the time he completed his second round, he was tied for 138th, ahead of only one PGA Tour regular and trailing 11 of 16 amateurs in the field. "Good" is relative, as only 52 golfers shot 3 over or worse Friday. Moreover, Mickelson's dud at the U.S. Open caps a two-week stretch of bad golf. "It was OK," Mickelson said of his second round. He totaled five bogeys, two double bogeys and one birdie in the opening round. Mickelson made no mention of LIV Golf, per a transcript of his comments. His worst score came in the 2020 U.S. Open, where he shot 13 over. "I love it when we bring golf here because they create a really special atmosphere." He has a five-year exemption to the U.S. Open, courtesy of his victory at the 2021 PGA Championship. Even if Mickelson is unable to win at the U.S. Open over the next three years, it won't be difficult for him to improve on his 2022 performance. Mickelson, who turned 52 on Thursday, carded an 8-over 78 in Round 1.

Phil Mickelson wrapped up his U.S. Open on Friday, but it might have more finality than that.

But as he bolted Brookline, it felt as if there was so much more than the U.S Open Trophy in his rearview mirror. Even if golf’s oldest championship, which Mickelson won and is also exempt into for the next decade-plus, allows the LIV players a future runway, Lefty’s plight is unchanged. A player who began his PGA Tour career by winning as an amateur could well have completed his Tour run on U.S. soil with rounds of 78-73 and a tie for 143rd out of 156 players. “We have been pretty clear in our belief that the world tours have done a great job in promoting the game over the years. “I would start by saying that our mission is always to act in the best interests of the game in whatever form that may take," said Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley. “I think that golf's in a good place right now. At last month’s championship, where Mickelson was the defending champion but did not compete, CEO Seth Waugh went so far as to explain the potential mechanism that could be used to keep the LIV players out. The R&A appears poised to also allow the LIV players who are qualified for next month’s Open Championship to participate. Mickelson was one of 17 Tour members who were immediately and indefinitely suspended for violating the circuit’s regulations for playing the first LIV event last week. The 2022 U.S. Open could be Lefty’s final PGA Tour-sanctioned event in the United States. Lefty’s pursuit of the one thing that stood between he and golf immortality has felt washed for years. Mickelson’s quest for the career Grand Slam is over - that’s just a fact. Instead, there was a surreal finality to it all.

Phil Mickelson doesn't have to worry about making the cut in LIV Golf events, but at the 2022 U.S. Open in Brookline, "Lefty" didn't come anywhere close to ...

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With controversy swirling around him, Phil Mickelson struggled mightily at the U.S. Open, shooting 11 over to miss the cut at The Country Club.

“I thought I was more prepared than I was,” Mickelson said as he got ready to get into his courtesy car and head westward to his home in California. “The U.S. Open is the ultimate test. I really struggled with putting,” said Mickelson, who finished in a tie for 33rd last week in the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series event to win $150,000. Refuge, he must have thought as he left the interview area, would be found on the golf course. He looked uncomfortably out of sorts, was curt, and it seemed he wasn’t ready to speak at the scheduled time. Add in that it’s the only major the World Golf Hall of Fame member hasn’t won and the pain increases. His inflammatory comments criticizing the PGA Tour, commissioner Jay Monahan and the oppressive regime of Saudi Arabia were also brought up.

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This U.S. Open was the 13th non-LIV Golf tournament he has played since his historic PGA Championship triumph and his sixth missed cut in that span. Against a thin field, he finished 34th out of the 48 players at 6-over. The second event of the LIV Golf series will take place June 30 through July 2 at Pumpkin Ridge outside Portland, Ore. Mickelson said he’ll play. As it is, he defied most odds with his victory at last year’s PGA. “I’ll look forward to working on it. Yet Mickelson has been reduced to an ordinary golfer since that victory. “The U.S. Open is the ultimate test and you don’t really know where your game is until you get tested. And not driving out of the club for the final time of the of the week on a Friday afternoon with the tournament’s second round not even complete. Asked what disappointed him most about the week, Mickelson said: “My play. I’m pretty motivated to get back to work.’’ Mickelson’s week began with an awkward 25-minute pretournament press conference on Monday (at which he was grilled like a fugitive coming out of hiding for his involvement with the Greg Norman-led LIV Golf Invitational Series). His week ended with him leaving the course in a courtesy car shortly before 2 p.m. Friday with half the field still on the golf course. It didn’t get much better Friday in the second round and he bowed out of the tournament with a 3-over 73 to finish his two-day stay at 11-over, light years from the cutline.