Phil Mickelson wins the Crown Plaza International with a Birdie on the Last Hole!
Published May 25th, 2008 in Golf News, Phil Mickelson.Wow, this has to be one of the best finishes by Phil Mickelson. Remember I did a swing analysis of Phil yesterday and predicted he’d win?
Lol… it was a very awesome final hole stretch as Phil made a par on the 15th hole to stay alive, then got out of major tree trouble on the 18th where he sank the birdie for the win.
On the 18th hole, Phil hit a nice wild short iron hook out of the rough and trees. He hit the shot about 8 feet which was incredible with the amount of pressure that was riding but Phil knows how to handle that.
The results have been completely different if Phil didn’t putt as good as he did on the last 4 holes.
Great stuff Phil and let’s see if he keeps ‘em coming.
Sometimes, great focus and great shots come when you have to get out of trouble. In this case, it definitely helped Phil make a birdie and the win.
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It’s about time that some of these big names made use of the fact that Tiger Woods is busy attending to his knee. Phil Mickelson did that this Sunday. Lefty just keeps chipping away at tournaments with a steady trickle, so much so that now he has as many as 34 PGA Tour titles in his kitty. Well, we all know that Mickelson is one of the few who is capable of matching Tiger but even then it is hard to believe that he would ever be able to eclipse Tiger. Take Tiger out of the equation and his 34 Tour titles seem really impressive.
Unfortunately, we cannot take Tiger out of the picture and in front of Tiger, Mickelson’s achievements are dwarfed miserably. I really hope both Phil Mickelson and Vijay Singh, the two closest challengers to Tiger in my opinion can find another lease of life and get into tournaments with a serious shot at taking on Tiger’s domination. For the time being I would reckon that both of them would be involved in the, lets see who is second best to Tiger contest
Well, I agree Tiger still in the picture but his enthusiam is killing Tiger himself, even the knee surgery is caused by his desire to play too much.
In the long run, the player with good health will prevail whether that be Tiger, Phil, Vijay, or whoever.
Look at Jack Nicklaus, he replaced his hip with a ceramic one. I wouldn’t want to be Jack when I am old. I rather root for someone who can last long than someone who has to keep replacing their body parts.
Well, honestly, I just don’t want to replace my own hip, that’s all…