Mickelson benched after horrible showing
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In the wake of the most humiliating opening day in American Ryder Cup history, US captain Hal Sutton figures his team needs something to stir it from the doldrums of a 6 1/2-to-1 1/2 deficit.
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The reputations of Ryder Cup captains are made on decisions like these. Hal Sutton found that out two years ago when his ill-advised pairing of Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson imploded and took the U.S. team down with it.
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BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. -- Phil Mickelson skipped a practice for the second straight day on Thursday, 24 hours before the Ryder Cup gets under way at Oakland Hills.
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Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson were paired for the first time in Friday's opening match of the Ryder Cup, a dynamic twosome that hoped to get the United States rolling toward bringing the chalice back to this side of the Atlantic. But they got off to an inglorious start in their better-ball match against Colin Montgomerie and Padraig Harrington of Europe at Oakland Hills.
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The heavyweight United States duo of Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson were on track for their second defeat of the day as Europe maintained a stranglehold at the 35th Ryder Cup on Friday.
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There is no &quot;I&quot; in team, but there are two in Phil Mickelson. While the rest of his Ryder Cup teammates took part in a practice round Wednesday
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Phil Mickelson finally found a situation to tone down his attacking style. With a dominant performance not seen on the Monterey Peninsula since Tiger Woods won the US Open, Mickelson blew away the field yesterday in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am with a 5-under-par 67, giving him a seven-shot lead and a tournament record for the third straight day.
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Phil Mickelson keeps hitting it long and going low. Fresh off a career-low 60 last week in Phoenix that led to his first victory of the year, Mickelson broke the course record at Spyglass Hill &#151; the toughest course in the rotation &#151; with a 10-under 62 that gave him a three-shot lead Thursday in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
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Phil Mickelson was five shots out of the lead and in dire need of a birdie. Then came an 11 on one hole, a tee shot into the Pacific Ocean on another, and a surprisingly early departure Saturday from the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
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Phil Mickelson spent a sleepless night, not that it really mattered since he had plenty of time to rest up Saturday at the Ryder Cup. The best player in the majors this year, a chastised Mickelson sat out the morning four-ball matches mostly because U.S. captain Hal Sutton dared not risk giving away any more points.
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Phil Mickelson forges a four-shot lead over 21-year-old Kevin Na through three rounds of the FBR Open. Mickelson is 14 under par.
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They matched a terrible start with a terrible finish. They were outperformed, outcoached and just plain out of it from the opening match. In their worst Ryder Cup ever, these really were the ugly Americans.
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Phil Mickelson is a changed man. He's altered the long-standing perception he couldn't win a major, and his latest deviation finds him switching equipment just before golf's pre-eminent team event.
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Five months after answering those who questioned his resolve with a one-shot victory at the Masters, Phil Mickelson is facing the critics once again
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1 Mickelson&#39;s tee shot - All square with Darren Clarke and Lee Westwood on the 18th tee in the Friday foursomes, Mickelson sliced his tee-shot way off target and up against a fence, forcing partner Tiger Woods to take a penalty drop before he could play
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OAKMONT, Pennsylvania  - Phil Mickelson, battling to stay in contention, launched his opening tee shot to the middle of the fairway as the second round of the U.S. Open got underway on Friday.
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Phil Mickelson walks to the 18th tee with a one-shot lead in the Scottish Open on Sunday and unravels again to lose in a playoff to Gregory Havret.