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cut there. All this from a player who has
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champion,” said Mickelson, who was the
defending champion. “And it wasn’t easy.
I had a five-shot lead and I let it slide. The
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good thing was that I was able to fight
Leaderboard
hard. Even though I didn’t have my best
stuff, I was able to fight through it.”
Stricker closed with a 67 that could
of the fairway, hit his second shot 60 feet
A golf fan follows play
during the second round.
have been even better if he hadn’t missed
from the hole, and sank a tough 6-footer a 12-footer for birdie on the par-5 17th
for a par and a one-stroke win over Steve that would have given him a three-stroke
Stricker, K.J. Choi, Andres Romero and lead and followed that up by missing a
the ever-popular Fred Couples. 12-footer for par on the final hole.
“I’ll take a lot out of this,” said Mickelson, “It’s just a little disappointing when
who ended the day with a 1-over 72, the you don’t finish it off, or have the
first time he has won a title without shooting opportunity to finish it off,” he said.
an under-par final round since the 2005 “And I didn’t.”
PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club. Then there was the matter of the 49-
“To be able to heart it out on 16 and 17
7
year-old Couples, who turned 50 last
with two birdies, then to make that par on
Only seven players
October 3rd and was playing his last full
18 when two years ago I didn’t, that meant have successfully season on TOUR before heading for the
a lot to me.”
defended their titles
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Champions Tour. Couples was a stroke H
in the Northern Trust
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down Mickelson’s week truly was, check
Smith, Ben Hogan,
shot to the 18th hole. That would be
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out his scores: 63-72-62-72.
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the approach shot that he flared into a R
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In fact, those scores more or less
Pavin, Mike Weir
eucalyptus tree, resulting in a bogey and
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season. He didn’t make it inside the top
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the cut in Phoenix and had to birdie the
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