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Phil Mickelson has had plenty of dramatic victories in the course of both his amateur and professional career but it’s doubtful he has had a more emotionally rewarding victory than last year’s Masters Tournament.
The Masters was the first time his wife, Amy, had joined him on TOUR since she was diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2009 and for good measure, their three children were there as well.
Buoyed by their presence, Mickelson, who had already won two green jackets, opened with a 67, soared to a 71 in the second round, and came back with another 67 on Saturday to go into the final round trailing England’s Lee Westwood by a stroke. Mickelson was 1-under par at the turn after dodging bogeys or worse from the trees on Nos. 9 and 10. On 11, a shot bounced off a spectator and stayed in play. After a birdie on the dangerous par-3 12th, he went to the par-5 13th and proved once again why he’s known as ‘Phil the Thrill’.
Mickelson hit his drive into the stand of trees on the right side of the dogleg left. Mickelson and his caddie, Jim ‘Bones’ Mackay, studied an opening in the trees. If Mackay had any misgivings about going for the green, he kept them largely to himself. Mickelson chose a 6-iron and knocked the ball through the opening. To the enormous roars of the gallery, his ball stopped four feet from the hole. He missed the eagle putt, but it was a world-class birdie nonetheless.
In the end, he won by a comfortable three strokes and celebrated with his family in what resembled a Hallmark card scene.
“Having Amy and the kids here took a lot of the heartache away,” Mickelson said. “It’s been a tough time, but we have a lot to look forward to and a lot to be grateful for.”
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- ANTHONY KIM 1,140.00 - STEVE STRICKER 966.00
+34 PHIL MICKELSON 933.00 -1 DUSTIN JOHNSON 865.00
gather. They found an excellent piece of land, an old nursery, in Augusta, GA, not far from Jones’ birthplace and residence, Atlanta. Jones had been impressed with the work of famed architect Dr. Alister Mackenzie, particularly Cypress Point Golf Club, which he had seen during the 1929 U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach, and the two collaborated on the Augusta National Golf Club. Jones drew inspiration from the Old Course at St. Andrews, where he had won the 1927 British Open and the 1930 British Amateur. But while St. Andrews is a classic example of a links design, Jones and Mackenzie produced one of the world’s most beautiful and celebrated parkland courses. Augusta National opened in the depths of the Great
four U.S. Opens, three British Opens, five U.S. Amateurs and a British Amateur. If all that weren’t enough, he won each of those championships—which constituted the four Major Championships of that simpler era—in 1930 and then essentially retired from tournament play at age 28. In the course of his competitive career, he set a standard for excellence and sportsmanship that players have aspired to ever since.
AUGUSTA NATIONAL IS BORN Following his retirement from competitive golf, he teamed with Wall Street financier Clifford Roberts to fulfill a long- time ambition, which was creating a golf course for championship play and a club where kindred spirits could
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Depression and as a way to attract much-needed members, Jones and Roberts approached the United States Golf Association to see if Augusta National might host a U.S. Open. The USGA declined, arguing that the searing summer heat and humidity would result in poor playing conditions. It wouldn’t be until 1941 that the Open would be played south of the Mason-Dixon Line, when it was played at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, TX. Augusta National did, however, host the first two Senior PGA Championships in 1937 and 1938, and in a nod to tradition, the winners—Jock Hutchison and Fred McLeod—became the long-time honorary starters at the Masters. Eventually, the club decided to hold a tournament of its
own, and in 1934, the first Augusta National Invitational was held. It was largely a gathering of Jones’ old friends and fellow competitors, who happily were among most of the game’s best players. As luck would have it, the spring tournament dates coincided with the return north of most of the top sportswriters from baseball’s spring training in Florida, and they were more than happy to spend a leisurely week at Augusta National, graciously accepting the club’s generous hospitality.
BIG-NAME WINNERS ADD TO EARLY SUCCESS Horton Smith won the first tournament in 1934, whose
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