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Phil Mickelson Wins the P.G.A. Championship
NY Times ^ | May 23, 2021 | Bill Pennington

Posted on 05/23/2021 4:34:37 PM PDT by kiryandil

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — With a victory at the P.G.A. Championship on Sunday, Phil Mickelson, who will turn 51 next month, became the oldest golfer to win a major championship. The oldest previously was Julius Boros, who was 48 when he won the 1968 P.G.A. Championship.

Mickelson shot six under par for the tournament, finishing two strokes ahead of the runners-up, Brooks Koepka and Louis Oosthuizen.

It was Mickelson’s sixth major title, something only 14 male golfers have achieved. Mickelson was the seventh to reach that total since 1964. Mickelson has won the Masters tournament three times and was the British Open champion in 2013. Sunday’s victory was his second P.G.A. Championship title. He has finished second at the United States Open six times.

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: golf; mickelson; pga; philmickelson; philwins
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To: Theoria

She ain’t half bad!😎


61 posted on 05/23/2021 6:21:45 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: kiryandil

You’re welcome


62 posted on 05/23/2021 6:28:50 PM PDT by SheepWhisperer (My enemy saw me on my knees, head bowed and thought they had won until I rose up and said Amen!)
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To: kiryandil

Great to see Phil win with unmasked fans, no social distancing, and no excuses. May the trend continue for all sports.


64 posted on 05/23/2021 6:48:22 PM PDT by ReleaseTheHounds ("The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher )
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To: ReleaseTheHounds
Great to see Phil win with unmasked fans, no social distancing, and no excuses. May the trend continue for all sports.

Two thumbs up to that!!!

 thumbs-up thumbs-up

65 posted on 05/23/2021 6:53:36 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: NohSpinZone

LOL


66 posted on 05/23/2021 6:59:48 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Watch "THE CHOSEN," the great show about Jesus: https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen )
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To: kiryandil

Bill Cunningham was talking about Phil’s win...I was watching the COTA NASCAR race...crazy race....


67 posted on 05/23/2021 7:52:35 PM PDT by ConservaTeen (Rush, this young conservative will miss you. I'll miss your talent...)
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To: Sacajaweau
Good for him.

Good for him.

68 posted on 05/23/2021 7:57:38 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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To: kiryandil

I like it. Old ASU grad.


69 posted on 05/23/2021 8:07:35 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: Glad2bnuts

My wife & I happened to sit across the aisle from Phil $ his wife at the Chili’s by Sawgrass in 1997 or 1998. It was the week before TPC, middle of afternoon with virtually no one around.
He & wife were kind, gracious and signed a napkin our daughter still has all these years later.
A real class act.


70 posted on 05/23/2021 8:21:05 PM PDT by Quality_Not_Quantity ("...for the sake of His name." Psalm 23:3)
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To: kiryandil

Well that’s just racist! /s


71 posted on 05/24/2021 3:01:57 AM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!! )
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To: Apparatchik

That looks very expensive.


72 posted on 05/24/2021 7:01:22 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: Az Joe

PGA got a post-COVID gift in Lefty winning.

It LOOKED like a major. It was so gratifying to watch him win. Watched on Sat and Sun.


73 posted on 05/24/2021 7:05:10 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: kiryandil

I have to believe the ratings were thru the roof. Won’t be long before the woke crowd ruins the PGA.


74 posted on 05/24/2021 7:08:32 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: gov_bean_ counter
Well, Koepka was a real ass in his post round interview. Made excuses, but he got beat by a 50 year old.

Which is why he is so unlikeable.

75 posted on 05/24/2021 7:10:24 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: 1Old Pro
Koepka IS unlikeable - but I watched the interview after the bean talked about it.

It was kind of weird.

He all but leveled an accusation that "someones" were trying to tag his recently operated-on knee.

It sounded like paranoia - but then I got to thinking. There's BIG money in sports betting. If you can put a thumb on the scale and get away with it, why not?

Koepka remarked on the large crowds that he and his group were having to push through.

There's also an element of post-covid thinking - people are still not used to getting up close and personal with large groups of people.

Here is the interview that I watched:

Koepka post-round interview [round 4 2021 PGA Championship, 5:37 long]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndBL8mCl41w

76 posted on 05/24/2021 7:45:52 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: kiryandil
He all but leveled an accusation that "someones" were trying to tag his recently operated-on knee.

Heard that. Even Phil said it was unnerving, like Duval at the Open years ago. I'm not in favor of the mass hysteria, lots of kooks out there.

77 posted on 05/24/2021 7:58:12 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: kiryandil

1. It was a difficult course - witness how many top players did so poorly - with some of the worst hazard conditions - tall grasses in among sand along some fringes to most often narrow fairways, some high cross winds and some high head winds, though minus the hazard of many tall trees along the fairways.

2. Phil played better on the fairways than I have seen him play in long time.

3. Phil’s short game at the greens is usually pretty good and having seemed to conquer his fairway problems this time it gave his short game and his ability to scramble in tough situations a boost to success.

4. Given all I just said, and particularly conditions on the course, what Phil had a lot of, and had more than many other players, is years of experience playing in tough conditions.

Yes, Phil also won because Brooks Koepka made too many mistakes. That’s how you often win in Golf - making fewer mistakes than the next best player on the last day of the tournament.

I have laughed at many of Phil’s “crazy” and often memorable fairway misses in the past, but it was really great watching him do so well yesterday. He not only conquered his fairway game, I think he conquered his mental game as well.


78 posted on 05/24/2021 12:52:46 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: Wuli
The last seven holes on the course are brutal.

It's like someone holding your head in a waterbarrel till you're gasping for breath:

12 -  4
13 -  1 
14 -  3 
15 - 13
16 - 18
17 -  2 
18 -  8

Head in the barrel for 3 holes. Let you come up for air on 15 and 16, then back in the barrel for the finish.

Phil didn't "go off on any adventures" on the back, as he sometimes does.

I was happy for him and the family.

79 posted on 05/24/2021 2:07:04 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: bramps

I like it when sports stars just play their sports. A few years ago, Phil got creamed by the media when he said that he was considering moving to Florida to avoid the ridiculous taxes in California. Many players just moved without saying anything. Phil learned his lesson.


80 posted on 05/24/2021 3:08:00 PM PDT by Freee-dame
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