[vrwinger]

How could you not be rooting for Lefty to win yesterday??... How many times have you seen Mickelson putts lip out (like the bogey on #3) instead of drop in like the birdie on #18? Good for him, and great for golf... Martha Burke might have even been cheering.... (Though I doubt it)

[presidio9]

FWIW, if it means no commercials at the Masters forever, I might even send Martha's goofy cause a check next year.

[chimera]

Hey, I think he's great. To heck with all that crap about "the best player never to win a major". To win as much as he has on the tour speaks for itself. I know the players themselves consider winning a major championship to be the mark of a truly great player, and now Mickelson has that on the list as well.

Yes, the thought of a lip-out was on my mind when I saw him stroke that putt. The line seemed a little left and when it did that 180 around the cup, man, what a heart stopper. But it dove in there and gave him the win.

I felt bad for Ernie Els firing those eagles in there and coming up just a bit short. He's such a gentleman and class act. But he has his three major wins and probably will have some more, and he was happy for Phil.

That's what's fun about golf. Most of the players are gentlemen and genuinely nice people, the kind of folks you'd like to be your friend or hang out with. Not like some of these other sports that seem to have more than their share of self-important a-holes (e.g., basketball, baseball, football, etc.). Watching Mickelson at the end there with his wife and children makes you think he's got his head on straight when it comes to knowing what's important.