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Phil Mickelson played a magical game of golf today, shooting a final round of 66 and while the others ahead of him stumbled and faltered, Lefty played his way to a score of -3 and won his first ever British Open Championship. It was a Sunday to remember for Mickelson, the emotion showed by “Bones”, his long time friend and caddie was telling and of course the family was there to greet him after the victory as well. Also in attendance, his longtime friend and college coach. Lee Westwood seemed to perhaps be on his way to his first major victory ever, (he holds the unfortunate distinction of having the most top three finishes in a major without a win), but as has happened in the past for the Brit, he stumbled into the finish as did so many others (he did come in at +1). One Brit who was on fire was Ian Poulter, he had an eagle on #9 and then went on to birdie #10, #11, #12, and #13. It appeared he may catch the leaders and take the jug for himself. Alas, he began to falter, hitting some overzealous shots and finished the final round at +1 like Westwood. Also coming in for a challenge was Henrik Stenson, but he came up a wee bit short, finishing at E for the day. As for Tiger Woods, not a good day of golf. Tiger was frustrated, angry and typical of Tiger, cussing as he continued to make errant shots and put himself in the position of having extremely long puts. Just not Tiger’s day and the four year drought as far as major titles continues. He did of course finish in the top ten, +2 to be exact. A very nice moment occurred between Tiger and former caddie Stevie Williams, who now caddies for Adam Scott who played along side Tiger today. When he finished play at the 18th hole, there was more than a cursory handshake, the two actually smiled, shook hands, and appeared to exchange some kind words. After all that has been said and/or not said, it was really nice to see. Adam Scott made a bit of a charge himself, coming up a little short as well, finishing at + 1. So wonderful day for Phil Mickelson, playing fantastic under difficult, windy and overcast, cool conditions. Way to go Phil!
Final leaderboard top ten: Phil Mickelson -3, Henrik Stenson E, Ian Poulter +1, Adam Scott +1, Lee Westwood +1, H. Matsuyama +2, Tiger Woods +2, Zach Johnson +2, and F. Molinari and Hunter Mahan at +3 rounding out the top ten.
