Maybe four days is just too much, maybe it’s just too hard. There was concern when Phil’s two-stroke lead immediately disappeared with a two-shot swing on the first hole. And it was fun, now that I look back at it.” “But those first couple of holes, up and down, the lead was changing, it looked like Brooks was doing well, and then he wasn’t.
Then when it’s all over, you say, ‘I knew he would do it.’ “We don’t invite anybody over to the house because Phil and I are usually up and down and then we’ll say, ‘Why did he do that? Why didn’t he just play it safe?’ That’s all he has to do. “It’s not easy watching,” Mary said by phone Monday morning. watched everything unfold Sunday from the Del Cerro home in which they raised Phil, his brother Tim (Phil’s caddie the past 4 1/2 years) and sister Tina. He also received a five-year exemption into majors, meaning he no longer needs the special exemption he recently accepted for next month’s U.S.
With the victory, Mickelson rose from 115th to 32nd in the world rankings. It was his sixth win in a major, a feat accomplished by only 13 other golfers in history. Prevailing by two strokes over Brooks Koepka and Louis Oosthuizen on the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, S.C., Mickelson earned his 45th PGA Tour win. Harry Vardon: 1914 British Open, 44 years, 41 days Roberto de Vicenzo: 1967 British Open, 44 years, 93 days Lee Trevino: 1984 PGA Championship, 44 years, 8 months, 18 days Jerry Barber: 1961 PGA Championship, 45 Years, 3 months, 6 days Jack Nicklaus: 1986 Masters, 46 years, 2 months, 23 days Old Tom Morris: 1867 British Open, 46 years, 99 days Julius Boros: 1968 PGA Championship, 48 years, 4 months, 18 days Phil Mickelson: 2021 PGA Championship, 50 years, 11 months, 7 days
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