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Slim chance for a pudgy Phil Mickelson Masters repeat

Tuesday April 5, 2005 | 17:54:27 246 words, 1979 views
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I have to agree with my younger and less insightful colleague, Chris Baldwin, though I usually disagree with him on more complicated matters, which tend to confuse him. This one is easy, though: I don’t see Phil Mickelson repeating at The Masters either, especially if it’s close, as the tournament is likely to be.

There seems to be this national subtext: we all want Lefty to win. He’s smiling all the time – why, I can’t say – and he’s got the soft, lumpy body of most weekend warrriors. He talks like us, he says “awesome,” and “cool,” all that stuff the previous, less imaginative generation says, like Baldwin. Mickelson can win, as long as it’s the Acme Podunk Riding Lawn Mower Invitational, but – let’s say it out loud once, for God’s sake! – he folds under pressure. He’s the American version of Greg Norman. The putt he made at 18 at Augusta last year was a fluke, I’m sorry to say. He simply doesn’t have the nerve to hold off a charging Tiger or Goose, much less the Big Easy or… hey, what is Vijay Singh’s stupid nickname anyway?

Anyway, Mickelson has a much better chance at Pinehurst and the U.S. Open later in the year, where the short game shall rule. He’ll finish top-10 at Augusta, cash his check, go home and be happy. He’ll be smiling, of course. Look, don’t get mad at me, I’d love to see the guy win – I just know he won’t.

Comments:

Comment from: Teddy [Visitor]
Your comparing Phil to Greg Norman might be legimate if he didn't win last year. But I guess it was a fluke to come back from 3 on the back nine of the Masters, and drill a put to win and silence the critics. At least he got the win.
Permalink 2005-04-06 @ 17:41
Comment from: Bronco [Visitor]
I like the title of your article--at least I'm not the only one who thinks Phil is putting on a few pounds. With Phil's win last week against a field of hacks, he's bound to blow it this week, even if he's in contention. Tiger, Vijay, Ernie...they've done nothing but prepare. No chance.
Permalink 2005-04-06 @ 18:20
Comment from: Chris Baldwin » Forget Mickelson, Jesper the Masters Man [Visitor] · http://www.travelgolf.com/departments/blogs/baldwin/archives/2005/04/07/40/forget-mickelson-jesper-t
[...] While it did make me reconsider my Phil Mickelson No Masters repeat guarantee when Grandpa McDonald
Permalink 2005-04-07 @ 06:49
Comment from: Bob Areddy [Visitor]
Riiiight... Mickelson is such a choker that he has over 20 tour wins. You better hope your writing chokes as much.
Permalink 2005-04-07 @ 11:23
Comment from: Marcus Stone [Visitor]
Easy comments from an armchair critic. The guy has been there, done it - not many can say that. I hope he stuffs you and your colleagues words down your throat just for being so unoriginal.
Permalink 2005-04-07 @ 12:41
Comment from: Anto Coates [Visitor] · http://Anto
Quite right. Just watch his mannaries quiver as he stands over a 4 footer on Augusta's 17th for par. He's missed a million of these before and everyone knows they're all in the head... For chrissakes it took DiMarc putting the same putt first to show him how to win a major (and his putt still only just lipped in!). Mickelson and Mulligan? related?
Permalink 2005-04-08 @ 01:17
Comment from: Chris Baldwin » Vijay Messes With Mickelson’s Masters mind [Visitor] · http://www.travelgolf.com/departments/blogs/baldwin/archives/2005/04/09/42/vijay-messes-with-mickels
[...] 13th fairway to have said spikes inspected. And you still don’t think Mickelson is mentally fragile
Permalink 2005-04-09 @ 08:18
Comment from: Brandon Tucker » Phil comes up short at Masters: bloggers rejoyce! [Visitor] · http://www.travelgolf.com/departments/blogs/tucker/archives/2005/04/11/33/phil-comes-up-short-at-mas
[...] So Phil didn’t win the Masters. Personally, I wasn’t bold enough to make the prediction of [...]
Permalink 2005-04-11 @ 19:54
Comment from: Joseph D Ruocco [Visitor]
I am behind Phil all the way, unfortunately Phil is missing the KILLER instinct and the Focus of which Tiger has, this somehting either you have or don't. If ever one day he can develop the Killer instinct...Tiger just move out of the way.
Phil is just to nice of a guy compared to Tiger.
Joseph
Permalink 2005-04-12 @ 13:57

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