Phil Mickelson, spotless with his putter, surged into a two-shot lead at Friday's halfway mark of the Wells Fargo Championship by firing a five-under-par 67 at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The big lefthander made everything from inside 10 feet on the soft greens, making him 31-for-31 from those distances during the first 36 holes for a nine-under total of 135.
Tied for second on 137 were fellow Americans Nick Watney (70) and George McNeil (68), and Australian Scott Gardiner (67), who made four birdies in a row from the sixth in bouncing back after missing his last eight cuts on the PGA Tour.
Another stroke away was a group that included world number two Rory McIlroy (71) of Northern Ireland, Englishman Lee Westwood, who shot a 68 despite feeling under the weather with a chest infection, and Australian Rod Pampling (69), the 10th and last alternate to join the field....
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08:01 AM, May 04, 2013
Augusta, Georgia: The Masters is widening the weekend field for this week's tournament and granting automatic entry next year to more PGA Tour winners, Augusta National chairman Billy Payne said on Wednesday. The cut for the 93-player field will be expanded by six to the top 50 and ties, along with those within 10 strokes of the lead, to include more players in the final two rounds of the year's...
03:23 AM, Apr 11, 2013
If Masters success was guaranteed by early season form and a high comfort factor at Augusta National, then look no further than Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson for likely champions next week in the year's opening major. The two Americans have produced hugely impressive, winning golf on the 2013 PGA Tour and, just like Spaniard Jose Maria Olazabal before them, simply driving up Augusta National's fabled Magnolia Lane puts them...
08:44 AM, Apr 05, 2013
Houston: Unheralded American Steve Wheatcroft carded another five-under-par 67 to take a one-shot lead after the second round of the Houston Open on Friday, while major winners Rory McIlroy and Phil Mickelson fought hard to just make the cut at Redstone Golf Club. The 35-year-old Wheatcroft only earned a start for the event through Monday qualifying but now sits at 10-under, holding the 36 hole lead over fellow Americans Jason...
08:15 AM, Mar 30, 2013
Snedeker returns to competition this week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. ...
10:46 AM, Mar 20, 2013
Phil Mickelson ranks Riviera Country Club as one of his favorite venues on the PGA Tour. ...
12:48 PM, Feb 14, 2013
Finishing his round on the front nine, the 42-year-old, birdied the par-3 seventh to reach 11 under. ...
11:54 PM, Feb 01, 2013
Phil Mickelson came up agonisingly short in a spectacular bid to become the sixth player to dip under 60 on the PGA Tour. ...
10:28 AM, Feb 01, 2013
The former world number one had a two-shot lead at the tournament he already has won six times. ...
08:44 AM, Jan 26, 2013
Tiger Woods says that his rivalry with McIlroy is a new one and cannot be compared to past on-course battles he has had. ...
05:12 PM, Jan 15, 2013
Rory McIlroy believes becoming golf's world number one has lifted his game to new heights and that he will be hard to beat at next month's Singapore Open. The 23-year-old Northern Irishman heads a quality field at the USD 6 million tournament from November 8-11 that also includes American Phil Mickelson and three-times winner Adam Scott of Australia. World number 12 Louis Oosthuizen will also be among the contenders at...
01:54 PM, Oct 29, 2012
Medinah: Keegan Bradley went from a rookie to a rock star in the Ryder Cup, and Phil Mickelson saw it coming. Moments after Bradley poured in an 18-foot birdie putt on the second hole Friday morning, Mickelson stood off to the side of the tee box to watch Bradley prepare to smash another drive. He nodded in the direction of Luke Donald and Sergio Garcia, who had never lost a...
09:10 AM, Sep 29, 2012
Carmel, Indiana: Phil Mickelson made 10 birdies in his round of 8-under 64 to share the lead Saturday at the BMW Championship when Vijay Singh three-putted his final hole. Mickelson and Singh, both in the World Golf Hall of Fame, still have to fight off perhaps the strongest leaderboard in golf all year. They were at 16-under 200 going into a final round loaded with possibilities Rory McIlroy, going for...
08:48 AM, Sep 09, 2012
White Sulphur Springs: Indian golfer Arjun Atwal sank a tense 13-feet putt for a birdie on the 18th hole to squeeze inside the cut line but the two big names of the event - Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson - missed the cut at the Greenbrier Classic here. Atwal, who has had a tough time this season, missing more cuts than he has made, is now one-under 139 for two...
02:44 PM, Jul 07, 2012
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia: Tiger Woods missed the cut in the Greenbrier Classic by a stroke on Friday, following an opening 71 with a 69 to finish at even par. He missed a cut for only the ninth time in his PGA Tour career and for the third time in a tournament following a victory. After winning last Sunday at Congressional, Woods was on a course he'd never seen...
09:10 AM, Jul 07, 2012
San Francisco: The kid came into the U.S. Open hoping to finish as low amateur and maybe even shake hands with his hero, Phil Mickelson. Modest goals, maybe, but Beau Hossler wasn't even the best player in his state high school tournament a few weeks ago. So what would he think if someone told the 17-year-old he would be leading Tiger Woods and everyone else deep into the second round...
02:19 PM, Jun 16, 2012
St. Augustine: Phil Mickelson loved golf before he was old enough to walk and swing a club. It took him on a thrilling ride of major championships and a few spectacular crashes, eventually leading to his induction on Monday night into the World Golf Hall of Fame. Mickelson was inducted with two-time major champion Sandy Lyle of Scotland, writer Dan Jenkins, British player-turned-broadcaster Peter Alliss, and four-time LPGA major champion...
08:34 AM, May 08, 2012
World number two Phil Mickelson uses a loophole in new rules governing grooves in clubs. ...
11:45 AM, Jan 30, 2010
Mickelson is being portrayed as the man to raise the level of interest in the PGA Tour events. ...
10:51 AM, Jan 29, 2010
Mickelson is being portrayed as the man to raise the level of interest in the PGA Tour events. ...
10:51 AM, Jan 29, 2010
