AUGUSTA, Ga. — Of all the improbable saves in Phil Mickelson's career, finishing second at the 2023 Masters after might be the wildest.
Phil Mickelson reacts on the 18th hole during the final round of the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday, April 9, 2023, in Augusta, Ga. AUGUSTA, Ga. — Of all the improbable saves in Phil Mickelson’s career, finishing second at the 2023 Masters after might be the wildest.
Pre-comment Phil — before he said getting into business with the Saudis was worth it if doing so could help “reshape the PGA Tour” — was the do-no-wrong everyman of the golfing world. The scene of him walking up the 18thfairway at the 2021 PGA Championship with thousands screaming all around him was the result of decades of a love-love relationship between Phil and just about everybody.
Nothing portended that the 52-year-old Mickelson would even make the weekend in his return to Augusta National after last year’s self-imposed hiatus. And yet there he was Sunday, popping up near the top of the leaderboard at the Masters.
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