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In addition to getting the "majors monkey" off his back, Mickelson was now only the third golfer with a left-handed swing to win a major; the others being New Zealander Sir Bob Charles, who won The Open Championship in 1963, and Canadian Mike Weir, who won The Masters in 2003. (Like Mickelson, Weir is a right-hander who plays left-handed.)
Mickelson was once the favorite of U.S. Open galleries. Everyone — from wine-sipping, sponsor-tent dwellers to beer-drinking, sunscreen-slathered rope liners — saw a little of themselves in Phil.
- Phil Mickelson on losing the U.S. Open. "I think I was the beneficiary of a little bit of charity." - Geoff Ogilvy after watching from the club house as Furyk, Mickelson and Montgomerie all couldn't make par on the 18th hole. "I'm disappointed. I played my heart out and it didn't work." - Jim Furyk after runner up finish. "I love this game."
O'Hair was two strokes behind Mickelson as they headed to the infamous par-3 17th hole, but he hit two balls in the water going after the tucked pin on the island green for a quadruple bogey. O'Hair also bogeyed the final hole, and the mistakes dropped him from second to eleventh place, costing him $747,000 in prize money.
Phil Mickelson hits from the bunker on the ninth hole during the second round. - Frank Franklin II/AP. The 15-time major champion made it to the weekend at the Masters but has now missed the cut ...
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The 1999 United States Open Championship was the 99th U.S. Open, held June 17–20 at Pinehurst Resort Course No. 2 in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Payne Stewart won his second U.S. Open and third major championship, one stroke ahead of runner-up Phil Mickelson.
Just under two months ago, Phil Mickelson played like one of the best players in the world en route to winning the PGA Championship in historic fashion. Fast forward to Thursday, he had one of his ...