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Cell phone woes hit Mickelson in poor start at US Open

Henley, who hasnt won a PGA title since the 2017 Houston Open and has never managed a top-10 major finish, made three birdies and a bogey on both the front and back nines to set the pace at Torrey Pines.

Louis Oosthuizen poised to join leader Russel Henley at US Open AFP by Jim Slater LA JOLLA, United States - South Africas Louis Oosthuizen matched US clubhouse pace-setter Russell Henley for the overall lead when darkness halted Thursdays first round of the US Open, where Phil Mickelson struggled in his bid to complete a career Grand Slam. Oosthuizen, the 2010 British Open champion, made three consecutive birdies to close his first nine after a 10th-tee start, then added an 11-f...

Mickelson turns 51 with Slam quest in focus at US Open Issued on: 16/06/2021 - 23:28 Phil Mickelson, who turned 51 on Wednesday, will try to complete a career Grand Slam by winning the US Open, which starts Thursday at Torrey Pines EZRA SHAW GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP 4 min La Jolla (United States) (AFP) Phil Mickelson celebrated his 51st birthday on Wednesday by making final preparations for the US Open as the six-time major winner chases more g...

Phil Mickelson ready for ‘unique’ chance to seal career grand slam at US Open Phil Mickelson holds the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the US PGA Championship (David J Philip/AP) Phil Mickelson believes he has a “unique opportunity” to complete the career grand slam in his home city of San Diego on the back of his stunning US PGA Championship triumph. Just nine days before rolling back the years at Kiawah Island to become golf’s oldest major champion, Mickelson had reluctantly accepted...

Mickelson re-learns Torrey Pines ahead of US Open test Issued on: 14/06/2021 - 23:30 Phil Mickelson plays out of a bunker during a Monday practice round at Torrey Pines ahead of Thursdays start of the 121st US Open EZRA SHAW GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP 4 min La Jolla (United States) (AFP) Phil Mickelson has spent the weeks since his historic PGA Championship victory re-learning the nuances of a once-familiar hometown Torrey Pines layout in quest o...

Garrick Higgo won the Palmetto Championship at Congaree for his first PGA Tour victory Sunday in South Carolina, when leader Chesson Hadley blew a two-shot lead with bogeys on his final three holes.

When the field gathered for the 65th staging of the US Open at Bellerive Country Club near St Louis, Missouri, columnists such as Alfred Wright from Sports Illustrated prepared for a parade of new wave of powerful punishers at what at the time was the longest golf course America’s grandest championship had ever seen.

Mickelson chases elusive US Open win as Bryson seeks repeat

Chevalier William Scott McCulloch MC MA BL. Born: 2 January, 1922, in Lochee. Died: 8 June, 2021 in Kinnordy, aged 89