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No shortage of final-round drama at US Open
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP)—Once looking like a runaway, the U.S. Open turned into a dogfight on Monday afternoon.
Desperate for this major especially, Phil Mickelson was squarely in the middle of it all.
With a 10-foot par save on the 16th hole, Mickelson was tied with Lucas Glover and Daviud Duval at 3 under late in the final round of the season’s second major, with Ross Fisher and the freefalling Ricky Barnes one shot off the lead.
Indeed, the stage was set for plenty of drama before the finish at Bethpage Black.
Duval, whose last win was the 2001 British Open, survived an early triple-bogey and got back into it with consecutive birdies at Nos. 14, 15 and 16.
Mickelson came to Bethpage Black charged to deliver the silver trophy to wife Amy, who’s about to begin breast cancer treatment and wants that chalice in her hospital room next month. Making up three shots in a two-hole span midway through the back side, Mickelson finally got to the top spot on the leaderboard.
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP)—Once looking like a runaway, the U.S. Open turned into a dogfight on Monday afternoon.
Desperate for this major especially, Phil Mickelson was squarely in the middle of it all.
With a 10-foot par save on the 16th hole, Mickelson was tied with Lucas Glover and Daviud Duval at 3 under late in the final round of the season’s second major, with Ross Fisher and the freefalling Ricky Barnes one shot off the lead.
Indeed, the stage was set for plenty of drama before the finish at Bethpage Black.
Duval, whose last win was the 2001 British Open, survived an early triple-bogey and got back into it with consecutive birdies at Nos. 14, 15 and 16.
Mickelson came to Bethpage Black charged to deliver the silver trophy to wife Amy, who’s about to begin breast cancer treatment and wants that chalice in her hospital room next month. Making up three shots in a two-hole span midway through the back side, Mickelson finally got to the top spot on the leaderboard.