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14th July 2010, 03:52
If Phil Mickelson looks like he's having the time of his life this week, it's because he is. "I just love coming to St.
Andrews," Mickelson said at a media conference on Tuesday prior to the 150th anniversary of the British Open. "This is my
third practice round — I don't play that many practice rounds in a major, but I just love being on the golf course at St.
Andrews and playing it. I'm excited about the championship. I can't wait for Thursday."
You could see Mickelson's excitement on Monday during his rollicking practice round with Nick Watney and Dustin Johnson. The
younger players repeated Costantino Rocco's famous putt from the Valley of Sin on 18 for a second-place playoff; Mickelson won
comfortably. You saw it again Tuesday, as Mickelson played another practice round with Johnson, this time joining Ben An and
Nick Faldo, whom Mickelson pumped for information about how to win on the course. "I had a chance to play with Nick today, and
I asked him a bunch of questions because he's got a lot of great thoughts on St. Andrews, and avoiding bunkers, and shots into
greens, and what allowed him to win and be so dominant in 1990," Mickelson said. "He played some of the best golf you've ever
seen there."
Such enthusiasm might appear misplaced considering the British Open has always been the toughest major for Mickelson. While
he's known for his heart-breaking U.S. Open misses, Mickelson almost always plays well at his national championship. Across
the Atlantic is another story. His third-place finish in 2004 at Royal Troon is his only top 10 at the tournament. He hasn't
repeated that success, but Mickelson said he figured out how to play in the wind at Troon. "It wasn't until 2004 that I
started playing the wind effectively," Mickelson said. "Even when I would hit low shots, I would have way too much spin on it.
It wasn't until 2004 that I had a kind of epiphany of how to do that by taking more club and swinging easier."
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Andrews," Mickelson said at a media conference on Tuesday prior to the 150th anniversary of the British Open. "This is my
third practice round — I don't play that many practice rounds in a major, but I just love being on the golf course at St.
Andrews and playing it. I'm excited about the championship. I can't wait for Thursday."
You could see Mickelson's excitement on Monday during his rollicking practice round with Nick Watney and Dustin Johnson. The
younger players repeated Costantino Rocco's famous putt from the Valley of Sin on 18 for a second-place playoff; Mickelson won
comfortably. You saw it again Tuesday, as Mickelson played another practice round with Johnson, this time joining Ben An and
Nick Faldo, whom Mickelson pumped for information about how to win on the course. "I had a chance to play with Nick today, and
I asked him a bunch of questions because he's got a lot of great thoughts on St. Andrews, and avoiding bunkers, and shots into
greens, and what allowed him to win and be so dominant in 1990," Mickelson said. "He played some of the best golf you've ever
seen there."
Such enthusiasm might appear misplaced considering the British Open has always been the toughest major for Mickelson. While
he's known for his heart-breaking U.S. Open misses, Mickelson almost always plays well at his national championship. Across
the Atlantic is another story. His third-place finish in 2004 at Royal Troon is his only top 10 at the tournament. He hasn't
repeated that success, but Mickelson said he figured out how to play in the wind at Troon. "It wasn't until 2004 that I
started playing the wind effectively," Mickelson said. "Even when I would hit low shots, I would have way too much spin on it.
It wasn't until 2004 that I had a kind of epiphany of how to do that by taking more club and swinging easier."
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