Anybody watching the Open - Mickelson imploding on #18

pseto · #17 06-20-2006, 10:26 AM

I'm a big Tiger fan too, and I agree he'll be the one to beat at the British.

I also heard this morning that Phil's caddie agreed that he should have hit driver on 18 b/c the hole is not only 450 yds, but also a dogleg, and uphill, and into the wind. He said the 4W usually goes 240 yds, but in that scenario would only go 225, which wouldn't even clear the dogleg.

If this is the case, I would agree to hit driver, but this does not excuse Phil from ignoring his caddie's advice Sat night of putting 3W in the bag. He can hit that about 270+, and would have been long enough to carry the wind, hill, and dogleg. Of course, Phil never addressed this