Well, that was brutal. No other way to describe it.
Phil Mickelson was cruising along early Sunday during the final round of LIV Golf Miami at Doral when he hit a beautiful pitch shot into the par-4 seventh green that … well, clanked off the pin and rolled back, down the embankment and into the water.
He ended up making double-bogey 6, followed it with a bogey on the par-5 eighth hole and was basically out of the mix for the rest of the day. He still shot 73 on the day to end the week at one-under total to finish in sixth place, five shots behind winner Marc Leishman.
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“Hitting the pin and going in the water? Yeah, it was unfortunate,” Mickelson said. “I don’t know what to say. Obviously, I hit the chip a little high on the flag, like it was going to be 12, 15 feet long, but certainly water wasn’t in play.
“You know, I don’t get why—I don’t know if it’s that the pins are those big firm—they’re not the thin fiberglass like we used to have that would absorb it a little bit better. Boy, they just ding off of these things. That was an unfortunate example of it.
“To make a 6 there when I’m looking at—I didn’t hit the best tee shot. It went just through the fairway to the rough, so you’re fighting for par when you do that. But I played it right in front of the green in a good spot, and just an unfortunate chip to hit the pin and go in the water. It happens. But I hit a lot of good shots later on. I was able to make a couple of birdies, get the round back to even par and finish off a good solid tournament.”
Mickelson now heads north to Augusta National for the Masters, where he is a three-time champion. This is his 31st appearance.
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
