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Five-time major champion Phil Mickelson fired six birdies in a six-under par 66 on Saturday to maintain his two-shot lead in the US PGA Tour Desert Classic. The 48-year-old American heads into Sunday’s final round chasing a 44th US PGA Tour title and his third in this event in the California desert east of Los Angeles. His 22-under par total …

Jim Furyk travels to Paris on Friday with a Ryder Cup team that has been called the USA’s strongest to-date. The Americans snapped a three-event losing streak last time out at Hazeltine, and arrive in France as favourites. Here are the 12 players who will defend the Ryder Cup for the United States, and try to win on European soil …

Tiger Woods was named to the United States’ Ryder Cup team on Tuesday as captain Jim Furyk also added veteran Phil Mickelson and in-form Bryson DeChambeau to his line-up. Former world number one Woods had already been assured of a trip to Paris for the September 28-30 showdown with Europe after being named as one of Furyk’s non-playing vice-captains. However, …

The big-money one-on-one showdown between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson is on for November, ESPN reported Thursday. The US sports broadcaster, citing unnamed sources, said the made-for-TV exhibition that’s been in the works for some months will be held at Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas over the US Thanksgiving holiday weekend — either November 23 or 24. Woods …

The much publicised $10m match between Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods is reportedly set for Thanksgiving. That mind-boggling amount clearly wasn’t enough for Mickelson however, whose appearance in apparel newcomers Mizzen and Main has everyone talking. Per ESPN’s Darren Rovell, the brand have purchased their first ever TV commercial, suitably on the Golf Channel, and have made it one to …

Francesco Molinari’s triumph at Carnoustie last week was one of the most memorable Open Championships in recent memory, but where does it rank among those that took place over the past decade? 10) 2010 at St Andrews Louis Oosthuizen romped home at the Old Course despite trailing Rory McIlroy by two shots after the latter’s record-tying opening round of 63. …

The reaction of some to Phil Mickelson setting the golfing world ablaze with his deliberate rule breaking is one of – who cares? Mickelson was nowhere near contending for the U.S. Open when he scored a sextuple bogey 10 on the 13th hole yesterday, and did exploit a loophole of the sometimes archaic rules of golf when incurring a two shot …

A drama-filled Saturday is in progress in the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills. Dustin Johnson had a four-shot lead teeing off, and eight holes later he is +6 for his round, now two shots behind leader Henrik Stenson. The usually mild-mannered Zack Johnson has blasted the difficult set-up, saying: “They’ve lost the golf course. When you’ve a championship which comes down …

Phil Mickelson’s apparent fit of pique led to a sextuple bogey 10 on Saturday as the five-time major winner hit a moving ball with his putter in the third round of the US Open. It was a childish display from a five-time major winner celebrating his 48th birthday. When a putt at the 13th hole at Shinnecock Hills rolled past …

Time may be growing short, but that doesn’t mean Phil Mickelson can afford to hurry as he vies for the US Open title that has long eluded him at Shinnecock Hills this week. “The last thing I’m thinking about right now is trying to win,” Mickelson told reporters on Monday. “When you try to go out and win a US …

Ahead of the 118th U.S. Open this week, we rank the top twenty players in contention per the bookmakers’ odds. While conflicting thoughts abound on how difficult the set-up at Shinnecock Hills will be, we will focus on form, statistics, and event/course suitability in determining who is best placed to claim victory in the year’s second Major. Here we rank …

Three of the world’s top-10 in Rickie Fowler, Rory McIlroy and Hideki Matsuyama, along with five-time major-winner Phil Mickelson, found themselves with the weekend off after missing the cut in the Players Championship on Friday. World number six Fowler had to use a pair of binoculars in unsuccessfully trying to locate his golf ball in a palm tree on the sixth …

Phil Mickelson, playing alongside Woods and Rickie Fowler, ended his first round at The Players Championship in shocking style.

​​14-time major champion Tiger Woods has been paired with Phil Mickelson and Rickie Fowler in the opening two rounds of this week's PGA Player's Championship event.

No-one explores every inch of the golf course quite like Phil Mickelson. The three time Masters champion has a penchant for the sublime and the absurd, often one after the other, and this was on full display in his third round at Augusta National. By virtue of having just made the cut, Mickelson had to tee off early in the …

We are all familiar with the phrase “behind every good man is an even better woman”. Well I think it’s time someone introduced a new variation of that phrase in the form of ” behind every good golfer is a world class caddie”. In sport there are few relationships that are closer than that of golfer and caddie. In my …

Three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson put on quite the show at Augusta on Friday. It’s always a treat to see the 46-year-old in action because you never know what’s in store. His classy personality and incredible ability make him one of the best and most likeable in the business. Phil is known for his incredible ability around the greens but this …