Monday, February 12, 2007

Does This Change Everything?

Hello. Congrats to Phil Mickelson for his record tying win at the AT&T Pebble Beach this week. Needless to say, it was an incredible reversal of form. Winged Foot looked like it may have crippled Phil for good, but now things have completely changed.
It wasn't the fact Phil won, but how he did it. On Sunday he only missed one fairway. He had 9 birdies and an unfortunate double bogey on a par 3 after losing his tee shot.
Does this mean Tiger no longer has the ability to just stroll in and win a tournament? Maybe. Woods has always been better than Mickelson head-to-head. Of course, Woods has been better than anyone, so no surprise there. However, Phil is probably the only one you can mention with Tiger in the same breath when talent is discussed.
The bad news for Phil Mickelson is that he isn't Jim Furyk. If he was, Tiger would have more respect for him, and Phil would be more disciplined and professional. The way it stands now, Tiger will be very motivated to beat Phil's brains out. And Phil may not have the patience to prevent it.
If they were both in the last group at Augusta, who would I take, Tiger or Phil? Tiger, because I know he'd want it so much he'd be ready to strangle Phil. But now it's defintely a pairing I'd want to see.

Regards,
Steve

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