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February 13, 2012
Mickelson Erases 6-Shot Deficit in 6 Holes: Phil Mickelson turned a six-shot deficit into a two-shot lead in only six holes at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Sunday, winning over third round leader Charlie Wi. In the second-to-last group with Tiger Woods, Mickelson ended up beating him by 11 shots. Woods shot a final-round 75, worse than his amateur playing partner Tony Romo. "In one of the most shocking rounds we've seen from him since his first-round implosion at the 2011 PGA Championship, Woods completely lost it at Pebble Beach," writes Jonathan Wall of Yahoo's Devil Ball Golf.
The recent trend is that Phil owns Tiger in these final round match ups, however, I was still surprised to see the level at which this was true on Sunday. Phil excelled, Tiger fell apart.
posted by dviking at 11:35 AM on February 13, 2012
I watched that as someone who is fan of Tiger's hoping he'd win and who doesn't particularly care for Mickelson, but I couldn't help rooting for him. I don't think it was necessarily one for the ages but it sure was impressive.