Pain of Troon defeat lingers for Phil Mickelson
“Lefty” admits it’s going to take a long time to get over his Royal Troon disappointment, probably longer than any of his other excruciating losses in a major.
The hurt wasn’t because Mickelson missed out on either his sixth major or his first win since the 2013 Open. This was the first time the 46-year-old played his best, and it wasn’t good enough.
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Hide AdThe 40-year-old Stenson won his first major with a record-shattering 20-under total. Mickelson’s 267 final total would have won every previous Open except in 1993, when Greg Norman shot 267 at Royal St George’s.