Phil's Fabulous Fifteenth Flop
/John Strege with media notes and the telecast highlight, Phil Mickelson's 15th hole flop shot Saturday.
"He has to think that's not the option," CBS' Nick Faldo said, "but saying that, that means Phil will go for it."
Indeed, Phil the Thrill had his 64-degree wedge in hand, laid it wide open and hit a shot that might come to define this Masters, should he win on Sunday.
"No one hits that shot. No one," CBS' David Feherty said. "If this doesn't make every hair on your body stand up you need therapy. Nobody but Mickelson even thinks about trying a shot like that."
Ron Sirak wrote about Phil's back nine 30 and the shot:
Lefty picked up another birdie on No. 15, hitting the kind of flop shot only he can hit. "There was a lot of risk in that shot," Mickelson said about hitting back toward the water. "But that's why I put the 64-degree wedge in the bag to hit that shot off these tights lies."
In lieu of official highlights, here is a version of it...
**Gene Wojciechowski described Phil's shot as only a multiple award-winning GWAA writer can:
But wait, then Phil tied them 14 minutes later after a flop shot that nearly tickled the belly of a corporate jet overhead, followed by a birdie putt, followed by more pneumatic riveter decibel levels.
