“You can just fly a ball right to the hole and have it stick."

Lance Lahnert talks to Phil Mickelson about his prime position, just three back heading into Saturday and playing with old sparring partner Vijay at 1:45.

“I feel like Saturday is the day you can really make your move,” Mickelson said. “Sunday you kind of cherish the back nine and it’s exciting. But Saturday is the day you have got to play well to get yourself in position. This Saturday will be a critical day to get myself in a spot I don’t have to make up too much ground on the leaders.”

Mickelson said the softer course due to the recent rain did produce several mud balls and calls for less strategy out of the golfers.

“You can just fly a ball right to the hole and have it stick,” Mickelson said. “It’s letting guys get away with not having the right angles.”