Too Late For Tiger: Phil Says Light Therapy Helps Him

Mike Bailey reports on Phil Mickelson bouncing back with an opening 68 in the Shell Houston Open following his WD at the Valero.  (Full field scores here.)

Mickelson credited his improved muscle strain to a light therapy device he travels with.

Mickelson said he travels with a light-therapy machine and used it within 30 minutes of his withdrawal last week to treat his injury, which he sustained after trying to hit the ball hard on his first hole in San Antonio.

"I think it made a world of difference as far as expediting the healing process to where it doesn't feel hurt anymore," said Mickelson, who won his fifth major last year at the British Open. "It just feels sore, like I was working out as opposed to kind of a painful experience."