Video: Phil's Match With Daniel Berger Ends In Bizarro Fashion

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Phil Mickelson and Daniel Berger were All Square at the 18th, with Mickelson in the center of the fairway with only a short lob wedge shot, Berger in the left rough next to one of the rock-supported tees at Austin Country Club.

Berger had a clear shot at the green but could not take relief because the rock piles are considered an integral part of the course. During his four-minute assessment of the shot, including numerous practice swings, the 22-year-old Berger seemed comfortable with his ability to hit the shot. Not so fast:

After the round, Berger said he just caught the rock on his downswing and things unraveled from there. He said would be getting treatment from his great "physio team" and seemed in a bit of shock after ending a match against one of his idols so suddenly.

"I could hit it right at the hole," Berger said. "I took a couple practice swings. I knew it was going to be close. The practice swing is never exactly like the full on, aggressive swing that I'm making. I think I just got a little -- my natural swing is to drop it in a little bit. It wasn't the actual hitting the rock that hurt. It was when the club flipped around and my wrist went in the complete opposite direction."

As for his wrist, which he said had not swelled...

"We'll see, it just doesn't feel that great right now. But in my entire life I've never had an injury so we'll see, hopefully I'll be alright."

Mickelson expressed concern for Berger's well being and seemed to sense the odd ending was a fitting conclusion to a strange match where neither player made a birdie in the difficult back nine conditions.

"Neither one of us really won any holes," he said. "We handed each other holes back and forth. And it wasn't a match either of us had hoped for. Under these difficult conditions when you start to hit it less than perfect it gets magnified. But it will be an interesting match tomorrow against Patrick Reed. I'm looking forward to an opportunity to play against him."