Phil: "If I don’t play well early on...I’ll start to re-evaluate things"

This week’s American Express Championship host may be inching closer to full time PGA Tour Champions duties.

Adam Schupak of Golfweek reports on Phil Mickelson’s surprising confession that competing is more fun, no matter which Tour. In his case, it may be the PGA Tour Champions if things do not pan out on the West Coast Swing.

“I’m excited to start the year and see if I’m able to continue playing at the highest level. If I am, I’m going to really try to play more events on the PGA Tour and make a push hopefully for the Ryder Cup,” he said. “But if I don’t play well early on, I’ll start to re-evaluate things and maybe play a few more events on the Champions tour because what’s fun for me is competing, getting in contention and trying to win tournaments.”