Shot-maker Mickelson takes victory
Associated Press
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FORT WORTH, Texas — Another memorable shot, and another victory, for Phil Mickelson's impressive ledger.
Not the 9-foot birdie putt on the final hole that gave him a one-stroke victory at the Crowne Plaza Invitational yesterday. Instead, it was the 140-yard wedge from heavy rough that set it up: when Mickelson had to hit under one tree and over another, the ball clipping branches while headed sky-high.
"Just lucky," Mickelson said, with a smile. "I'm as surprised as anybody I was able to make a 3 from over there."
Once Mickelson hit the ball — "it just came off perfectly," he said — he couldn't see it through the branches. So he took a couple of steps before jogging through the trees into an opening just in time to see the ball fall back to earth near the flag.
One of Mickelson's best shots ever?
"Probably top five," he said.
"That's what No. 2s in the world do," said Rod Pampling, who blew a two-stroke lead on the back nine. "Those guys make those kinds of shots."
The birdie closed out a round of 2-under 68 that got Mickelson to 14-under 266, a stroke better than Pampling (68) and Tim Clark (66) for his second victory at Colonial.
It was the 34th career victory for Mickelson, who also is the only person on the PGA Tour with multiple victories in each of the past five seasons.
Yardage: 7,054.
Par: 70.
Phil Mickelson, $1,098,000 65-68-65-68—266.
Tim Clark, $536,800 68-69-64-66—267.
Rod Pampling, $536,800 69-67-63-68—267.
Stephen Ames, $292,800 68-67-64-70—269.
Ben Crane, $244,000 68-68-67-67—270.
Pat Perez, $219,600 72-68-67-65—272.
Geoff Ogilvy, $196,725 72-64-69-68—273.
Jeff Quinney, $196,725 71-68-66-68—273.
Matt Kuchar, $176,900 70-64-71-69—274.
Steve Marino, $140,300 68-70-71-66—275.
Tommy Armour III, $140,300 71-66-68-70—275.
Mark Wilson, $140,300 70-67-68-70—275.
Paul Goydos, $140,300 68-71-66-70—275.
Brian Gay, $140,300 69-65-69-72—275.
Ryan Palmer, $80,409 70-70-69-67—276.
Charlie Wi, $80,409 71-70-67-68—276.
Ian Poulter, $80,409 68-70-69-69—276.
Brett Quigley, $80,409 70-69-67-70—276.
Chris DiMarco, $80,409 72-69-65-70—276.
Mike Weir, $80,409 71-69-66-70—276.
Corey Pavin, $80,409 67-69-69-71—276.
Briny Baird, $80,409 68-70-67-71—276.
Jerry Kelly, $80,409 68-71-66-71—276.
Lucas Glover, $80,409 70-70-65-71—276.
Kevin Sutherland, $80,409 67-68-68-73—276.
Nathan Green, $43,310 71-68-71-67—277.
Heath Slocum, $43,310 74-68-67-68—277.
Sean O'Hair, $43,310 72-70-66-69—277.
David Toms, $43,310 72-69-66-70—277.
Dean Wilson, $43,310 72-69-66-70—277.
Bart Bryant, $43,310 72-65-69-71—277.
Alex Cejka, $43,310 67-72-67-71—277.
Nick O'Hern, $31,546 70-70-72-66—278.
Carl Pettersson, $31,546 72-69-70-67—278.
Justin Leonard, $31,546 70-72-69-67—278.
Richard Johnson, $31,546 67-69-72-70—278.
George McNeill, $31,546 69-71-68-70—278.
Ben Curtis, $31,546 69-71-67-71—278.
Mark Brooks, $31,546 67-68-70-73—278.
Anthony Kim, $23,180 69-72-70-68—279.
Glen Day, $23,180 66-74-69-70—279.
Kevin Stadler, $23,180 71-70-68-70—279.
Joe Ogilvie, $23,180 72-70-67-70—279.
Daniel Chopra, $23,180 73-68-67-71—279.
Jose Coceres, $23,180 68-69-69-73—279.
Steve Elkington, $16,592 73-67-72-68—280.
Kenny Perry, $16,592 70-69-71-70—280.
Jon Mills, $16,592 72-69-69-70—280.
Mathew Goggin, $16,592 67-73-69-71—280.
Johnson Wagner, $16,592 63-71-73-73—280.
Brian Bateman, $16,592 70-65-70-75—280.
Brett Wetterich, $14,082 65-76-72-68—281.
Ryan Moore, $14,082 71-68-71-71—281.
Jason Bohn, $14,082 73-67-70-71—281.
Billy Mayfair, $14,082 71-69-69-72—281.
Nicholas Thompson, $14,082 71-69-69-72—281.
Tim Herron, $14,082 73-67-68-73—281.
Vaughn Taylor, $14,082 67-68-70-76—281.
Arron Oberholser, $13,298 70-71-71-70—282.
Kevin Na, $13,298 70-71-70-71—282.
John Merrick, $13,298 70-70-70-72—282.
Brian Davis, $13,298 68-72-70-72—282.
Parker McLachlin, $13,298 70-70-70-72—282.
Chez Reavie, $12,688 73-68-72-70—283.
Tag Ridings, $12,688 69-68-72-74—283.
Steve Lowery, $12,688 68-67-73-75—283.
James Driscoll, $12,688 69-70-69-75—283.
Robert Garrigus, $12,688 70-69-67-77—283.
Olin Browne, $12,322 74-68-71-71—284.
Bo Van Pelt, $12,139 72-70-71-72—285.
Rocco Mediate, $12,139 73-68-70-74—285.
Bubba Watson, $11,956 69-73-69-75—286.
Patrick Sheehan, $11,834 70-72-67-78—287.
