Phil Mickelson makes a birdie off the cart path on Thursday at the Scottish Open

While 2014 has been a really disappointing season for Phil Mickelson, a refresher of what you’re capable of can really turn things around. A year ago at the Scottish Open, Mickelson won in a playoff, following that up the next week with a Sunday 66 to claim his first ever British Open title and the […]

Phil Mickelson hit another one of those backward wedges during a Scottish Open practice round

Phil Mickelson will not go down as the greatest golfer ever, or even the best of his generation, but if there is a guy with a better imagination around the greens, I haven’t met him. Mickelson is at Royal Aberdeen preparing for the Scottish Open this week, a tournament he won a year ago a […]

Five reasons Tiger Woods should play the Scottish Open

In two weeks from this Thursday, the British Open will kick off, and for the first time this year, Tiger Woods will be in attendance at a major championship. Woods returned to competitive golf last week when he teed it up at the Quicken Loans National, and after rounds of 74-75, Woods went trunk-slamming despite […]

Phil Mickelson three-putts the 18th hole at the Scottish Open to land in playoff, wins anyway

Phil Mickelson won the Scottish Open on Sunday, but he didn’t make it easy on himself. His closest competitors faded, and Mickelson made a few clutch putts on his way in in regulation, including a par putt on the 17th hole, to give himself a shot lead with a single par-5 remaining. It looked like […]

Phil Mickelson, Padraig Harrington and others attempt the ‘Happy Gilmore’ at Scottish Open

We all know how good the European Tour is at bringing us viral videos, and if there is one thing that any golfer can appreciate, it’s a successful “Happy Gilmore” drive. Some of the biggest names in the game took part in a contest at the Scottish Open Pro-Am on Wednesday, including Phil Mickelson, Padraig […]

Phil Mickelson to play Scottish Open with 11th-hour invite

Desperate times call for desperate measures — and for Phil Mickelson that meant having his management company make a call to the Scottish Open for an 11th-hour invite to Castle Stuart for a final tune-up before the Open Championship. Usually Mickelson’s on the receiving end of tournament invites, but following a missed cut at the […]