Phil Mickelson is out of a job — his part-time job. Mickelson is no longer helping his brother Tim as “interim assistant coach” for his alma mater Arizona State’s men’s golf program. “Yes, I recently got fired from that position,” Mickelson said Wednesday at a news conference ahead of the Waste Management Phoenix Open. The […]
Phil Mickelson ‘fired’ by brother as ‘interim assistant’ for Arizona St. golf team
Montgomerie: Phil Mickelson should step up and be ’16 Ryder Cup captain
Colin Montgomerie has a bright idea: Phil Mickelson should be the 2016 U.S. Ryder Cup captain. Monty, speaking with Kicca.com, a new sports-geared social media site in the U.K., laid the gauntlet to the left-hander. “Phil Mickelson’s comments were heard and read around the world,” Montgomerie said. “A lot of people were thinking ‘Stand up […]
Phil Mickelson puts Racho Santa Fe home back on market at $6 million
Want to live in Phil Mickelson’s house? Once again, you can owner his Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., home. The nearly 9,200-square-foot house is back on the market once again. The Tuscan-style home sits on 4.55 acres and has multiple buildings. The main home has five bedrooms and seven bathrooms. Features include a den, media room, wine […]
Justin Thomas one-upped Phil Mickelson from a hospitality tent
Justin Thomas needed a couple of late birdies to make the weekend at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas. He came to the driveable par-4 15th, hoping to get all he needed at once. Unfortunately, he nuked his drive behind the 15th green — and into an empty hospitality tent at TPC […]
Phil Mickelson calls for return of Paul Azinger, or least his Pod system
Phil Mickelson knows the right man for the job of 2016 U.S. Ryder Cup captain: the man who led the American charge in 2008. Shortly after the Europeans clinched a third-consecutive Ryder Cup on Sunday at Gleneagles, Mickelson suggested Paul Azinger should get another crack at the job. “We had a great formula in ’08,” […]
Phil Mickelson burns McIlroy, McDowell on lawsuit & teamwork
Your browser does not support iframes. Have you ever thought of a joke that was so good, so clever that you just had to say it, even if it offended some people? Phil Mickelson had such a zinger on Wednesday at the Ryder Cup. Mickelson was responding to a question about the Americans’ camaraderie when […]
For the second straight day, Phil Mickelson hits tee shot in the grandstands on No. 5, plays it
If this wasn’t real life, and real sport, nobody would believe what happened to Phil Mickelson on Saturday at The Barclays. A day after wowing the fans with a shot out of the grandstands on the par-4 fifth hole, Mickelson’s tee shot sailed left again on the same hole, hit the cart path just like […]
Phil Mickelson hits tee shot in grandstands, plays it from there
Phil Mickelson is a fan favorite for a reason. Despite his “aww, shucks” mentality, and how a lot of people got behind him when he continued to come up short in majors before 2004, there is a bit of drama that people like Mickelson, Arnold Palmer and Lee Trevino possess that few others in golf […]
Teeing Off: The new Big Three: Tiger, Phil and … ?
Welcome to Teeing Off, where Devil Ball Golf editor Shane Bacon and writer Jay Busbee take a topic from the world of golf and shank it off the tee. Today: The new Big Three. You know Arnie, Jack and Gary. You know Tiger and Phil. Is there a third member of the latest Big Three, […]