Phil Mickelson News

Last Update: 5/12 12:28 pm Sergio Garcia collected the biggest win of his career on Sunday in a playoff at The Players Championship. via 13WHAM

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“I've always said that after the four majors this is the next event I've wanted to win”

AT&T CLASSIC, TPC Sugarloaf, Duluth, Georgia - With a birdie on the first playoff hole, Zach Johnson beat Ryuji Imada to win last year's AT&T Classic. via WFRV-TV Green Bay

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All due respect to Paul Goydos, but it's better for The Players Championship for Sergio Garcia to have won it. via The Florida Times-Union

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“You start getting a bit more energy. That didn't quite happen. I struggled a little bit on the greens, and it seemed to take some energy, too.”

Maybe it is a fluke, but The Players Championship champion was dethroned again. Defending champion Phil Mickelson, who all week insisted he was but a swing or two away from a breakout round, had a breakdown ... via The Florida Times-Union

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“I'm not in a position where they're going to be thinking about me yet”

JOURNEY MAN: Paul Goydos, of the US, holds a one-shot lead after three rounds of the rich Players Championship played at TPC Sawgrass in Florida and known as golf's "Fifth Major". Journeyman Paul Goydos held ... via Manawatu Evening Standard

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Play Begins Tomorrow at TPC Sawgrass in Jacksonville, FL; Tiger Woods Missing Tournament Due to Surgery; Phil Mickelson Won Last Year's; This Year, Anthony Kim, Ranked #16 in the World, is the Favorite After ... via ClipSyndicate

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“Hey, to each his own, you know? For me, one day I want to sit back and see my name in the Hall of Fame. "That takes extraordinary golf. Playing for money isn't going to get you that.”

Just down the road a piece, there's a large and fancy edifice filled with bronze busts of the most famous names in the sport. via CBS Sportsline

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The Sports Xchange's PGA Tour rankings, selected by TSX Golf Staff, are based on results from 2007 and 2008 with more emphasis on recent performance. via Fox Sports

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“My main idea was to get back to the way I used to putt 10 or 12 years ago, when I was a good putter”

Spain's Sergio Garcia fired a first-round 66 here to seize the lead in the prestigious Players Championship. via Raw Story

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* Site: Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. * Course: TPC Sawgrass, Players Stadium Course (7,215 yards, par 72). * Purse: $9 million. Winner's share: $1.7 million. * FedEx Cup points: 27,500. Winner's share: 4,950. * Television: Golf Channel (1-7 p.m., 9 p.m.-midnight Thursday-Friday) and NBC (2-7 p.m. Saturday-Sunday). * Last year: Phil Mickelson won the second of his three 2007 titles, closing with a 68 for a two-stroke victory over Sergio Garcia. Mickelson finished at 11-under 277. * Last week: Anthony Kim won the Wachovia Championship for his first PGA Tour victory. The 22-year-old Kim had a tournament-record 16-under 272 total for a five-stroke victory over Ben Curtis. * Notes: Tiger Woods is sidelined following knee surgery. He won the 2001 tournament. ... The Pete Dye-designed course was renovated after the March 2006 event. ... Fred Funk won the 2005 tournament to become the oldest champion at 48. In 2004, Adam Scott beat Padraig Harrington by a stroke to become the youngest winner at 23. ... Jack Nicklaus is the only three-time champion, winning in 1974 at Atlanta Country Club, 1976 at Inverrary and 1978 at Sawgrass Country Club. ... The AT&T Classic is next week in Duluth, Ga., followed by the Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas, and the Memorial in Dublin, Ohio. * Web: www.pgatour.com * Site: Williamsburg, Va. * Course: Kingsmill Resort & Spa, River Course (6,315 yards, par 71). * Purse: $2.2 million. Winner's share: $330,000. * Television: ESPN2 (2-4 p.m. Friday-Sunday). * Last year: Suzann Pettersen became the first Norwegian winner in LPGA Tour history, beating Jee Young Lee with a par on the third extra hole. Pettersen finished the season with five victories. * Last week: Paula Creamer won the SemGroup Championship for her second victory of the year, beating Juli Inkster with a birdie on the second hole of a playoff. Lorena Ochoa, going for a record-tying fifth straight victory, finished five strokes back. * Notes: Michelle Wie is making her second LPGA Tour start of the year. In the Fields Open in Hawaii in February, the Stanford freshman tied for last among the 74 players who made the cut - 20 strokes behind winner Creamer. Wie is 149th in the world rankings. ... Ochoa, a five-time winner in seven starts this year, tops the field along with Pettersen, Creamer, Inkster, Annika Sorenstam, 2005 winner Cristie Kerr, Morgan Pressel and 2006 champion Karrie Webb. ... Sorenstam is coming off a playoff victory over Creamer two weeks ago in the Stanford International Pro-Am. ... The Sybase Classic is next week in Clifton, N.J. Web: www.lpga.com * Site: Milan, Italy. * Schedule: Thursday-Sunday. * Course: Castello di Tolcinasco Golf and Country Club (7,283 yards, par 72). * Purse: $2.63 million. Winner's share: $437,745. * Television: Golf Channel (9:30- 11 a.m. Thursday-Friday; 8:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Saturday-Sunday). * Last year: Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano won the rain-shortened tournament, beating Austria's Markus Brier with a birdie on the second hole of a playoff. * Last week: Ireland's Peter Lawrie won the Spanish Open for his first European tour victory in 175 attempts, topping Ignacio Garrido with a par on the second hole of a playoff after the Spaniard's approach shot rolled into the water. * Notes: The Arnold Palmer-designed Castello di Tolcinasco opened in 1993. ... The Irish Open is next week at Adare Manor, followed by the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth and the Celtic Manor Wales Open. * Web: www.europeantour.com * Site: Fort Smith, Ark. * Course: Hardscrabble Country Club (6,783 yards, par 70). * Purse: $550,000. Winner's share: $99,000. * Last year: Jay Williamson won his first Nationwide Tour title, shooting 69-66-66-63 for a one-stroke victory over Justin Bolli and Garrett Willis. * Last week: Canada's Bryan DeCorso won the South Georgia Classic for his first tour title, closing with a 3-under 69 for the victory. * Notes: Zach Johnson won the 2003 tournament. ... The Perry Maxwell-designed course opened in 1927. ... The BMW Charity Pro-Am is next week in Greer, S.C., followed by the Prince George's County Open in Mitchellville, Md. * Web: www.pgatour.com * Next event: Regions Charity Classic, May 16-18, Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Ross Bridge, Hoover, Ala. * Last week: Zimbabwe's Denis Watson won the FedEx Kinko's Classic for his second victory of the year and fourth in two years, birdieing the final hole for a one-stroke victory over Nick Price, 2007 winner Scott Hoch and Tim Simpson. * Web: www.pgatour.com - Associated Press via Lansing State Journal

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