What’s next for Phil Mickelson after roller coaster Travelers
CROMWELL, Conn. — Phil Mickelson seized the 36-hole direct after capturing sixty four-sixty three on Thursday and Friday, and then experienced a disappointing weekend with a pair of 71s to end in a tie for 24th.
Just after it was more than, even though, Mickelson insisted he didn’t leave Connecticut demoralized by his failure to seize the opportunity to get his forty fifth job get. He was striving to turn out to be just the eighth participant ever to get a PGA Tour occasion after turning fifty.
“I’m wanting at this week as development,’’ reported Mickelson, who turned fifty on June sixteen. “Certainly, the aim is to get golf tournaments, but continue to keep in mind I have missed a bunch of cuts [a few in a row moving into the Travelers]. I haven’t played to the stage I have required to, and this week I came in and experienced a good deal of good finds. I strike a good deal of great photographs, strike a good deal of great tee photographs. My misses ended up significantly better. … The weekend I didn’t rating well. I experienced a good deal of penalty strokes. But it was a great week of development.’’
Mickelson reported he’ll take this coming week off and then perform the two gatherings at Muirfield Village in Ohio.
“I come to feel like that golf program, Muirfield Village, is a good program for me, and I come to feel like this is a great momentum-builder,’’ he reported. “There ended up a good deal of great points that occurred below that I need to refine, I need to contact up, but I felt like a good deal of great points occurred this week. The aim is to get, but I also need to identify the truth that I manufactured a good deal of development this week, much too.’’
Mickelson strike 32 of fifty six fairways for the week, which was tied for 63rd in accuracy. He strike fifty four of 72 greens in regulation and took 114 putts.
“I finally come to feel like I actually have some great direction,’’ he reported. “This was a great week in a good deal of parts, and I’m pretty optimistic likely forward. I really do not think this is a a person-off. I think it’s likely to be the start of a thing actually distinctive — at least which is what I’m sensing.’’
Dylan Frittelli, who missed the reduce, tested good for COVID-19. Frittelli is the fourth participant to check good considering that the PGA Tour returned to motion on June eleven and has withdrawn from this week’s Rocket Property finance loan Typical in Detroit. Nick Watney tested good past week at the RBC Heritage, when Cameron Champ and Denny McCarthy tested good this week at the Travelers.
Brendon Todd, the fifty four-hole chief entered the day getting missed only a person fairway in the 1st a few rounds. The Travelers Championship document for most fairways strike in the tournament was fifty three. Todd strike ten of 14 in the ultimate round to end fifty one of fifty six.
Rory McIlroy, the No. 1 rated participant in the planet was generating a late operate, having to fifteen-below par, just before having double bogey on the 17th hole and ending tied for eleventh.
He characterised his week as “frustrating in a way,” including, “There’s been some actually great stuff in there, but then just some actually stupid blunders. Even [Sunday], I acquired off to a great start and then bogeyed some effortless holes. It’s a very little much too roller coaster-ish.’’
McIlroy reported, “The way I’m emotion correct now, I come to feel like a couple weeks off,’’ but he additional he’ll “probably’’ perform up coming at the Memorial.
