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Mickelson Starts Really Slow Out of the Gate

Apr 5, 2007 – 1:16 PM
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Well, it looks like Phil Mickelson is either trying to honor Tiger Woods' first Masters victory ten years ago by going out in 40 strokes, or the wheels have officially fallen off ... an hour into his first round. This from ESPN.com's Jason Sobel, who's updating his golf blog all day long:
12:43 p.m. OK, just received about 10 e-mails at once asking to explain what happened to Mickelson and all I can tell you is what I see on the scorecard right now. After bogeying the first (front bunker, chip, missed 8-footer), Lefty made par on the second and birdie on the third to get to even-par. The wheels have since fallen off. Bogey on 5, double on 6, bogey on 7 and he's now 4-over through seven holes.
As I write this, Mickelson is now 5-over. The good news (if you can call it that) is that he should be able to get a stroke back on No. 8, a 570-yard Par-5, and historically, golfers fair better on the back nine. Of course, if Philbert shoots an 80 on Day 1 none of that matters. Whatever happens, he will be in Augusta through the weekend -- if not playing golf, fitting the green jacket on the next Masters champion Sunday afternoon.
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