How Phil beat Tiger: A look at all 22 holes
Scoreboard: Mickelson wins 1 up in 22 holes
22nd hole: Par 3, 93 yards
Woods finally hits the green, but misses his putt from inside 10 feet. Mickelson, inside 5 feet this time, makes his and wins the $9 million.21st hole: Par 3, 93 yards
After Woods airmails the green -- again -- Mickelson stuffs his shot to 5 feet, 11 inches. And he misses. Mickelson doesn't make Woods make his 5-footer to halve the hole. "I don't want to win that way," Mickelson says.20th hole: Par 3, 93 yards
This wasn't a real hole. This was invented, a tee on the practice putting green. Tiger airmails the green, but gets up and down for par. Mickelson misses from just inside 18 feet. On we go ...19th hole: Par 5, 500 yards
Woods grumbled to himself all day that he couldn't hit a good putt. With a putt just inside 8 feet to win the whole thing, Woods misses again. On we go ...18th hole: Par 5, 500 yards
After the drama on 17, the two head to 18 with all $9 million riding on the short par-5. Woods goes just over the back of the green in two; Mickelson hits the center of the green in two. Woods makes his 5-footer for birdie, then concedes Mickelson's 4-footer. On we go ...Tiger makes a 5'1" birdie putt on the 18th and then gave Phil Mickelson his birdie putt from just inside 4'. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A $9MILLION DOLLAR WINNER TAKE ALL PLAYOFF!! Playing the par 5 18th hole once.
17th hole: Par 3, 150 yards
Woods loves his tee shot, but it goes too far. Doesn't matter. Woods chips in from the back fringe for birdie. "Like old times," Woods says to caddie Joe LaCava. Mickelson misses his birdie attempt. After 17 holes, we are right where we started.Tiger with a chip-in and fist pump at No. 17. Just when it looked like Phil was about to put an end to this thing, the drama finally arrives.
16th hole: Par 5, 626 yards
The same story continues ... two pars. Both have a chance at the long par-5, but as has been the case all day, neither can make anything happen.Announcer Ernie Johnson begging for something dramatic to happen. Still nothing. Another pair of pars, this time on a par 5 16th hole. Or, as Peter Jacobsen said -- "underwhelming."
Tiger pretty much summed it up: "I haven't hit a good putt." No, no he hasn't.
15th hole: Par 4, 467 yards
See if this sounds familiar: Both have to scramble for par. Mickelson hits a perfect, classic Phil flop shot to kick-in range. Woods hits an awful chip after missing the green and then misses the putt to fall back into a hole with three holes left.The chatter between Tiger and Phil has been, well, mostly non-existent. "We got into our old mode of trying to beat each other's brains in," Woods says as they walk down the 15th fairway.
14th hole: Par 4, 488 yards
Finally, a longest-drive challenge ... and neither hits the fairway. So much for that. That means nobody gets the $100,000 for that side bet. But both hit fantastic second shots from the fairway bunker, leaving each with birdie putts inside 15 feet. Mickelson misses on the edge on the low side, Woods misses on the edge on the high side.courtesy
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