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Phil Mickelson will try again this week at Pebble Beach for that elusive United States Open title, which would give him the Career Grand Slam.
His near misses, including Pinehurst in 1999, Winged Foot in 2006 and Merion in 2013, have been well chronicled. He has finished second a record six times.
Mickelson, who turns 49 on Sunday, is in good company. Sam Snead, who also was among the best to have played the game, was unable to capture an Open. He came in second four times: 1937, 1947, 1949 and 1953.