TROON, Scotland – His black rain suit was drenched, his feet soaked. He wore two gloves. He used a binder clip on his hat just to keep it from blowing away in the wind. And he marched around Royal Troon without an umbrella, inviting the sideways rain to pelt his face during a five-hour round.
All that misery Friday, and yet Phil Mickelson couldn’t stop smiling.
And why not?
After years of resisting, after countless Opens where he failed to adapt, he has finally given in. He’s finally stopped trying to overpower the golf courses here.