INVERNESS, Scotland – Phil Mickelson probably doesn’t have to play a practice round before the British Open at Royal Troon this week.
Four rounds in the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open at Castle Stuart has given Mickelson the experience of playing in every sort of weather except the one thing missing from this, ahem, Scottish summer – sunshine.
Strong winds plagued the first two rounds while heavy rain the last two days suggests global warming isn’t about to arrive in Scotland any time soon. The weather forecast for Royal Troon this week doesn’t point to heavy sales of sun block either.