DORAL, Fla. – For an hour or so on Friday at the WGC-Cadillac Championship Phil Mickelson looked unbeatable.
Lefty birdied four consecutive holes starting at the fifth and led by three strokes early into his closing nine at Doral, but slowly he cooled.
He missed birdie attempts from 14 feet (No. 10), 5 feet (No. 11) and 9 feet (No. 11) before unraveling with a pushed tee shot at the 15th that found the water hazard for a double bogey-5.
Mickelson finished with a closing-nine 40 and even-par 72 for a share of seventh place at 5 under, five strokes off the lead held by Adam Scott.