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Monday Scramble: Shock and lots of Pebble awe

Vaughn Taylor climbs out of the career abyss, Phil Mickelson coughs up a 54-hole lead, Bernhard Langer wins without anchoring, "celebrities" steal the show and more in this week's edition of Monday Scramble:

Maybe this was too much, too soon for Mickelson.

It’s hard enough to compete when undergoing a swing change. The task is exponentially more difficult when putting a revamped swing under the gun for the first time while trying to snap a career-long winless drought.

In retrospect, Mickelson was doomed as soon as he flew in his swing coach, Andrew Getson, on the eve of the final round for an emergency session.