PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – Phil Mickelson was glowing after closing with three straight birdies Thursday to get in early contention to win the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am for a record sixth time.
The spark in his eyes was more about all those “bombs” he continued to hit in a 4-under-par 68 at Spyglass Hill, which left him two shots off the lead.
“I drove it like a stallion,” Mickelson said. “Hit almost every fairway.
“And when you’re doing that you can get aggressive and get after it.”
Actually, Mickelson hit 10 of 14 fairways, but what mattered is how much control he felt off the tee.