After making his 2017 debut a week earlier than anticipated, Phil Mickelson said Sunday following a final-round 70 at the CareerBuilder Challenge that his game is “further along” than he expected it to be.
The two-time CareerBuilder champion and newly appointed tournament ambassador originally announced he would start his season next week at the Farmers Insurance Open as he worked to come back from a pair of offseason hernia surgeries.
But on Wednesday, Mickelson decided to start his year in the desert, and after only a week of practice, he managed to finish in a tie for 21st at 11 under par.