PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – A frustrating theme has emerged this season for Phil Mickelson, and it continued this week at The Players Championship.
Mickelson has gotten off to several strong starts, and he is 15th on Tour this season in opening-round scoring average. But as he continues to seek his first win since the 2013 Open, his weekend performance has been lacking.
Mickelson skipped practice rounds at TPC Sawgrass in an effort to conserve energy this week, but the results didn’t change as a third-round 78 blew him off the leaderboard, and he wasn’t able to make up any significant ground with a closing 71.