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PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Phil Mickelson has been coming to the Pebble Beach Pro-Am since 1995 and has won it four times, so there is not much he has not accomplished along the Monterey Peninsula.
Until Thursday, when Mickelson delivered something new: He did not miss a single fairway.
“History was made today,” Mickelson said after shooting 6-under-par 65 on the Monterey Peninsula course, leaving him and Matt Every one shot behind Brian Gay and Scott Langley after one round. “To the best of my knowledge, it’s taken me 27 years and a few months to hit all fairways in a single round in competition.