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Phil Mickelson Won't Take 2020 U.S. Open Exemption; Doesn't Want 'Sympathy Spot'

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Phil Mickelson will either qualify for the 2020 U.S. Open, or the five-time major champion won't compete at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York in June.

Mickelson told reporters he wants to earn a spot in the field on merit and would decline a special exemption, per Doug Ferguson of the Associated Press:

"I won't accept it. So I am either going to get in the field on my own or I'll have to try to qualify. I'm not going to take a special exemption. .