CHASKA, Minnesota (Reuters) - Phil Mickelson is a veteran of 11 Ryder Cups but he could not recall ever being part of a match where a total of 10 birdies was not enough to secure a win, as he found to his cost at Hazeltine National on Sunday.
The American left-hander made almost every putt he looked at during an extraordinary battle against Spaniard Sergio Garcia in the last-day singles, the pair piling up 19 birdies between them before the match finished all square.
Mickelson rolled in a 25-footer for birdie at the par-four last before leaping high into the air in celebration, then Garcia followed suit by burying a 10-footer.