Golf has been staging major championships since 1860, yet just 33 times has someone won consecutive majors. One of those came courtesy of Phil Mickelson, who followed a 2005 PGA Championship triumph with a victory at the 2006 Masters.
The rarity of the feat alone should keep Phil from being a favorite to duplicate Sunday's PGA Championship triumph next month when the U.S. Open tees off at Torrey Pines. (BetMGM has him at +5,000. Twenty-one golfers have better odds to win).
Stringing together back-to-back near perfect performances while enjoying the requisite golfing good fortune (and whatever bad fortune hits everyone else) is nearly impossible, even for the greatest of all time while they were in their prime.