Phil Mickelson has spent the weeks since his historic PGA Championship victory re-learning the nuances of a once-familiar hometown Torrey Pines layout in quest of an elusive US Open title. The American left-hander, a record six-time US Open runner-up who turns 51 on Wednesday, has won three PGA titles at Torrey Pines, where the 121st US Open tees off on Thursday. With a victory this week at Torrey Pines, Mickelson would become the sixth player to complete a career Grand Slam, joining Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen. Phil seeks less stressMickelson finds he can go home again and he's going to school on revamped Torrey Pines to try and avoid past mistakes. It's the second US Open to be staged at Torrey Pines, the first since Tiger Woods, playing on a broken leg, beat Rocco Mediate in a playoff for the 2008 crown.

Source: News 24 June 15, 2021 03:00 UTC