(Matt Sullivan/Getty Images)Strike another star from the list of participants in this year’s U.S. Open. It turns out Phil Mickelson will have to wait until next year to try to capture the only major that’s thus far eluded him. Mickelson will miss this year’s event, which begins June 15, at Erin Hills outside Milwaukee, so he can attend his daughter Amanda’s high school graduation. In 2013, Mickelson flew to Amanda’s eighth-grade graduation ceremony on the eve of the opening round of that year’s tournament. Next year’s U.S. Open will be played at Shinnecock Hills on Long Island, site of Mickelson’s runner-up finish in 2004.

Source: Washington Post June 03, 2017 20:48 UTC