Big Phil says Tiger’s best will not be repeated at Players Championship
Ponte Vedra Beach — Tiger Woods in his prime played the best golf yet seen and it is highly unlikely those heights will ever be reached again, Phil Mickelson says ahead of this week’s Players Championship. Mickelson traded friendly barbs with his old rival during their media conference at TPC Sawgrass, their relaxed demeanour a far cry from the days when, as the older American admitted, "it sucked" to have to face Woods on the course. "I don’t think we will ever see that level of play again," 47-year-old Mickelson said. "It was the most remarkable golf in the history of the game and I think unrepeatable. It was that good." The once icy relationship between the multiple Major winners has thawed since they hit their 40s, and they appeared genuinely pleased to be grouped together for the first two rounds on Thursday and Friday. They have played together only once at the Players Championship — in the third round in 2001 — when Woods was at the peak of the powers that brought him 14 Majo...
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