TEST OF THE IMAGINATION
Mickelson in course plea before US Open
New York — Phil Mickelson implored officials to ensure that Shinnecock Hills is presented fairly to all players at this week’s US Open as he makes another attempt to complete the career Grand Slam. Mickelson does not want a repeat of the events that unfolded in 2004, which he believes led to him finishing second to Retief Goosen, one of his six runner-up spots in the championship. "I know it is a fine line between testing the best players to the greatest degree and then making it carnival golf," Mickelson said. "The USGA [US Golf Association] are doing the best they can to find that line, and a lot of times they do, and sometimes they cross over it. "You do all this prep work and then you are left to chance the outcome, as opposed to skill. That’s the problem I have with it," he said. "Saturday in 2004 the barometer for watering the seventh green was, did anyone make double or triple [bogey]?" he said. "If your group made a double or a triple, the green got water for the group behin...
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