Fifty and fabulous: Phil Mickelson defies age to win PGA
‘Just an incredible feeling,’ ecstatic veteran says as he becomes the only player to have claimed PGA Tour victories 30 years apart
24 May 2021 - 14:50
Kiawah Island — Phil Mickelson blocked out the distractions and kept his mind quiet in front of a raucous gallery to win the PGA Championship by two strokes on Sunday and become golf’s oldest Major winner at the age of 50.
Mickelson battled through strong winds, shrugged off a few poor shots and kept calm amid suffocating pressure to record a one-over-par 73 at the Ocean Course in South Carolina, holding his nerve with Brooks Koepka and Louis Oosthuizen breathing down his neck...
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