A Few Observations From the Phil Win

Phil Mickelson won the Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Sunday. He shot a 64. It was amazing, and definitely one of the defining moments of his career (because it was so ******* crazy for Phil that even with him we are surprised). But what did we learn about the event? Follow along and see ... -- The win is more about Phil Mickelson than Tiger Woods -- Many are going to say that Tiger choked on Sunday at Pebble Beach. That he came out and got killed by a better Phil Mickelson, and that there are serious issues with his golf game. I won't debate the latter, but the former is ridiculous. If any other golfer in the world started four shots back heading into Sunday at a regular golf event, nobody would have blinked when he didn't come from behind and win. Just because Mickelson was able to do what Tiger couldn't means more about Phil's game and less about Tiger's. When golfers have to make a charge to win an event, they are agressive from the start. Which leads us to ... -- ...