{"id":21299,"date":"2013-07-22T00:06:07","date_gmt":"2013-07-21T22:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/mickelson-can-still-win-his-first-british-open\/"},"modified":"2013-07-22T00:06:07","modified_gmt":"2013-07-21T22:06:07","slug":"mickelson-can-still-win-his-first-british-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/mickelson-can-still-win-his-first-british-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Mickelson can still win his first British Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phil Mickelson<\/a>\u00a0and his caddie, Jim Mackay, shouted mixed messages at Mickelson\u2019s ball as it hung in the air on\u00a0Muirfield\u2019s\u00a0<\/a>441-yard 15th hole.<\/p>\n

\"Despite<\/a><\/p>\n

Despite his second-round 72, Mickelson still has a chance to win on Sunday. Photo: Thomas Lovelock \/ Sports Illustrated<\/p>\n

\u201cCarry in the air,\u201d Mackay said. \u201cGo!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all right,\u201d Mickelson said.<\/p>\n

Alas, Mackay was right to worry \u2013 the ball landed short and kicked not forward but dead right and into a pot bunker some 30 yards in front of the green.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, no!\u201d Mickelson said. \u201cWhat, are you kidding me? What in the world!?\u201d<\/p>\n

If you followed Game No. 33 on Saturday, you could hear how much Mickelson wants to win the 142nd British Open<\/a>. And despite playing his last six holes in three over par, he\u2019s not out of it.<\/p>\n

That long, nasty bunker shot on 15 led to a bogey, which he followed with another bogey on the 195-yard 16th hole, and he signed for a one-over-par 72 and a two over total through 54 holes.<\/p>\n

He is five back of Lee Westwood. But with only eight players ahead of him and in light of the final-round mayhem we\u2019ve seen at recent Opens, that deficit is nothing. \u2013 Golf.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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