{"id":20567,"date":"2021-05-23T19:09:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T00:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=20567"},"modified":"2021-05-23T20:51:32","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T01:51:32","slug":"2021-pga-championship-leaderboard-scores-phil-mickelson-makes-history-as-oldest-major-winner-in-epic-display-mickelson-50-became-the-14th-golfer-to-win-six-or-more-majors-in-his-career-on-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=20567","title":{"rendered":"Phil Mickelson wins PGA Championship, becomes oldest major champion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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US PGA Championship: I always believed but there was a lot of doubt \u2013 Mickelson after ending drought<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n
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Phil Mickelson said while he always believed in ending his title drought there was “a lot of doubt” following the veteran’s history-making US PGA Championship success.<\/strong> \"Phil <\/span> \u00a9 Getty Images<\/span> Phil Mickelson with the US PGA Championship trophy <\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n

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Mickelson, 50, became the 14th golfer to win six or more majors in his career on Sunday<\/h2>\n
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Phil Mickelson went from surprise contender to unlikely champion on Sunday at Kiawah, capping a remarkable and record-breaking performance with his second PGA Championship victory. Here\u2019s everything you need to know:<\/strong>Leaderboard: Phil Mickelson, Louis Oosthuizen, Brooks Koepka, Shane Lowry (-2), Padraig Harrington (-2), Harry Higgs (-2), Paul Casey (-2)<\/strong>How it happened: After the first hole, which Mickelson bogeyed and Koepka birdied, it looked as if Koepka would soon be on his way to equaling Mickelson\u2019s five major titles. But Mickelson didn\u2019t back down and captured his sixth. While many expected the 50-year-old to finally get sideways amidst a new wind direction on Sunday and cough up the Wanamaker Trophy, Mickelson instead remained sturdy, negating three bogeys in his first seven holes with three birdies, and watching Koepka, Louis Oosthuizen and others fall back. Koepka doubled the par-5 second, and after playing the par-5s in 9 under the first three rounds, he was 4 over on those holes in the final round. A lipped-out shortie for par at No. 11 officially dashed Koepka\u2019s winning hopes. Oosthuizen later got to within three shots after a birdie on No. 12, but he then made\u00a0double bogey after hitting his third shot into the water at the par-4 13th<\/sup>. Mickelson led by five shots after that water ball, and despite a splash at No. 13 of his own, Mickelson never led by less than two. Oosthuizen\u00a0missed an eagle putt at the par-5 16th<\/sup>\u00a0that would’ve gotten him to within a shot, and moments later Mickelson bombed the longest drive of the week at No. 16, 366 yards, to set up another birdie and get back to three shots clear. A bogey-par finish was plenty good enough, as Mickelson closed out the win with a massive crowd surrounding the green.<\/strong>What it means: Mickelson is now the oldest major winner in the history of the sport, supplanting Julius Boros, who won the PGA in 1968 at age 48. Mickelson\u2019s triumph was even more surprising considering he\u2019d basically done nothing in majors since his runner-up to Henrik Stenson at the 2016 Open Championship and, at No. 115 in the world rankings, he needed a special exemption just to get into next month\u2019s U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. Now, of course, he\u2019s now in at least the next five U.S. Opens after this win.<\/strong>Round of the day: More like the round of the week. Abraham Ancer carded seven birdies, no bogeys and shot 65 to earn himself a T-8\u00a0finish, his first major top-10.<\/strong>Shot of the day: Mickelson was clinging to a one-shot lead when he found the sand off the tee at the par-3 fifth. But he holed the bunker shot and delivered this championship\u2019s iconic image, a putter raise, and never looked back.<\/strong>\"\"<\/p>\n
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Mickelson is the oldest major winner in history at 50 years, 11 months old after his win at Kiawah Island<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Phil Mickelson will turn 51 years old just one day before the U.S. Open later this summer. He had last won a major championship in 2013 with his career-best run coming in the mid-aughts. And yet, on the longest course ever at a major under blistering heat and with winds swirling, he made history as the oldest major championship winner by capturing the 103rd PGA Championship at 50 years, 11 months, seven days old.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For Mickelson, it’s the sixth major championship and 45th PGA Tour win of his career. He has won the PGA Championship before, in 2005, and that 16-year gap between wins ranks among the most impressive in the history of the sport.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The previous record for oldest major winner was held by Julius Boros, who at 48 years, four months and 18 days old won the PGA Championship in 1968. The second and third-oldest major champions, Tom Morris Sr. and Jack Nicklaus, were both 46 years old.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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“PHIL DEFEATS FATHER TIME.” pic.twitter.com\/24QN2M9xRU<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014 CBS Sports (@CBSSports) May 23, 2021<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Mickelson’s mark puts the final stamp on a certified Hall of Fame career and sets up for a fascinating summer as he chases the career grand slam at the U.S. Open. He received a special exemption for the U.S. Open just one week ago but has now stunningly made it on the merits of his game after an eight-year drought between majors and more than two-year gap between PGA Tour wins was closed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A thrilling 2021 PGA Championship met an extraordinary conclusion Sunday afternoon as Phil Mickelson became the oldest major championship winner in golf history with his 6-under 282 giving him a two-stroke victory over Brooks Koepka and Louis Oosthuizen (-4) for the Wanamaker Trophy. Mickelson, 50, is now just the 14th man to win six or more majors in his career.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A 200-1 longshot entering the 103rd PGA Championship on the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, Mickelson won his sixth major an astounding 2,863 days after his last. It is just the third tournament he has won over the last eight years since taking the 2013 Open Championship and the first time he finished better than T71 at the PGA Championship since 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At 50 years, 11 months and six days old, Mickelson broke the previous record long held by Julius Boros, who won the PGA Championship at 48 years, 4 months and 18 days old in 1968. Lefty is three weeks shy of his 51st birthday and will be another year older when he makes a run at the U.S. Open, the lone major he has yet to win and one that has kept him from capturing the career grand slam.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Watch the Wanamaker Trophy presentation from the 103rd PGA Championship streaming LIVE now on\u00a0<\/em>CBSSports.com<\/em><\/a>, the\u00a0<\/em>CBS Sports App<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>Paramount+<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The co-leader through 36 holes and solo leader through 54 holes, Mickelson had a dramatic start to his final round with three birdies and three bogeys over the front nine. He lost, tied and regained the lead before opening a five-stroke advantage at 8 under through the 12th.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The most memorable moment of Mickelson’s unforgettable weekend came Sunday on the par-3 5th when he holed out from a sandy area to an incredible ovation. Lefty had been 1 over on the day before that incredible shot dropped.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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“OH MY GRACIOUS!” <\/strong><\/p>\n

PHIL JUST DID THAT. pic.twitter.com\/wA3hu2cNxG<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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By the time Mickelson called the tournament down the stretch Sunday, he had achieved 22 birdies — a personal record at a PGA Championship — and his first overall victory since he took the Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February 2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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What an EPIC scene as Phil walks up the 18th fairway at the #PGAChamp<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/xvmc0oOaQf<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Check out the complete\u00a0<\/em>leaderboard<\/a>\u00a0and keep on scrolling for analysis and highlights from the PGA Championship.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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