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"I flew it by him 25 yards," Mickelson said. "I have gotten a lot more speed in the offseason. That really bothered him. So the 14th hole is a dogleg right to left. I guess he really hammered one. I had not played the hole before. I just hit a little stock cut. ... He was 11 yards by me. If that's what it takes to stroke his ego,Wholesale MLB Jerseys 2018, then that's what it takes. Had I known that he was going to make a big deal about it,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, I would have swung a fraction harder and put it past him."
"This is really embarrassing, but I have a set of wide receiver Patriots gloves I put on now and then," Bradley said. "I had them on the last time they were losing against the Ravens. I took them off and I left them at home. I didn't bring them. I get a lot of weird stuff I do."
Bradley tried to bait his mentor Wednesday in the Phoenix Open pro-am.
Mickelson won at TPC Scottsdale in 1996, 2005 and 2013. In 2013, Lefty shot 60-65-64-67 to match the tournament record of 28-under 256. He's making his 26th appearance in the event.
The 44-year-old Mickelson tied for 24th last week in La Quinta in his first start since the Ryder Cup in September,NBA Jerseys China. He's winless since the 2013 British Open.
Mickelson figured Bradley was still smarting after losing a long-drive contest last week at an outing before the tournament in La Quinta, California.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Phil Mickelson majored in psychology at Arizona State. He joked that he still uses those lessons on Keegan Bradley.
"I find it very easy to get in his head," Mickelson said.
"When I outdrove him today by 30 yards, I left him a note in the fairway,Cheap Jerseys 2018, letting him know the senior tees are not that far off,Cheap Jerseys," Bradley said.
For instance, Bradley still hasn't unpacked his bag from the United States' 2012 loss to Europe and he travels with a belly putter than he no longer uses.
"I can't explain it," Bradley said. "You don't have a clue how many superstitions I've got."
"I feel like my game is where I want it to be,NFL Jerseys China," Mickelson said. "I just have to now shoot the scores. Last week was pretty encouraging. I didn't do all the things I want as well as I believe I can, and yet it was pretty close."
"It's a wonderful test on the back side with some risk reward that really makes for an exciting event," Mickelson said.
Mickelson might need years of study to analyze Bradley's superstitions.
The superstitions apply to his beloved New England Patriots, too. |
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