Jason Day is facing the prospect of missing his first Major championship in close to a decade after withdrawing from the Memorial Tournament due to a back injury prior to the first round at Muirfield Village.
Published - 1 week By - Tony Webeck
Queensland’s Cameron Smith displayed all the hallmarks that make him a Major champion in waiting but it is 50-year-old Phil Mickelson who is chasing a slice of history at the US PGA Championship at Kiawah Island Resort.
On another difficult day for scoring at Kiawah’s brutal Ocean Course played in a different wind direction and where only six players broke 70, even-par rounds by Jason Scrivener and Jason Day were the best that the six Aussies who made the cut could manage, Smith fighting back late to post 1-over 73 and remain the highest-placed Australian with one round to play.
In the toughest conditions that Cameron Smith could recall, the eight-man Australian charge faltered at the PGA Championship at windy Kiawah Island resort in South Carolina today.
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Phil Mickelson has made history at the PGA Championship, becoming the oldest player ever to win one of golf s major tournaments.
A month shy of his 51st birthday, Mickelson recorded a two shot victory at Kiawah Island, to claim his sixth major title, and first since the 2013 Open Championship.
Since the first major tournament was played in 1860, Julius Boros, who was victorious at the PGA in 1968 at the age of 48, was previously the oldest player to win on golf s biggest stage.
In typical Mickelson fashion, it wasn t all smooth sailing. With a three-shot lead standing on the 17th tee, the left-hander missed the green long, finding the thick, shin-high rough.