{"id":107935,"date":"2025-05-17T02:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T02:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/107935\/"},"modified":"2025-05-17T02:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T02:57:10","slug":"golf-legend-phil-mickelson-suffers-humiliating-meltdown-that-eliminates-him-from-pga-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/107935\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf legend Phil Mickelson suffers humiliating meltdown that eliminates him from PGA Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

By JAKE FENNER<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 20:37 EDT, 16 May 2025 | Updated: 20:38 EDT, 16 May 2025 <\/p>\n

LIV Golf star Phil Mickelson had a hole to forget during this week’s PGA Championship<\/a> as the lefty golfer finished round two well below the cut line.<\/p>\n

After a first round that ended at eight-over par, Mickelson would need something of a miracle to turn his fortunes around.<\/p>\n

Mickelson finished the front-nine at two-under for the day and a birdie on the eleventh put him three-under for the day and five-under for the round.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, that didn’t last long thanks to a disaster on the 12th hole.<\/p>\n

Mickelson smoked his tee shot 323 yards – leaving an 121 yard shot to the hole. However, his second shot went left of the green and into a bunker.<\/p>\n

That’s where the nightmare began. Mickelson, a golfer known for his prolific short game, just could not get off the beach.<\/p>\n

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Phil Mickelson had a bad time on the 12th at the PGA Championship – leading to a double bogey<\/p>\n

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Mickelson needed four shots to get out of a bunker, finished nine-over, and missed the cut<\/p>\n

It took Mickelson a shocking four attempts to get out of the bunker at the 12th hole before he finally got out.<\/p>\n

Making matters worse, the shot that finally got out of the sand trap rolled far away from the hole.<\/p>\n

It set him up with a nearly 54 foot putt for bogey that he rolled to within three feet before finally tapping in for a merciful double bogey.<\/p>\n

Over the last six holes, Mickelson birdied twice and bogeyed twice to finish nine-over for the tournament and miss his fourth cut in his previous five majors.<\/p>\n

Since winning the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island in 2021, the 54-year-old Mickelson’s most notable result at a major was a tie for second at The Masters in 2023.<\/p>\n

Other than that? A T62 at the 2021 US Open at Torrey Pines, a T58 at the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill, a T60 at the 2024 Open Championship at Royal Troon, and a whopping eight missed cuts.<\/p>\n

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