No, Tiger and Phil aren’t in their primes. Ian O’Connor’s response to that: Who cares? A winner-take-all, $9 million grudge match is good for them, golf and us.
Editor’s note: This story was originally published July 6,2018.
As an escape artist, Phil Mickelson makes everyone from Harry Houdini to David Blaine appear slow and lacking in imagination. Whether it is a shot from behind an Augusta National tree or an unruly lie in an insider-trading case involving a high-stakes gambling partner, Mickelson always pulls something out of his bag to get home safely.
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will meet in a winner-take-all $9 million match-play event on Nov.
