Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods dominated the Memorial skins match today in Dublin, Ohio, hometown of Jack Nicklaus. Mickelson won all nine skins in his group, while Woods won six of the nine. 
Mickelson’s group included Nicklaus, Ernie Els, Sean O’Hair and Kenny Perry. Woods played alongside Jim Furyk, Rory McIlroy, Steve Stricker and Zach Johnson, winner last week at Colonial.
The tournament was picked up live by the Golf Channel, and was one of the most enjoyable tournaments I’ve watched in a long time. With everybody wearing mics, it was great to hear the players joking around like the rest of us do when we play. It’s a lot easier to root for guys after you’ve seen them in this type of format, rather than the usual seriousness of tournament play.
I’d say the best interaction was between Nicklaus and O’Hair, one of the games best ever talking to one of the tour’s young stars. It’s the example of why golf is such a unique game, and it something that you could never see from any other sport.
This was the last fun round these guys will play. They’ll start warming up for the U.S. Open, and I’ll have plenty of posts in the next week about that.
Also, Mickelson was as sharp as ever today. This will definitely put him as the favorite in Pebble Beach, at least for me.
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