Soon to be 50 years old, Phil Mickelson has lost none of his legendary game. The American is currently 2e in Peeble Beach, after returning a 67 card on Saturday ... without almost touching a green. Small anthology of this incredible day.

Phil Mickelson Saturday at Peeble Beach.

Phil Mickelson Saturday at Peeble Beach. @ PGA

You never get bored with Phil Mickelson. The darling of the American public managed a series of incredible rescues this Saturday at Peeble Beach, which even made Golf Channel commentators say that they had never seen such a demonstration of small game.

The Mickelson show begins on the stage par 3 of hole 7. Too long, the three-time Masters winner sees his ball plugged into the bunker with a flag, located shortly after the rough, almost inaccessible. Live, Sir Nick Faldo announces that it is necessary to avoid the double bogey here and that leaving the ball 4-5 meters behind the hole would already be a good result.

After this impossible approach, Nick Faldo laughs again: “This is the coup of the year (…) Phil has already managed millions of rescues like that, but for me, this one could be the n ° 1. " A few seconds later, Ian Baker-Finch, who follows the players on the course, confides having asked Mickelson how he classifies this stroke: "In my top 5", Lefty replied.

But this was in fact only an appetizer and the rest is savored in pictures.

Before the last lap tonight, at Peeble Beach, Phil Mickelson is 2nd at -16, one stroke behind Canadian Nick Taylor and two strokes ahead of Australian Jason Day. A tournament that he has already won five times and of which he is the title holder. See you soon 50 (in June), the American, who breaks all records for longevity at the highest level (26 years in the world top 50, 23 seasons with at least one victory, 28 years between the first and the last victory on the PGA Tour…), will he write a new chapter in his legend?

Frank Crudo

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