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Daily Mail
7 hours ago
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Phil Mickelson makes stunning confession about his future in golf
Phil Mickelson has admitted that the upcoming US Open could represent his final chance to complete a career Grand Slam and join golf's immortals. The 54-year-old has won six major championships, including three Masters titles, two PGA Championships and one Open Championship. But the US Open has always eluded him. Mickelson has finished runner up - or in a tie for second - six times at the US Open, most recently in 2013. But he has failed to make the cut in four of the past five years. The American heads to Oakmont next week hoping to become one of only seven players to win all four majors. Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, who recently won the Masters, are the members of the elite club. But, at 54, the LIV Golf star knows his window is closing fast. He admitted that there is a 'high likelihood' that this will be his final opportunity. 'But I haven't really thought about it too much,' he said. Mickleson is now ranked No 1,162 in the world but he qualified for the tournament at Oakmont thanks to his PGA Championship win in 2021. Phil Mickelson admits that this US Open could be his final chance to win a career Grand Slam The 54-year-old has won six major championships but the US Open has always eluded him That earned him a five-year exemption to the US Open but from 2026 the 54-year-old would have to qualify. More than 10,000 players - including Charlie Woods - entered the infamous qualification process, which ends with the 'longest day in golf,' when hopefuls compete over 36 holes for the few remaining spots. Max Homa and Rickie Fowler were among the big names who fell short in their bid to reach Oakmont and Mickelson was asked if he would be willing to go down that route. 'I don't know,' he said. 'I haven't thought that far.' Back in February, the USGA did announce a new way for LIV Golfers to qualify directly. The leading player in LIV's individual standings at the end of 2025 - along with the leading player on May 18, 2026 - will qualify.
Daily Mirror
4 days ago
- Sport
- Daily Mirror
Novak Djokovic's extraordinary meltdown when tempers boiled over at French Open
Serbian superstar Novak Djokovic has been crowned champion at Roland Garros on three occasions, though his most recent success didn't come without an outburst Novak Djokovic couldn't keep a lid on his frustrations during the 2023 French Open final, furiously accusing an umpire of rushing him. The 24-time major winner had long failed to grasp glory at Roland Garros, but in 2016, he bested Andy Murray to complete a Career Grand Slam. Since then, the Serbian perennial champion has been victorious twice more on the clay of Paris and eased through an opening-round clash this time around against American Mackenzie McDonald in straight sets. He beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2021 to lift the title. And two years later, he breezed past Carlos Alcaraz en route to another final on Court Philippe Chatrier, where he'd face Casper Ruud. Although the match ended up being a rather straightforward affair, the first set frustrated Djokovic, whose temper boiled over during an altercation with umpire Damien Dumusois. Norwegian challenger Ruud broke Djokovic early, and in a tight opening set, he sat on a 5-6 lead with the battling Serb up to serve next. However, in what was a crucial game, Djokovic felt as though he was not being given an ample amount of time to changeover by umpire Dumusois. Djokovic asked: "Where is the rush? Why are you rushing?" He was serving to stay in the set for the second time, before Dumusois hit back and replied: "I'm not." "Wait for us to sit down and then call the score," continued the Serb, whose anger was clearly building. "Can you call the score when we come down or not? We're playing one hour and 10 minutes for one set, best-of-five Grand Slam on clay. I mean, you're rushing the score. There's 10 seconds left." The umpire swiftly replied: "You can see that I'm really trying to understand," but Djokovic interrupted, clarifying that he was unhappy with the time given to changeover. Icon Tim Henman was on commentary duty for Eurosport, and chimed in on the exchange, saying: "I think it has actually been an issue at the change of ends how quickly they have been having to change around, not just between points. They are both complaining about different things and the umpire has got his hands full!" Simon Reed also commented, adding: "I think he's hardly rushing Novak, to be honest, but Novak feels rushed. He is exerting a little bit of pressure on him. Casper is seemingly trying to put on the opposite pressure." Bickering then ceased, and while many may have thought such an altercation would bug Djokovic, it did not. Returning to the baseline, he held to force a tiebreak and ran away with that 7-1. After an hour and 21 minutes, the first set went in Djokovic's favour. What occurred next can only be described as pure dominance. Djokovic claimed the next set by a decisive 6-3 scoreline. The last set would mirror the first, but no tiebreak was necessary as the Serbian star won it 7-5 to be crowned French Open champion for a third time. With this victory, he surpassed the great Rafael Nadal with 23 Grand Slam titles, as the Spaniard sat on 22, and later retired in December 2024 with that same number to his name. Djokovic, on the other hand, would go on to win the US Open that year, bringing his major tally to an unfathomable 24, and added an Olympic gold medal to his mantlepiece the following year.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Pro golfer Bubba Watson talks about the LIV Golf experience for spectators
Will we ever see another career Grand Slam? With Jordan Spieth a PGA Championship away from the career grand slam, Live From wonders who (such as Jon Rahm) could be the next to secure the rare achievement -- but Todd Lewis thinks it might be no one at all. 3:43 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Jordan Spieth's thoughts on his Career Grand Slam attempts are fascinating
Golf and the world that we live in with it can be very prisoner of the moment-y. To be clear this is fine and normal. With golf being a sport where individuals win, when one single person has the entirety of our focus then we have a tendency to live fully in that idea. Advertisement We are at a point now, as a result of this phenomenon, where the Career Grand Slam is at the forefront of our minds like never before. When Tiger Woods climbed the mountain back in 2000 we did not have the internet the way we do now or social media or television coverage discussing the idea around the clock. Times have changed and Rory McIlroy joining the club a month ago has made us all extremely hyper-aware of Club CGS. This sequence of events has brightened the lights on Jordan Spieth's career trophy case and more specifically than anything the absence of a Wanamaker Trophy in it. We were just hand-delivered a CGS... why can't Jordan give us another? It only seems fair, golf! While McIlroy had been chasing the CGS since 2011, Jordan has only been doing so since 2017 when he won his Open Championship. From a tally standpoint that marks eight different PGA Championships that he has fallen short. Unfortunately... he has mostly fallen very short. Jordan Spieth PGA Championship Finishes Since Attempting CGS (event winner) 2017............... T28 (Justin Thomas) 2018............... T12 (Brooks Koepka) 2019................ T3 (Brooks Koepka) 2020............... T71 (Collin Morikawa) 2021................ T30 (Phil Mickelson) 2022................ T34 (Justin Thomas) 2023................ T29 (Brooks Koepka) 2024................. T43 (Xander Schauffele) Advertisement An often-made quip these days used to be that Tiger Woods (2019 Masters) and Phil Mickelson (2021 PGA Championship) had won majors more recently than McIlroy and Spieth, but the former taking care of business at Augusta himself and establishing his CGS in the process has isolated the latter in that regard. But is it not strange how we as a golf world haven't talked about Jordan's CGS quest the same way we did Rory's? Perhaps some of that is that a green jacket is what eluded Rory and there is a certain aura that comes with that which doesn't, all due respect, with the PGA or any other major for that matter. Annually though, Rory has dealt with that question in bold and capital letters where Jordan has kind of floated by. Perhaps that is also representative of the fact that Rory has maintained top form as a player and Jordan has not. To his credit, Jordan seems aware of whatever we want to call this. Speaking on Tuesday at Quail Hollow he noted that he has not exactly come close to his own CGS since having an opportunity to get there. Coming to grips with the fact that no one has really asked about it is maybe the most telling thing here. Scroll back up and look at the list of PGA Championship winners since Jordan has had a chance to reach immortality. Consider that Justin Thomas has won the event twice, including the last time it was at Quail Hollow. Recall that all of Brooks Koepka's major championships (five of them, two more than Jordan) have happened in this period. Collin Morikawa and Xander Schauffele have each won the event and added an Open Championship as well in the time. Advertisement When Jordan Spieth hoisted the Claret Jug in 2017 a CGS felt inevitable for him. Maybe it still is. Right now though... he knows that people are going to be asking about it in an entirely different way until that inevitability does or does not happen.
Associated Press
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Jordan Spieth's chance at the career Grand Slam likely ends early with opening-round 76 at the PGA
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Jordan Spieth came to Quail Hollow hoping to follow in Rory McIlroy's footsteps and complete the career Grand Slam. After Thursday's opening round of the PGA Championship, he'd probably be happy just to make the cut. The 31-year-old Spieth struggled in every facet of the game at demanding Quail Hollow — off the tee, with his approach shots, his chips and even his putting — and shot a 5-over 76, leaving him 12 shots behind leader Jhonattan Vegas and all but ending his hopes this year of capturing the one major that has eluded him since he turned pro 13 years ago. Spieth could never find his swing and repeatedly misjudged distances to the flag, leaving him scrambling for par all afternoon. He managed to hold it together early and was even par through eight holes. Then the wheels came off. He bogeyed six of of the final 10 holes — chunking a chip from the rough on No. 11 and failed to get up and down for par on No. 18 from the rough, missing a 12-footer to save par. Spieth walked briskly toward the practice range after signing his card and did not take questions. Playing partner Ludvig Aberg could understand the frustration, but believes Spieth will bounce back. 'Listen, Jordan is an unbelievable player and person,' Aberg said. 'I was telling my caddie today that he's one of the best, nicest guys in the world. I wouldn't be surprised if gets (the career Grand Slam) someday. But I'm a big Jordan Spieth fan and I will be for a long time.' It probably won't be this year. MGM Sportsbook now lists him at 1000-1 to win. Spieth became the darling of golf at age 21 when he won the Masters and U.S. Open in 2015. He captured the British Open two years later, bringing him to the doorstep of one of golf's elite clubs. But like McIlroy's struggles to win the Masters until last month, Spieth hasn't been able to capture the PGA. He's had a couple of chances. He finished second in 2015 and tied for third in 2019. But over the past five years he has been in the middle of the pack — four times finishing between 29th and 43rd. Now he's in danger of missing the cut for the first time since 2014. ___ AP golf:
