Golf : Phil Mickelson’s late 2009 resurgence is setting the stage for what could be a classic 2010 season

Phil Mickelson

Johnny Miller made the early call. In late September, while Phil Mickelson was polishing off the Tour Championship, NBC’s color analyst poked a stick into the cage of Tiger Woods by predicting that Lefty, not Woody, was favorite for Player of the Year honors in 2010. There was a murmur in the audience that really knows golf, but what Miller saw was the difference in Mickelson’s putting stroke and the rise in his confidence level since his visit with putting wizard Dave Stockton. A few weeks later, while Mickelson was stepping up as the consummate team leader and putt-maker at the Presidents Cup, Miller again went cage rattling, saying Phil was currently the best player in the world. Again, Miller was being Miller, guilty of nothing but putting it out there.

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