jean van de velde fired his longtime caddy after his diaster....looking back when jean reached for the driver on 18....caddy should have handed him a 3wood or less

Ogilvy did his best Ben Curtis impression Sometimes you collapse and you hang on because the guys behind you collapse too, that's also part of the sport

how is he supposed to hit a miracle shot when he can't even hit the fairway so I 100% agree with what your saying

Completely agree. He knew the score, he knew Ogilvie had parred. He knew a par would win and a bogey would get him into a playoff. And after he sliced his drive into the tent, he should have also known a scrambling four was within his grasp -- and he didn't need a miracle shot to get there. I remember watching this. Other players had a chance on 18 and dropped the ball, as it were, including Furyk and Monty. I was yelling at the screen for him to punch out. He should have remembered what David Toms did at the PGA five years earlier in 2001...against no other than he, himself. Toms was leading Phil by one stroke going into 18. He put his drive into the rough. Rather than play a risky shot over the water, he lays up to a comfortable position. He puts his third shot to within 12 ft and drained one of the most pressure putts he ever faced -- for par. Mick was on in two, but 32 ft out. He gave the putt a good ride, and it barely missed. And it was Toms' day for celebrating. This was a lesson Mick could have taken with him on that fateful 18th at Winged Foot. Know your game and Trust your game. Let's not forget that Mick had won the previous two Majors; the 2004 PGA and the 2005 Masters. The US Open would have given him 3-in-a-row and a chance for the 'McSlam' at the Open Champ. It was a tough lesson in course management. I believe only Ben Hogan had three consecutive modern-day majors and of course the Tiger-Slam in 2000-1. Glad to see Mick get his share of history at the 2021 PGA.

@@bman342a it was the 05' PGA and 06' masters. But I agree

@@johnnybgood7442 Tru dat

Amen

Meh not really.

@@LegolasFan69 Ooh! Insider knowledge? Spill the beans!

​@@LegolasFan69Ogilvy has way more class than Mickelson who is a king tosser who choked big time.

His short game that week too, up and down from 100 out was a really good probability for working...

The second shot decision was bad, but Phil only hit 2 fairways out of 13 drives heading into that hole. You leave the driver in the bag in that situation.

@@tonyc7301 He's talked about that. His next club in the bag was a 4-wood I believe. It wasn't enough club to get to the corner off the tee. He needed to hit driver.

He was always a 2nd shot glory kind of guy . He used to never find fairways too often - like Seve - an escape artist by trade .

No you weren't

@@Hillbillykaren Oh yes we were little girl.. I should had said myself and my wife were there.She 's a big Phil fan. Had just been to the beer tent while Geoff Ogilvy was playing 17. Were you there? We don't remember you.

@@tallan9698 you said Phil has had your wife?

It’s just course setup, just 5 years ago we had everyone over par and this year is expected to play hard too

Bryson was the only player under par here in 2020 Thats how difficult this track is

Course setup… people forget how hard it used to be when they had real rough.. now it’s just short stuff

@@LegolasFan69Don’t worry. Oakmont, Merion and Pebble are all now part of the US Open’s main rota. You’ll get your rough fix aplenty

@@Nick_J_ yeah they have been for a while

So does Phil...

same so awful watching ut live

Now you know what it feels like to be an Australian when Mize pulled that f*cking chip out his arse against Norman at the Masters.

Exactly right. Ogilvy choked on every shot when the pressure was on. He lucked into chipping in on 17, and made a good up and down on 18, but only after whiffing the approach. He was the least deserving winner of the bunch.

@@tomdallas3690 He was the only winner! What, there was no pressure on his up and down on 18?

Damn statistics!

I was really pulling for Monty.

​@tomdallas3690 obviously a Mickelson fan boy here who can't bring himself to acknowledge that leftie choked and Ogilvy won.

1 Million Percent correct. Bones failed him

As a Phil phan in those days, I remember how very close Phil came to winning not one, but multiple U.S. Opens. One of the painful memories was the 1995 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills. Phil finished tied 4th, four strokes behind the champion, Corey Pavin. In the '95 Open, Phil played the par 5 16th six strokes over par; two bogeys and two double bogeys. If he plays it in even par he wins the U.S. Open by two strokes. 😭

Supposedly, his next longest club in his bag was a 4 wood, and that wasn’t going to get the job done.

@@sludge8506 Phil had been blocking and slicing his drives all day, so a cut under the pressure of the 72nd hole was not a high percentage play. I always thought Phil should've used his 4W off the tee and hit a nice gentle draw. With that club he probably could've hit around a 240 yard tee shot. The 18th at Winged Foot was playing 450 yards that day, so Phil would've had around 200-210 yards for his approach. A nice smooth 5 iron into the heart of the green sets up a two-putt par and a U.S. Open victory.

@@Droogs Well put!! 👍

Supposedly, his next longest club in his bag was a 4 wood, and that wasn’t going to get the job done.

Nowadays, no one really needs a driver on 18 for the pros. Most players can easily take a long iron into the fairway, around 240-250 out, and then have around 200 left in, which is around a 6 iron.

@@adityaniwalkar6224 That was then and this is now Also Mickelson was hitting it all over the lot, if you banana slice a fairway wood into the deep rough now you're really in trouble

If you were his caddy, he would have missed the cut.

He hit 2 out of 13 fairways on the day heading into that hole. You leave the driver in the bag. The decision on the second shot was awful. Just advance it down the fairway and leave yourself a short wedge into the green. With Phil's short game he still had a good shot at par and a bogey at absolute worst.

@@tonyc7301 Supposedly, his next longest club in his bag was a 4 wood, and that wasn’t going to get the job done.

Welcome to my world.I play stupidly on every hole.

@@davewanamaker3690 haha

Mickelson choked hard on this hole

How?

@@ohmyfungus5810 fym how? 05 PGA, 06 Masters, 06 US open

@@WindyCityWarden Jesus bro I was just asking lol

@@ohmyfungus5810 hahaha iss all love

@@WindyCityWarden I get how my comment sounded a bit aggressive reading it back lmao

Not really. Phil has always come off as having a phony "jovial" guy persona, while in earnest, he's a gambling-addicted, entitled showoff. He puts on the appearance of an outgoing friendly guy, but his character underneath has always been suspect. No one with a gambling addiction like his is to be revered.

Vjay was better because he actually stuck it to Tiger for a year

For real? He won 57 worldwide events including 6 Majors. You don’t do that by being a train wreck when the pressure is on. Yes, he threw away at least 2 U.S. Opens, but that comes with the territory of his playing style. Only because the majority of best playing days paralleled Tiger Woods is not considered an even greater golfer than he already is. Name one golfer in the last 40 years not named Tiger Woods that is more accomplished than Phil Mickelson.

@@aeromedical6776Nicklaus and Palmer.

@@ConnorMiller417he said last 40 years not last70 bozo 😂

@@TheRockisaBondMovie Nicklaus and Palmer won 40 years ago bozo! Do your research!

@@ConnorMiller417 Nicklaus had two PGA Tour wins in the last 40 years, Palmer zero.

Losing is losing. Mickelson lost it just as much as Monty. They both blew it.

Aw I'm sorry you're so bitter

@@Olorin884 I just don't like Phil. It's still a free country isn't it?

@@jwp2166when did he say it’s not a free county or that u couldn’t say that?😂ur strange

@@kylewade8704 About the same time I asked for your opinion.

@@jwp2166well you asked for the other guys 😂 it’s still a free country right? 😅

Lol, me too

@@johnpearson7583 Great! See you at the clubhouse lounge. I'll be wearing camo cargo shorts and a white Red Bull tank top

Nowhere near as bad, but he indeed has his legacy in his hands. Mito had to avoid the creek to the right. Almost makes you think that he joined LIV so that he can put that out of his memory easier.

@@afdkj I remember Colin Montgomery choked on the same hole earlier in the round with a double bogey. He should have won it too if not Mickelson. He hit a 3 wood off the tee. He hit a perfect shot right in the middle of the fairway, which left him between a six and seven iron to the green. He went with the seven and came up short in the rough. He had trouble getting out of it and ended up with a double bogey just like Mickelson. A bogey would have gotten him into a playoff. And Jim Furyk missed a three foot putt that would also have gotten him into a playoff. So Mickelson wasn't the only one who blew it that day. It was a brutal hole.

Supposedly, his next longest club in his bag was a 4 wood, and that wasn’t going to get the job done.

Phil has 57 career wins, 6 of them are majors. If that's considered choking then I guess everyone else should just give up

Won a major at nearly 51 years old bud, your definition of choking is flawed

So sad to see the Shark at Augusta

@@Narbical97 never won a U.S. Open because he choked them all away.

Tiger.

pictures or it didn't happen

Who is killing Phil here? He's a great player. I don't get it. I hear this a lot. I don't understand.

No more manboobs. Nobody talks about it but he must have had breast reduction surgery, because he was known for the boobies.

What's a twat ?

Not so... Hit the fairway and they have no problem. Phil coulda hit a three wood off the tee, Van de velde.. OH my. Just got nerves to him.

At least Phil's wife wasn't there laughing at him in front of the cameras while the implosion happened.

Van de Velde was even dumber than Mickelson. He could have hit three wedges and won.

At that point I believe he had won 3. Masters twice and the PGA.

Disagree. You correctly state that he is an accomplished Player, he is also an accomplished 'get out of trouble Player'. He is renowned for his ability to craft the exact type of shot he was attempting, so why shouldn't he play to his strengths? He's regularly in that position, due to his sloppy driving. The shot in question, a big fade with a 3 iron, is really not that difficult for a Touring Pro, he just didn't catch it right, obviously. He would have correctly surmised that even if the sliced 3 iron didn't quite make the green, he would have had a chip, one of his strengths, and a putt to win. This would have been a similar scenario to the punch it back on to the fairway option, which he must have considered. I think that you are being a little unfair, and harsh, to call it 'inexcusable' as the strategy seemed to be correct. I don't think he made 3 bad swings, just 1, the Drive, the other 2, trying to work the ball out of a not ideal lie, always were risky.

Van De Velde's was the worst I think, because Van De Velde had already recieving a gift from the golfing Gods when he hit a wayward drive on 18. It somehow avoided the burn. Not content with being saved from a lifetime of regret, Van De Velde tempted fate yet again. It amused me when people suggest that Van De Velde may have been unlucky on his second shot, as if rattling a ball into the grandstand wouldn't bring disaster into play. Suggestions that Van De Velde's second shot was unlucky because it hit a one inch point and backed into the burn is really misunderstanding the situation.

@@FilmProtocol Right, he had won the Masters in both '04 and '06 at this point.

you're a clown for that

Not surprising. Maybe he had Bones double that one down for him in the 18th tee. Makes Pete Rose look like a poker. Bones is gustcas much a grifter as Mickelson.

*Geoff

Under your bed ?

I’m sure he’s deviated at having won a major…