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Wed 07 Jul 2008Mickelson thinks he's cracked the links
BRITISH OPEN COUNTDOWN:NO, IT'S not easy to feel sorry for Phil Mickelson. After all, he's the world's number two ranked player, has raked up €31 million in prize money, recently acquired a new Gulfstream V jet . . . oh, and is a three-time major winner, even if the Claret Jug has so far evaded his clutches.
Yet, with no Tiger Woods here as the kingpin of golf recuperates from his knee operation, poor Phil was yesterday left to answer as many questions about a certain player's absence rather than his own game. Mickelson, though, refused to accept the bait, instead deflecting any reference and batting it away with the ease of a baseball player at the plate.
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