Thursday, December 20th, 2012
Like one of his Sunday rounds at the US Open, Phil Mickelson's aspirations to buy a piece of his hometown San Diego Padres have fallen apart.
The Associated Press reported that Mickelson decided he couldn't "match the level of commitment" shown by the O'Malley and Seidler families, who became approximately the 500th ...
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Monday, August 6th, 2012
The San Diego Padres have been for sale for the better part of the last five years, but the saga of the team's ownership appears to finally be over.
The majority owner of the team, John Moores, has signed an agreement to sell the team to a group headed by San ...
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Thursday, June 7th, 2012
It looks like the first two days of the U.S. Open will be even more watchable than usual. Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Masters champion Bubba Watson will play in the same group for the opening two rounds of the U.S. Open next weekend in San Francisco.
It will be the ...
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Tuesday, June 5th, 2012
Phil Mickelson withdrew from the Memorial last weekend because of mental fatigue after posting a 79 in the opening round. But something else may have contributed to Mickelson's early exit from the tournament: cellphones.
According to four people with knowledge of the situation, Mickelson sent a text message to PGA Tour ...
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Monday, May 28th, 2012
Another San Diego sports icon has jumped into the mix to buy his hometown baseball team. This time golfer Phil Mickelson is the man lending his name to a group attempting to buy the San Diego Padres.
Mickelson has attached himself to the group led by former Los Angeles Dodgers owner ...
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Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
With the British Open set to begin Thursday at Royal St. George's in the wonderfully named Sandwich, England, it's time to acknowledge that what we're about to watch is going to be painfully entertaining.
You know how it is when scores soar at the U.S. Open (that didn't happen last year, ...
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
It finally happened. Tiger Woods blew a lead after 54 holes at a major for the first time in his career. He failed, he folded, he fell apart, and like everything else he does, Tiger did it spectacularly. To put it another way: Tiger Woods pulled a Phil Mickelson.
Woods blitzed ...
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