Goal for Phil

[cardoustie]

Win this week

get inside top 50 in the worldWin the US Open & US Senior Open in same season

Career Grand Slam .. check

Shoot for the stars and bring your Amstel Light

[jvincent]

Those are some SMART goals.

[iBanesto]

I thought Mickelson did not want to play senior golf yet.

[Sean2]

None of those. His goal is to hit "bombs". :-)

[Hawkeye77]

Meatloaf season then - 2 out of 3 ain’t bad.

[cardoustie]

He still has incredible game and, in my opinion, can win majors on the right courses on the right week

[Kjboisen]

He played one of the most enjoyable rounds today I have seen in years. Last time I saw a round that crazy with as many up n downs was coincidentally last years US Open from Justin Rose. Hit it alllll over the place but still score. Check out Justin Rose's round... good thing to take inspiration from Shortgame>>>

[Hawkeye77]

Very well may win today, some incredible shots yesterday.

[braincramp52]

When you leave Faldo speechless with your short game, that's doing something!

[cardoustie]

Would it be fair to say that Phil is the best green side player that ever lived ???

[Hawkeye77]

Oooohh, I've seen a lot more of Phil so I could go there, and never saw enough of Seve given TV coverage back in the day, but saw plenty - but . . . not going to commit on that one! I put those two in the "magical" category and still hold up Ray Floyd and Lee Trevino in the "were incredible but made it look like I could do it" category. Sure I'm missing some others (Watson was okay, lol), but those were the ones that stood out to me the most.

 

Oh, and there is that Tiger in the room - sometimes magical isn't a strong enough word!

[vman]

Phil has some special skills but Seve only carried a 56* and had so much talent and touch around the greens. Built from similar moulds, definitely, but I'd give Seve the nod.

[cardoustie]

Tiger, Seve also incredible .. 100 percent agree on that

I give Phil the edge over TW in bunkers though

I got to watch Seve up close at Augusta in the mid 90’s .. trap genius. The stories of him beating other tour pros in bunker contests - WHILE USING a 4 IRON - are amazing

[Hawkeye77]

One of the things I love about watching the old Shell WWOGs is the use of the word "trap"!

[freeze16172002]

Phil winning the US Open and me winning the lottery have one thing in common, not going to happen

[Ferguson]

There are way too many Phil threads on the forum right now.

 

I'm going on sabbatical until the smoke clears.

[3jacker]

Tiger himself rated Phil over Seve.

That is good enough for me.

[Fuscinator]

Has that been done as a topic? (I can’t imagine it hasn’t.)

[Outlier]

Nope, I think he is overrated.....(yeah I said it). I don't think he is in Tiger's league -especially out of bunkers. He is however way better than the rest.

[braincramp52]

Tiger doesn't agree with you.

[lowheel]

Is Seve overrated? good grief man.

[iBanesto]

A lot of pros have said Brett Rumford has the best short game these days.

[grm24]

Good thing the current world number #1032 Brett Rumford has such an awesome short game. Based on his most recent OWGR 24 months results he would be worse than Smylie Kaufman rankings wise w/o his incredible short game. If his short game was all that he wouldn't be ranked so low and continually be struggling. His numbers don't lie.

[MOAB]

Ha!

[Outlier]

That is Tiger just being modest. He has more than doubled Mickelson in every meaningful golf category. Brooks schooled FIGJAM on (#10 I think) just about the time i posted this....also Phil went from greenside bunker to fairway in the same round. Yes I remember when Dave Pelz declared his man Phil the #1 player in the world.... OWGR NEVER said so. He is awesome and yet sooo overrated.

[iBanesto]

You don't know how poor his ballstriking is.

But short game is still one of the best.

[lowheel]

"people I dont like are overrated"

[Ferguson]

If anyone is wondering how Phil lost the extra inches.

 

 

 

 

[Outlier]

"I refuse to be distracted by facts, if you disagree with me it can only be a persoanl dislike" "yes he (PM) is awesome and yet soooo overrated."

[pdl16]

I'm liking the win of US Open and Senior US Open predictions.

Get that last major then dominate the senior tour! ?