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Golf Twitter Reacts to Phil Mickelson’s Rough Opening Round

The seven-time major winner opened with a seven over round, making it seem unlikely that he will make the weekend cut.

Madison Williams

Phil Mickelson teed it up at the 2022 U.S. Open on Thursday afternoon despite all the drama surrounding him at the moment.

Last week, Mickelson was in London playing in the first LIV Golf event, for a rival golf league funded by the Saudi Arabian government. The PGA Tour announced suspensions for all golfers who decided to join LIV Golf, but those players are still allowed to play in some tournaments that are not run by the PGA directly, for the time being. The USGA, which runs the U.S. Open, allowed golfers like Mickelson to still play if they qualified. The six-time major champion finished 10-over at last week’s LIV Golf event. 

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On Thursday, which happened to be Mickelson’s 52nd birthday, the golfer finished eight over par on the day, leaving him tied for 145th after the first round. He finished with just one birdie on the day.

The big difference for Mickelson this week apart from last week is that he will face a cut tomorrow if he doesn’t improve his score, and would not play on the weekend rounds. LIV Golf does not cut golfers during a tournament.

There’s been plenty of reaction to the wild shots from Mickelson’s opening round from the golf world.

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MADISON WILLIAMS

Madison Williams is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated, where she specializes in tennis but covers a wide range of sports from a national perspective. Before joining SI in 2022, Williams worked at The Sporting News. Having graduated from Augustana College, she completed a master’s in sports media at Northwestern University. She is a dog mom and an avid reader.

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