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Phil Mickelson Can Only Blame Himself for Opening Round at U.S. Open

Mickelson, who has a love-hate relationship with the U.S. Open, can't fault the USGA for his one-over 72 on Thursday at Pebble Beach.

Michael Rosenberg

Phil Mickelson Can Only Blame Himself for Opening Round at U.S. Open
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Michael Rosenberg
MICHAEL ROSENBERG

Michael Rosenberg is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, covering any and all sports. He writes columns, profiles and investigative stories and has covered almost every major sporting event. He joined SI in 2012 after working at the Detroit Free Press for 13 years, eight of them as a columnist. Rosenberg is the author of "War As They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler and America in a Time of Unrest." Several of his stories also have been published in collections of the year's best sportswriting. He is married with three children.