PHIL MICKELSON ended the longest drought of his golf career with a playoff victory Sunday over Justin Thomas in the Mexico Championship. For the first time in 102 tournaments around the world, dating to the summer of 2013 when he won the British Open at Muirfield, the 47-year-old Mickelson showed he still had the stuff to beat players who weren’t even born when he collected the first of his 43 victories on the PGA Tour. “This is a very meaningful win,” Mickelson said. “I can’t really put it into words given the tough times over the last four years, and the struggle to get here, and knowing that I was able to compete at this level but not doing it. “To finally break through and to have this validation means a lot to me.” Mickelson, who closed with a 5-under 66, was at his best over the back nine with as many as six players still in the mix. (SD-Agencies) |