Tiger in, Phil out?
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- July
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As I reported today, Tiger Woods looks like he’s definitely coming to Westchester for the Barclays based on his response yesterday that he plans to play all four FedEx Cup playoff events.
But as Chris Lewis notes on his blog, Phil Mickelson does not list the Barclays on the schedule on his web site, feeding the increasing speculation that His Leftiness will not be in the field for the tour’s first playoff event.
This would hardly be a surprise based on Mickelson’s nagging wrist, but also the rumblings that he’s not completely enamored with Westchester. A number of people have told me over the years that Mickelson, while not overly critical of the golf course, has complained about the pace of play challenges that always seem to dog Westchester—most notably when players wait to drive the greens on the seventh and 10th holes. Of course, I’ve never had this confirmed to me directly since the one time I asked Phil about it, last year, he said it wasn’t an issue.
Still, I’m now skeptical that he’s on board for the first playoff event, and as a number of people have already noted, I wouldn’t be surprised if he skips the whole thing.
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on Tuesday, July 31st, 2007 at 3:57 pm by Sam Weinman.
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