Tiger vs Phil golf match
Phil Mickelson beats Tiger Woods in The Match to claim $9m prize
Phil Mickelson birdied the fourth playoff opening in close obscurity to beat Tiger Woods and win The Match – a made-for-TV coordinate play challenge – and the $9m (£7m) prize in Las Vegas.
Mickelson birdied the 22nd opening at Shadow Creek to win a low-quality challenge which neglected to satisfy the publicity and was in the long run chosen by minimal in excess of a pitch-and-putt rivalry. The five-time significant victor likewise recouped from losing a $200,000 (£156,000) side wager on the opening gap by winning three closest the-stick challenges for an aggregate of $600,000 dollars (£468,000), with that cash apparently originating from the players themselves and being given to philanthropy. "Multi day like today wouldn't remove anything from Tiger's enormity, he's the best ever, however to have some smack talk for the following couple of years implies a ton to me since I don't have much on him," Mickelson said. Most of the play in Vegas was mediocre to the point that different individuals from the analysis group were moved to remark. "This is some horrible golf," said previous NBA star Charles Barkley, while previous Open boss Darren Clarke yielded after 10 gaps: "We require a start, we require something." Mickelson was one up going into the turn after Woods had three-putted the past opening to make his second intruder of the day, yet Woods did at any rate birdie the eleventh and twelfth to edge in front out of the blue. Mickelson won his third closest the-stick challenge on the thirteenth, a triumph worth $300,000 dollars (£234,000), and furthermore changed over the birdie putt from nine feet to get back on level terms, previously edging in front on the fifteenth after Woods neglected to get here and there from shy of the green. "I have an exceptional chance to accomplish something that I've experienced serious difficulties doing in my vocation, which is get a decisive advantage over Tiger in anything," said Mickelson. "It's extraordinary to win the nine million. I simply would prefer not to lose to him and give him the fulfillment in light of the fact that the boasting rights are what will be much more terrible than the cash." This brings up the issue with respect to why $9m is required by any stretch of the imagination. Read the full article