The quotables are limitless. “Ben Hogan has officially rolled over in his grave,” He looks like he aged 5 years” “this better be a 4 wood.” You don’t have to go for the gusto here.” “This is a nightmare right here.” “You don’t have to ride down the stretch on a white stallion you can just limp in there and say thank you for the trophy”
Remember watching this live. This 18th hole was the best & most honest golf commentary I’ve ever heard anywhere. Johnny Miller commentating @ the US open was as good as it gets for for a live sports announcer.
Eric Anthony after the tee shot I couldn’t even watch I remember tucking my head in my arm and barely watching because I knew it was only gonna get worse from there....
I have never come across a bigger fan of Mickelson than myself so this obviously is tough for me to watch. This would've been Phil's 3rd Major win in a row and put him into another stratosphere at the time where only 1 other golfer has been. However, US Champion's do not hit 2 out of 14 fairways and that is all that Phil could muster on this day. The tee shot gets all the attention but obviously it was the 2nd shot that killed him. The one (and maybe only time) the NY crowds who love him urged him to his detriment. He should have chopped it up short of the green and hope to get it up and down to win it and if not, playoff tomorrow. Mind boggling that one of the greatest wedge players ever did not consider this. As Johnny Miller so correctly stated, there is nothing wrong with limping home and saying thanks for the trophy.
I enjoy watching Phil win, but it's fascinating to watch him fail. This instance was compounded by the vicious commentary of Johnny Miller, who was personally offended that Mickelson would squander something as meaningful as the US national championship. Miller's best rant begins at 5:35 including the instant-classic "You don't have to run down the last stretch on a white stallion"
It feels like Phil gets caught up in the fans adulation when he's in the woods. Everybody right next to him cheering him on, then Phil can't make himself do the sensible thing and pitch out, he wants to play the miracle shot. Sorry, not at Winged Foot. I would have loved to have seen him win this.
I think Phil Mickelson could play that hole again he'd still hit driver. He won't change his style or approach to please anyone else. I really think he'd rather lose doing it his way than win playing how people think he "should" play. It's just Phil and he has a ton of wins doing it his way.
@fierra Thank you so much for this upload I've heard so much about this dissasterous collapse by Phil but have never seen it till now... WoW how sad for phil
My wife and I were in the 18th tee gallery when he hit this tee shot, about 10 feet away. He hit the tee shot and loudly said "oh no" . Also before he teed off he was pacing back and forth . He was clearly very nervous.
Aside from the inexplicable happening here and Johnny Miller’s savagery, I always love the sequence when a popular golfer hits a long iron from the rough like 230 away and some goof fan yells “YEAHHH GET IN THE HOLE (NAME)!!” 🤦🏻♂️
PHIL MICKELSON LIVING LEGEND & CHAMPION 4 EVA!!! Phil will always try whatever it takes no matter the position on the golf course to win. Thats why Phil is a LEGEND and our CHAMPION!! So what he didnt pull it off that day but at least he went down punching and thats why we love that guy and will always support our living legend & Champion Phil Mickelson!!! GO FOR IT PHIL!!! That US Open Win that marks Phils Grand Slam in Golf is coming and well be there cheering our legend on!! GO FOR IT PHIL that 3 ft circle is our aim always and victory!!!
Basically this Open was about Harrington, Monty, Furyk and Mickelson all collapsing on 17 and 18 and missing opportunities that would have put them in a playoff or won it outright. Meanwhile, Ogilvy had the same chances and he was the only one to capitalize, chipping in for par at 17 and getting up and down at 18. Ogilvy earned it because he made the clutch shots down the stretch while everyone else fell apart. This open was brutally difficult, an old style U.S. Open where driving accuracy was king, as evidenced by the final score of +5.
amlnet49 Agreed, but you forgot Colin Montgomerie - he choked as badly as everyone else you listed who collapsed around Ogilvy, the one clutch finish and deservingly the champion.
Nate Mullins Sorry, I can't give chipping in or making a semi-long putt as being "clutch." There truly is a fine line between a setup where +5 wins and it ends up having the best player winning because its fair, and +5 winning and the person who won was not fair. Mickelson finished 1 stroke out of the lead despite missing ore than half of the fairways. No, the setup had far too much luck (it does in all tournaments but too much in this one) in play.
+amlnet49 Actually Ogilvy had a 2-stroke lead in the middle of the round and gagged with 4 bogeys coming in. He did make 4 pars to finish the round but at the time it looked like it was only going to be good enough for a top 5 finish.
Worst thing that happened was Phil not ending up in deep rough after his drive. The lie enticed him to go for the green which ended up costing him the title. If he had ended up in heavy rough he would have had to pitch back to the fairway. From there he makes no worse than 5, wins the open and has the career grand slam. BTW, the hospitality tent he hit isn’t there this year due to no fans. The same drive probably would have a clear shot at the green.
i remember it like yesterday........phil was white hot coming in having won the pga then his 2nd masters......tiger missed the cut so im automatically rooting for phil 1 shot lead on 18.....and he pulls out driver.....WHAT ARE YOU DOING???? i must have said WHAT ARE YOU DOING 20 times from right before he teed off till he finally holed out
It was a good 6 in the end. He drove the ball so poorly that sunday on one the most difficult courses ever seen. It was a miracle he was still in the lead playing the final hole. Majors always find you out if you're struggling with your swing. Like speith at the masters - holds it together for 3 and a half rounds then collapses on 12. The courses are just too exacting to win by hobbling round with a wild miss.
stevepising exactly the common thread between Spieth Mickelson and Van de Velde collapses is that all of them were leading by smoke and mirrors. Everyone forgets Van de Velde had been had blown a 5 shot lead in the first 8 holes Sunday before Craig Parry handed him the tournament on a silver platter with a triple bogey at 12. Spieth was leading but was playing much worse than his record setting performance the year before, he seemed to just be using his gained course knowledge from playing so well in 2014 and 2015, he had showed that he was patching together his game and his driving was poor. Mickelson had been driving it poorly all week which is why choosing driver was a bad decision, he had only hit 2 of 14 fairways in the final round but had been bailed out by Monty’s collapse
Underrated part of this collapse. Phil had won both the 2005 PGA championship and 2006 Masters. He was in the process of a "Phil-Slam" and just threw it away, trying to win pretty
So here we are, on the eve of the US Open at Winged Foot and I decided to watch this again, dummy that I am. I found myself hoping that that 3rd shot would get on the green. Weird. And I think I was more pissed off this time than I was when I saw it live. Using driver wasn't the problem; with that swing, he'd have hit the tent even with a 4-iron. And I'm still hoping; after all, I suffered with Arnie for about 20 years as he pursued his "4th leg," and I never gave up. So why start now with Phil?
Phil fucked this up. How the fuck you go driver when he hit it left in prior rounds as well? Plus, if you go 4-wood and layup, you give yourself a chance at par, worst case scenario you make bogey and you go 18 hole playoff at a course in which youve been the best player all week.
Andrew Krisman When you're an 8 time Major winner and you miss a simple baby putt to lose, you deserve to be regarded as a goat. His age had nothing to do with his pathetic nerves and putt. He disappointed the whole world and I don't even think he cared that he missed. He's ungrateful to his fans and has no character. He should have apologized for missing that and cried or did something to show he cared. I have no respect for the POS now.
Pill Box Those are strong comments, but I agree that Watson should have displayed some indication of self-loathing. If he's not good at crying, then I think a few dramatic pauses to compose himself during the interview would have been sufficient.
Watson has won, what? 9 majors.. he hasn't competed for one in over 25 years and then his in that position for the first time in a long time.. his not the first to throw away a lead down the last (look at this video!!) and he wonr be the last! Think these comments are a bit too strong
He fatted the 2nd shot, as Miller later questioned. Sounded fat, looked fat. A big 210yd slice is almost bread and butter for Phil. Tough to watch. Ogilvys last 2 pars were Top-Class. 🍻 🏆
Congrats to Johnny Miller for telling like it is. Phil gets too cute for his own good. He is up by two with three to go and he BLEW IT!!! This is why despite Jim Nantz kissing his ass, writers saying that "Phil being Phil" BS he will never, ever be as good as Tiger Woods. Too many writers give this guy a pass Sorry fellas, Tiger would have never blown a US Open like Phil did. Just like he blew the AT & T today, despite Jim "Kiss Ass" Nantz practically begging, he didn't do it
I have no idea what he was doing on his second shot. Looked like he had plenty of room to lay up with a short iron and leave himself a wedge to the hole.
Would be incredible if Phil redeems himself at Torrey Pines next month to complete the career grand slam. Doubtful but it would be great if he was in contention on Sunday :)
And they called Greg Norman a choker...LMAO....Phil made 3 massive shot decisions that were CRAP!!! but he has since become smarter......Olgilvy played a really good last round of 72 and Winged Foot was a BRUTAL test that week.
Heartbreaking collapse. Just a cocky attitude on the tee taking driver and swinging like that. And besides a couple of WGCs that was about it for Ogilvy.
***** That is a dumb comment. Jim knows how to caddie for Phil. You cannot reel in Mickelson and sometimes when you try to he plays worse. Phil missed more than half of the fairways on the course and was making pars from everywhere. Jim was supposed to jump out and say "hey! I don't want to mess with your mindset right now, but maybe you should play this hole differently than you have played every other hole up to this point that has put you in the lead!" Too many of you know too little about golf to be commenting.
+atiboyful not the caddy's obligation whatsoever. Phil hit the 2nd shot fat. it wasn't that difficult a shot to get it somewhere around the green where Phil is a magician. he just didn't pull it off.
Winged foot 18th hole has a dogleg phil had to clear. His 4 wood would not have cleared it. Driver was the right play. Laying up to about 130 yards yards was the right play on the second shot. Phil was a master with the wedge in his hand. He might have gotten par that way. Too bad who knows phil would have won the grand slam that year or not but his go for it style bit him in the ass.
Carlos Lugo 4 wood was fine he should have played it as a 3 shot hole and been okay with a 5 or 6 footer to win, knowing he would at worst be coming back on Monday
Why don't announcers in golf, like ever, explain why hitting a 4wood there, or say, hitting an iron, is the safer play when trying to protect a lead and making sure you hit the fairway. I mean, not once in the many decades I have watched, have they ever explained it. The casual fan doesn't know. For example, if the average hacker had to guarantee that he hit the fairway, if he tried to hit an iron off the tee, or even a 4wood, he would have much less chance of hitting the fairway than he would hitting a driver. Obviously the pros control the ball better with irons and 4wood's, etc. but how about one time in 50 years explaining that to the public, because it is the exact opposite of what they should do when under pressure.
So maybe 4 wood or long iron off the tee, then maybe another long iron to the green and 2 putts and thanks for the trophy Johnny? Sounds so simple except this isn't your average par 4 at your local municipal course. All the leaders coming in botched this hole. Even Ogilvy had to make a fantastic up and in to make par.
@@KingOfPopStars I wasn't trying to defend any of Mickelson's decisions. I was attacking Johnny Miller's 'par is a sure thing' philosophy. He's also insinuating that hitting the fairway is a sure thing too by taking less than a driver off the tee. Since you asked tho...I'm not gonna say it was a right or wrong decision off the tee. His second shot decision was the costly one for sure.
@@Dk-gl1nh To reiterate what I was saying I wasn't really going with or against what phil should do off the tee. I was attacking how oversimplistic JM was making it sound. Just listen to him at about 5:45. Say Phil finds the fairway with a long iron or 4 wood( which I recall Phil missing the fairway earlier in the round with less than driver) it is far from a sure thing to hit a long iron into a difficult green and get par. Did you forget that Colin Montgomerie was in the fairway with 7 iron in hand and somehow made the same score as Phil?. Also just because Miller happened to win a US Open which was some 33 years prior to this and on a different course, with different scoring conditions,does not mean he knows anything more and his words carry no more weight than anyone else.
+DanielSong39 The most underrated finish in Golf Major Championship History...no kidding here. That finish was for the ages in 2013. IMO, he made up for whatever he wants with that historic win, on a championship not suited for his style of play.
@@wreckim if anything it made this loss more painful because he proved he can play cautiously (as he did at the 04 masters) and it means this loss kept him from the career grand slam. He also would have been gunning for the Mickel-slam at Hoylake if he had won this
Yeah, I remember cringing when Johnny started to roast Phil for collapsing. Dan knew Phil would hear everything and therefore conflated the collapse to the entire field. I was so relieved when he shut him up. I love Johnny for his brutal honesty, but that was NOT the time. Go Phil @ Pihehurst (Sorry Martin Kaymer - I'm putting a hex on you now after your stunning -10 after Friday round.).
I can understand why u would say that and I even agree with you to a certain point. But I don't think it's fair to Ogilvy to say he "Didn't win it". Let's remember on the eighteenth, Ogilvy's ball landed in a divot, but he took his medicine dealt, with it like a man, and hit his shot. When it came up short he didn't huff and complain about how unlucky he was to land in a fucking divot with his perfect drive, he chipped it up there and made a putt. Ogilvy did everything right on that hole and did everything right throughout the championship.That is what the U.S Open is all about scrambling and saving pars. Mickelson didn't do either of those things on the final hole, which is strange because he was scrambling the entire day in the final round, the guy couldn't hit a fairway. But instead of chipping out and trying to knock a mid iron in close, like Ogilvy did, he choose to hit the impossible shot and it cost him.
+jpracingph Ogilvy almost lost it by making 4 bogeys after grabbing a 2-stroke lead in the middle of the round. If he had played solid he would've closed everyone out much earlier.
Why didn't his caddie tell him to lay up and one putt for the par...his short game was incredible back then.. play for the playoff on minday.....very sad...its sad to throw a major away. This is why Nicklaus and Watson and trevino won so many majors...dont make mental mistakes at crucial times
wonder if he could've hit the 4 wood (tee shot) and hit a draw rip over the second tree on the left. more carry with a draw. his worse defeat. he had won the 05 pga, 06 masters and of course should've won this. then woulda had a shot at 4 in a row. but he's won two majors since.
johnny is absolutely right....really sad, it was for the u.s. open, not some country club charity shit....hit a 3 iron, 5 iron, chip or putt it close....so sad
@@box294 i dont care what phil is. That is a terrible strategy up one in a major. Uphill into 15 to 20 Mph wind into you and clear a dogleg 250. Colin Monty hit a perfect drive that left him 174 yards to the hole and still doubled the hole mishitting a 7 iron short into the wind.
I absolutely love the colorful commentating by the legendary
Johnny Miller
Who’s watching this before the 2020 us open?
I can't get over how perfect Johnny was my god.
The quotables are limitless. “Ben Hogan has officially rolled over in his grave,” He looks like he aged 5 years” “this better be a 4 wood.” You don’t have to go for the gusto here.” “This is a nightmare right here.” “You don’t have to ride down the stretch on a white stallion you can just limp in there and say thank you for the trophy”
They’re not limitless if you literally just listed them all
@cirodimarzio8688 look up the definition of hyperbole Captain Obvious.
Remember watching this live. This 18th hole was the best & most honest golf commentary I’ve ever heard anywhere. Johnny Miller commentating @ the US open was as good as it gets for for a live sports announcer.
It’s something about it being Phil Mickelson choking that makes it uniquely hilarious, it wouldn’t be nearly as funny if it was any other golfer
Yeah, I miss Johnny Miller. Commentary nowadays is...lacking.
I still can't believe he did that, almost 10 years later and I'm still shaking my head.
I was there
Your head must be sore.
This shit was Van De Velde lite.
Johnny Miller just killing it.No one ever better
Remember watching this live, and couldn't believe it. Still can't.
3 iron, 3 iron maybe wins it. Playoff for sure.
Best video on TH-cam.
just Limp in Phil! And say thank you very much for the trophy!!!
Eric Anthony after the tee shot I couldn’t even watch I remember tucking my head in my arm and barely watching because I knew it was only gonna get worse from there....
Mickelson shouldn't have hit driver off the tee but don't let that distract you from the fact that the Seahawks should've run the ball.
I laughed so loud😂
Warriors blew a 3-1 lead.
@@leroyrodgers6089 Falcons blew a 28-3 lead.
Seahawks should have never even had a chance to screw up at the end if not for the freakiest luckiest catch in history
@@von4774
Nothing excuses calling a pass, instead of an automatic, no brainer run w Lynch
“I just don’t know when i watch phil sometimes, it’s always random, always gambling” perfect commentary
Yep, fittingly.
johnny is just brutally honest what did he say that isnt true
I have never come across a bigger fan of Mickelson than myself so this obviously is tough for me to watch. This would've been Phil's 3rd Major win in a row and put him into another stratosphere at the time where only 1 other golfer has been. However, US Champion's do not hit 2 out of 14 fairways and that is all that Phil could muster on this day. The tee shot gets all the attention but obviously it was the 2nd shot that killed him. The one (and maybe only time) the NY crowds who love him urged him to his detriment. He should have chopped it up short of the green and hope to get it up and down to win it and if not, playoff tomorrow. Mind boggling that one of the greatest wedge players ever did not consider this. As Johnny Miller so correctly stated, there is nothing wrong with limping home and saying thanks for the trophy.
I love this post and was saying for years punch out and use his wedge game from 130 yards i. The second shot did cost him the us open
Phil was winning everything at the time. He was finally challenging Tiger and then he did this and screed himself.
The lady asking him to sign something while he’s about to hit his third is laugh out loud funny
I’m playing winged foot tomorrow. Wanted a refresher on what happened there. This was gut wrenching. Might try to recreate that bunker shot though!!
I enjoy watching Phil win, but it's fascinating to watch him fail. This instance was compounded by the vicious commentary of Johnny Miller, who was personally offended that Mickelson would squander something as meaningful as the US national championship.
Miller's best rant begins at 5:35 including the instant-classic "You don't have to run down the last stretch on a white stallion"
Yeah whats Miller know he only won this tournament before he was born
It feels like Phil gets caught up in the fans adulation when he's in the woods. Everybody right next to him cheering him on, then Phil can't make himself do the sensible thing and pitch out, he wants to play the miracle shot. Sorry, not at Winged Foot. I would have loved to have seen him win this.
I think Phil Mickelson could play that hole again he'd still hit driver. He won't change his style or approach to please anyone else. I really think he'd rather lose doing it his way than win playing how people think he "should" play. It's just Phil and he has a ton of wins doing it his way.
@fierra
Thank you so much for this upload I've heard so much about this dissasterous collapse by Phil but have never seen it till now...
WoW how sad for phil
This would have been the 3rd major championship in a row for Phil
It was directed by Bucky Gunts! Can there be a better name than this…?
Lol
amazing that phil has added 2 more runner up finishes.
"This better be a 4-wood..."
-The incomparable Johnny Miller
@@RogerPeetIt means I hope he’s using a 4 wood
@@mattcorcoran7082
When i saw it wasn't an iron 😮😢
I totally agree with Johnny. It's precision golf. Put it in play!
My wife and I were in the 18th tee gallery when he hit this tee shot, about 10 feet away. He hit the tee shot and loudly said "oh no" . Also before he teed off he was pacing back and forth . He was clearly very nervous.
he was pacing back and forth like a tiger? ................. no pun intended
The worst 72nd hole collapse I've seen not performed by a Frenchman.
Aside from the inexplicable happening here and Johnny Miller’s savagery, I always love the sequence when a popular golfer hits a long iron from the rough like 230 away and some goof fan yells “YEAHHH GET IN THE HOLE (NAME)!!” 🤦🏻♂️
If these players had Johnny on the bag they would never ever lose, Johnny is right 100% of the time I swear.
LOL at 4:01 "Would you sign this?"
would have been hilarious if he did;-)
@@peartfaldo
Lol he should have. 🖊 😮
Legendary
PHIL MICKELSON LIVING LEGEND & CHAMPION 4 EVA!!! Phil will always try whatever it takes no matter the position on the golf course to win. Thats why Phil is a LEGEND and our CHAMPION!! So what he didnt pull it off that day but at least he went down punching and thats why we love that guy and will always support our living legend & Champion Phil Mickelson!!! GO FOR IT PHIL!!! That US Open Win that marks Phils Grand Slam in Golf is coming and well be there cheering our legend on!! GO FOR IT PHIL that 3 ft circle is our aim always and victory!!!
This is the difference between him and Tiger... The mental game!
Tiger could have used a rake... and still would have piped his tee ball down the center of the fairway.
@@tomace4898 hahaha, you are correct!!
Phil's newest instructional video: "You too can play U.S. Open Golf"
It’s sad how we loved Phil back then and not so much$$
Mitch McConnell 3:16?
When you remember where you were at... It was unreal!
Tin Cup , Balls to the wall Phil. Gotta love that do or die , crash and burn attitude. It sure is exciting to watch :)
Basically this Open was about Harrington, Monty, Furyk and Mickelson all collapsing on 17 and 18 and missing opportunities that would have put them in a playoff or won it outright. Meanwhile, Ogilvy had the same chances and he was the only one to capitalize, chipping in for par at 17 and getting up and down at 18. Ogilvy earned it because he made the clutch shots down the stretch while everyone else fell apart. This open was brutally difficult, an old style U.S. Open where driving accuracy was king, as evidenced by the final score of +5.
amlnet49 Agreed, but you forgot Colin Montgomerie - he choked as badly as everyone else you listed who collapsed around Ogilvy, the one clutch finish and deservingly the champion.
amlnet49 Driving accuracy was king. And yet going into the 72nd hole, Mickelson as leading despite having hit less than half of his fairways.
Nate Mullins Sorry, I can't give chipping in or making a semi-long putt as being "clutch."
There truly is a fine line between a setup where +5 wins and it ends up having the best player winning because its fair, and +5 winning and the person who won was not fair. Mickelson finished 1 stroke out of the lead despite missing ore than half of the fairways. No, the setup had far too much luck (it does in all tournaments but too much in this one) in play.
+amlnet49 Actually Ogilvy had a 2-stroke lead in the middle of the round and gagged with 4 bogeys coming in. He did make 4 pars to finish the round but at the time it looked like it was only going to be good enough for a top 5 finish.
the monty one was crazy too.....right in the middle of the fairway perfect position and he comes up what like 3 clubs short.....oh man
Excuse me, I believe that jacket belongs to Mr. Gilmore!
“Ben Hogan has officially rolled over in his grave!!!” Omg I miss Johnny. 😭
Worst thing that happened was Phil not ending up in deep rough after his drive. The lie enticed him to go for the green which ended up costing him the title. If he had ended up in heavy rough he would have had to pitch back to the fairway. From there he makes no worse than 5, wins the open and has the career grand slam. BTW, the hospitality tent he hit isn’t there this year due to no fans. The same drive probably would have a clear shot at the green.
This was just so painful to watch in real time!
still painful
I heard he had $200,000 on Ogilvie to win.
So bad! Lol
Please Phil win one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i remember it like yesterday........phil was white hot coming in having won the pga then his 2nd masters......tiger missed the cut so im automatically rooting for phil 1 shot lead on 18.....and he pulls out driver.....WHAT ARE YOU DOING???? i must have said WHAT ARE YOU DOING 20 times from right before he teed off till he finally holed out
It doesn't speak well to my character, but I enjoy this so much
It was a good 6 in the end. He drove the ball so poorly that sunday on one the most difficult courses ever seen. It was a miracle he was still in the lead playing the final hole. Majors always find you out if you're struggling with your swing. Like speith at the masters - holds it together for 3 and a half rounds then collapses on 12. The courses are just too exacting to win by hobbling round with a wild miss.
stevepising exactly the common thread between Spieth Mickelson and Van de Velde collapses is that all of them were leading by smoke and mirrors. Everyone forgets Van de Velde had been had blown a 5 shot lead in the first 8 holes Sunday before Craig Parry handed him the tournament on a silver platter with a triple bogey at 12. Spieth was leading but was playing much worse than his record setting performance the year before, he seemed to just be using his gained course knowledge from playing so well in 2014 and 2015, he had showed that he was patching together his game and his driving was poor. Mickelson had been driving it poorly all week which is why choosing driver was a bad decision, he had only hit 2 of 14 fairways in the final round but had been bailed out by Monty’s collapse
Considering how bad he was off the tee that whole day I don't even think a 4 wood would have worked
Underrated part of this collapse. Phil had won both the 2005 PGA championship and 2006 Masters. He was in the process of a "Phil-Slam" and just threw it away, trying to win pretty
Phil would have also become the number 1 player in the world
Yep they were calling it the “Mickel-slam”
Yeah and the US Open is a “win ugly” tournament
So here we are, on the eve of the US Open at Winged Foot and I decided to watch this again, dummy that I am. I found myself hoping that that 3rd shot would get on the green. Weird. And I think I was more pissed off this time than I was when I saw it live. Using driver wasn't the problem; with that swing, he'd have hit the tent even with a 4-iron. And I'm still hoping; after all, I suffered with Arnie for about 20 years as he pursued his "4th leg," and I never gave up. So why start now with Phil?
Hey there, Very Resourceful crawl heap What's your opinion about that 11
Phil fucked this up. How the fuck you go driver when he hit it left in prior rounds as well? Plus, if you go 4-wood and layup, you give yourself a chance at par, worst case scenario you make bogey and you go 18 hole playoff at a course in which youve been the best player all week.
I was there next to the tee box
Poor guy is trying to concentrate and all those clowns yelling his name and talking to him as though they are old friends. Total tools.
Best US Open of the decade?
Andrew Krisman best choke of the decade, probably. Maybe Tom Watson's epic choke at british open was more pathetic
Pretty harsh on Tom Watson!
Andrew Krisman When you're an 8 time Major winner and you miss a simple baby putt to lose, you deserve to be regarded as a goat. His age had nothing to do with his pathetic nerves and putt. He disappointed the whole world and I don't even think he cared that he missed. He's ungrateful to his fans and has no character. He should have apologized for missing that and cried or did something to show he cared. I have no respect for the POS now.
Pill Box Those are strong comments, but I agree that Watson should have displayed some indication of self-loathing. If he's not good at crying, then I think a few dramatic pauses to compose himself during the interview would have been sufficient.
Watson has won, what? 9 majors.. he hasn't competed for one in over 25 years and then his in that position for the first time in a long time.. his not the first to throw away a lead down the last (look at this video!!) and he wonr be the last! Think these comments are a bit too strong
Johnny Miller roasted him to a pulp Jeez!
I’m not a Phil guy but even I was cringing
He fatted the 2nd shot, as Miller later questioned. Sounded fat, looked fat. A big 210yd slice is almost bread and butter for Phil. Tough to watch.
Ogilvys last 2 pars were Top-Class. 🍻 🏆
Congrats to Johnny Miller for telling like it is. Phil gets too cute for his own good. He is up by two with three to go and he BLEW IT!!! This is why despite Jim Nantz kissing his ass, writers saying that "Phil being Phil" BS he will never, ever be as good as Tiger Woods. Too many writers give this guy a pass Sorry fellas, Tiger would have never blown a US Open like Phil did. Just like he blew the AT & T today, despite Jim "Kiss Ass" Nantz practically begging, he didn't do it
OVC155 Another reason Phil will never ever be greater than Tiger. Tiger has never and will never have a meltdown like Phil did here.
His ego cost him a US Open title, a big mistake hitting the driver then a catastrophic decision to go for the green.
I come across this every now and then. Hoping for a different result every time
Jean van de Velde liked this video...
Underrated comment bro.
I have no idea what he was doing on his second shot. Looked like he had plenty of room to lay up with a short iron and leave himself a wedge to the hole.
He did leaving him with about 100 yard third shot
@@carloslugo4526 No, he tried a long iron and hit a tree, leaving himself over 200 yards from the hole from a bad angle in the rough
@@DanielSong39 i meant he should have laid up with a wedge leaving him with 100 yard third shot
Would be incredible if Phil redeems himself at Torrey Pines next month to complete the career grand slam. Doubtful but it would be great if he was in contention on Sunday :)
what happened to phil?normally he is calm i believe. just cant believe how he played for the hole.
l good Phil is known as a gambler on the course
And they called Greg Norman a choker...LMAO....Phil made 3 massive shot decisions that were CRAP!!! but he has since become smarter......Olgilvy played a really good last round of 72 and Winged Foot was a BRUTAL test that week.
Paul EJ Norman was a choker. Phil made two bad decisions.
This was truly heartbreaking and awkward (Post chip)to watch .
Heartbreaking collapse. Just a cocky attitude on the tee taking driver and swinging like that. And besides a couple of WGCs that was about it for Ogilvy.
This is how US Open scores should be. - 16 at US Open. Get real.
"This better be a 4-wood."
I miss Johnny Miller.
Phil did his best Jean van de Velde impersonation.
Yea but I’m sure you agree Jean’s
was worse. Imagine having a 3
Stroke lead on the last hole and having to go to a playoff. That was Jean. Ugh
mickelson is the biggest choke artist in history
One of the best players in the last 30 years on the tour. How many majors have you won? Oh zero! Douchebag.
Bones made his biggest mistake here in not telling Phil to just pitch out and go for the par
***** That is a dumb comment. Jim knows how to caddie for Phil. You cannot reel in Mickelson and sometimes when you try to he plays worse. Phil missed more than half of the fairways on the course and was making pars from everywhere. Jim was supposed to jump out and say "hey! I don't want to mess with your mindset right now, but maybe you should play this hole differently than you have played every other hole up to this point that has put you in the lead!"
Too many of you know too little about golf to be commenting.
+Aaron Smith Bones NEEDED to reel in Phil on this occasion. YOU have made a dumb comment!
+atiboyful not the caddy's obligation whatsoever. Phil hit the 2nd shot fat. it wasn't that difficult a shot to get it somewhere around the green where Phil is a magician. he just didn't pull it off.
We respectfully disagree! That's OK! God Bless You!
bro I GUARANTEE you bones told him to take it easy.....phil will ignore him at times.....hes just a stubborn gambler sometimes we all know that
Winged foot 18th hole has a dogleg phil had to clear. His 4 wood would not have cleared it. Driver was the right play. Laying up to about 130 yards yards was the right play on the second shot. Phil was a master with the wedge in his hand. He might have gotten par that way. Too bad who knows phil would have won the grand slam that year or not but his go for it style bit him in the ass.
Carlos Lugo 4 wood was fine he should have played it as a 3 shot hole and been okay with a 5 or 6 footer to win, knowing he would at worst be coming back on Monday
Johnny Miller LMAO, "Ben Hogan has officially rolled over in his grave."
It's a shame that this great performance was ruined by the poor video quality (240p). JMO
Why don't announcers in golf, like ever, explain why hitting a 4wood there, or say, hitting an iron, is the safer play when trying to protect a lead and making sure you hit the fairway. I mean, not once in the many decades I have watched, have they ever explained it. The casual fan doesn't know. For example, if the average hacker had to guarantee that he hit the fairway, if he tried to hit an iron off the tee, or even a 4wood, he would have much less chance of hitting the fairway than he would hitting a driver. Obviously the pros control the ball better with irons and 4wood's, etc. but how about one time in 50 years explaining that to the public, because it is the exact opposite of what they should do when under pressure.
So maybe 4 wood or long iron off the tee, then maybe another long iron to the green and 2 putts and thanks for the trophy Johnny?
Sounds so simple except this isn't your average par 4 at your local municipal course. All the leaders coming in botched this hole. Even Ogilvy had to make a fantastic up and in to make par.
You're defending Mickelson's decisions?
@@KingOfPopStars I wasn't trying to defend any of Mickelson's decisions. I was attacking Johnny Miller's 'par is a sure thing' philosophy. He's also insinuating that hitting the fairway is a sure thing too by taking less than a driver off the tee.
Since you asked tho...I'm not gonna say it was a right or wrong decision off the tee. His second shot decision was the costly one for sure.
@@williamshultz4620 it was the wrong decision and johnny Miller is the most qualified to have win the US open at oakmont in the style that he did
@@Dk-gl1nh To reiterate what I was saying I wasn't really going with or against what phil should do off the tee. I was attacking how oversimplistic JM was making it sound. Just listen to him at about 5:45. Say Phil finds the fairway with a long iron or 4 wood( which I recall Phil missing the fairway earlier in the round with less than driver) it is far from a sure thing to hit a long iron into a difficult green and get par. Did you forget that Colin Montgomerie was in the fairway with 7 iron in hand and somehow made the same score as Phil?.
Also just because Miller happened to win a US Open which was some 33 years prior to this and on a different course, with different scoring conditions,does not mean he knows anything more and his words carry no more weight than anyone else.
Well, at least Mickelson made up for it with the 2013 Open Championship. There he did the opposite of what he did in the 2006 US Open.
+DanielSong39 The most underrated finish in Golf Major Championship History...no kidding here. That finish was for the ages in 2013. IMO, he made up for whatever he wants with that historic win, on a championship not suited for his style of play.
@@wreckim if anything it made this loss more painful because he proved he can play cautiously (as he did at the 04 masters) and it means this loss kept him from the career grand slam. He also would have been gunning for the Mickel-slam at Hoylake if he had won this
Our Jean van de Velde
Pharmaceutical Phil😥
I think Phil gave it to the other player as a gift.
its funny how the other announcer cuts johnny off at 12:45 just when he is about to go in on phil.
Yeah, I remember cringing when Johnny started to roast Phil for collapsing. Dan knew Phil would hear everything and therefore conflated the collapse to the entire field. I was so relieved when he shut him up. I love Johnny for his brutal honesty, but that was NOT the time.
Go Phil @ Pihehurst (Sorry Martin Kaymer - I'm putting a hex on you now after your stunning -10 after Friday round.).
actually it 12:37
Ogilvy didn't win this. Mickelson lost it.
that's not what the trophy reads..
cityofchamps66 True. But, you know what I'm saying. :)
I can understand why u would say that and I even agree with you to a certain point. But I don't think it's fair to Ogilvy to say he "Didn't win it". Let's remember on the eighteenth, Ogilvy's ball landed in a divot, but he took his medicine dealt, with it like a man, and hit his shot. When it came up short he didn't huff and complain about how unlucky he was to land in a fucking divot with his perfect drive, he chipped it up there and made a putt. Ogilvy did everything right on that hole and did everything right throughout the championship.That is what the U.S Open is all about scrambling and saving pars. Mickelson didn't do either of those things on the final hole, which is strange because he was scrambling the entire day in the final round, the guy couldn't hit a fairway. But instead of chipping out and trying to knock a mid iron in close, like Ogilvy did, he choose to hit the impossible shot and it cost him.
+jpracingph Ogilvy almost lost it by making 4 bogeys after grabbing a 2-stroke lead in the middle of the round. If he had played solid he would've closed everyone out much earlier.
Ogilvy chipped in on 17, then up n down on 18. Under pressure, he indeed won it
Why didn't his caddie tell him to lay up and one putt for the par...his short game was incredible back then.. play for the playoff on minday.....very sad...its sad to throw a major away. This is why Nicklaus and Watson and trevino won so many majors...dont make mental mistakes at crucial times
phil thought he was a stud. unlike those cold assassins.
one of those people ruled by the testosterone in their system.
those were the years , pure tension baby , not like today golf is so boring to watch
I have never been a Phil fan, so this didn't bother me one bit.
wonder if he could've hit the 4 wood (tee shot) and hit a draw rip over the second tree on the left. more carry with a draw. his worse defeat. he had won the 05 pga, 06 masters and of course should've won this. then woulda had a shot at 4 in a row. but he's won two majors since.
Don’t forget
This guy won the 2021 PGA at 50. But yes no US Opens. At least he admitted to being an idiot in his interview.
van de Velde revisited. What a chokapotamus.
Paul Dirac 42 events including 5 majors......................be quiet
fradaja Yes...5 majors...but he choked like hell in this one.
Heya mate strike Does anybody identify larger than this version ?!omg
I don't think Mickelson was much in to the fitness side of golf training
he is now
johnny is absolutely right....really sad, it was for the u.s. open, not some country club charity shit....hit a 3 iron, 5 iron, chip or putt it close....so sad
Bruh Phil weighs at least 50 pounds more in this video than his current weight
Just hit 3 iron then 5 or 6 iron and the Trophy is Phil’s. Bones failed him here. Plenty of times he has insisted Phil hit iron, but not this time
3 iron on a par 4, 450 yard uphill into the wind with a dogleg he has to clear at 250 yards. Good luck with that with only a 3 iron off that tee.
@@carloslugo4526 It's almost like hes a pro and that should be possible for one of the best players in the world.
@@box294 i dont care what phil is. That is a terrible strategy up one in a major. Uphill into 15 to 20 Mph wind into you and clear a dogleg 250. Colin Monty hit a perfect drive that left him 174 yards to the hole and still doubled the hole mishitting a 7 iron short into the wind.
Bones ? Maybe Bones should of hit the tee shot on 18
@@carloslugo4526 it was not a 10-15 mph wind there was virtually no wind and was very humid
Big Phil the roller-coaster 🎢 ride ha ha, great entertainer will miss the big man when he finally calls it a day, bit away yet
Why is there a woman in the men's locker room?
everybody in there is already pissed...................... cause they lost
aha, ok. i ll get my coat.
Where is Romeo when you need him. He would have broken every club except the 7 iron.
That was hard to watch...
Phil lost. Olgilvie owes Phil for the rest of his life. He was all smiles because, in his mind, he would get another shot and win a few. Not to be.
The drive was bad but the second and third shots were just rash and Colin just choked.
Dan Hicks choked worse than Mickelson. He created a new word at 6.10....."maded". Wow.