Mickelson's Nine

After making a quadruple bogey 9 during Saturday's third round, Phil Mickelson cemented his position as the all-time choking dog of the U.S. Open. Mr. Five Wedges was contending for the lead at the golf course where he grew up and he fails not once, not twice, not three times but four times to put the ball on the green from less than 100 yards. The quad essentially ended his chances for a win before a hometown crowd. Fans say they love Phil's gambling streak, but his Tin Cup performance was more idiocy than gambling. Here's a question: where was his vaunted caddie Bones McKay after the first failed wedge rolled back to his feet? Mickelson may never win a U.S. Open but right now he leads in U.S. Opens thrown away with two -- Winged Foot and Torrey Pines.

Hitting range balls while wondering whatever happened to Jackie Cupit.