Phil Mickelson's wife and mother are both undergoing treatment for cancer. How could he possibly be expected to do well under those circumstances.
But, sometimes adversity makes a person go above and beyond.
His mom and wife were both there to see him win, beating the record set by Tiger (news whore, Woods) with a 16 under 272 score.
It's nice to hear a good story from time-to-time when we are overrun by a news media that just wants to run stories of failure -- something that seems to garner better ratings.
I hope Phil's wife and mother get a good boost out of this. As a cancer survivor who met some really nice women with worse cancers than mine while in treatment, I know they need all the lifts they can get.
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