Phil Mickelson’s history of misery in U.S. Open continued at The Country Club: ‘I thought I was more prepared than I was’

BROOKLINE, Mass. – Misery has long been the unwanted 15^th club in Phil Mickelson’s bag at a U.S. Open.

Start with the “I’m such an idiot,” conclusion to the 2006 U.S. Open at Winged Foot, when he led by one with one hole to play and blew his drive off a hospitality tent, made a double-bogey 6 and missed a playoff by one shot.

Or go to Merion for the 2013 U.S. Open where he led on three different occasions in the final round but missed two greens with a wedge in his hand on the back nine, including at the 110-yard, par-3 13^th, and lost by two.