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Phil Mickelson was the defending champion of the PGA Championship heading into Southern Hills last week but the 51-year-old legend opted to stay in hiding and not try to run it back.
Even though Mickelson didn’t strike a single shot in the 2022 PGA Championship, he still suffered one of the most beautiful losses of his career because he had to sit there and watch (he probably didn’t watch but he has most definitely heard about what happened) as his former caddie, the great Jim “Bones” Mackay, was on the bag for another major championship victory, this time with Justin Thomas who took home the Wanamaker Trophy with a thrilling victory that he clinched after a three-hole playoff with Will Zalatoris.
