Golf Talk

I have to admit, as much as I respect Phil Mickelson and his game and all that he’s contributed to the tour, his whining this week is really starting to get to me. I wrote about Phil’s whining yesterday, but his comments today go way over the top,

Q. The injury and not be being able to prepare the way you wanted to and not being able to practice the way you wanted to?

PHIL MICKELSON: Well, it’s disappointing to dream as a kid about winning the U.S. Open and spend all this time getting ready for it and have the course setup, injury, you know? To think that the end of this tournament — you’re trying to win and hit great shots but you’re also trying to not end your career on one shot, which — or at least suspend it for a while. That’s a little disappointing, yeah.

Q. Would you reevaluate your preparation for the majors?

PHIL MICKELSON: Absolutely, I’m going to have to change things. This really was dangerous doing what I did because the rough was twice as long and I thought that they may play it like that, and certainly with this liquid fertilizer and these new machines that make the grass suck straight up it absolutely is dangerous. The first practice round on Monday, Jim Weathers had 6 other appointments, people hurting their ribs, their back, their wrists, it’s dangerous, it really is. You’ve got 5 or 6-inch rough and you can only get a wedge in there, what good is it to practice?

Dangerous?? Are you freakin’ serious, Phil? Getting crunched by a 250-pound linebacker from your blind side is dangerous. Getting whacked in the chops by a wayward stick is dangerous. Having a 100-mph fastball thrown at your head is dangerous. Playing bumper cars in an oval track at 250-mph with 60 other crazy maniacs is dangerous. Hitting your ball a thousand times out of 6-inch rough and wrecking your wrist before your biggest tournament of the year is simply stupid, not dangerous.

I think we as media tend to coddle these golfers too much. If they want to be treated like world-class athletes, they should play and act like it. Danger is something that is a part of LIFE, get over it. Play on, and quit acting like a baby, Phil.

PGA Tour, US Open, Oakmont, Phil Mickelson

Quotes from ASAP Sports