Top 25 golf stories of 2013, No. 11: Phil Mickelson holes out at Merion, still settles for 6th U.S. Open runner-up

After another final round collapse at the U.S. Open, it appeared 2013 would be a lost season for Phil Mickelson. The year in golf was defined by the two biggest stars of this generation -- Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson -- rising back to the top of the golf world and providing a major story for us to devour almost every month. It's hard to say anyone had a more eventful season than Tiger, but Phil was right there, creating drama and making...

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The day Tiger Woods ditched Jack Nicklaus for a high school golf match

The day before Tiger Woods lost the Northwestern Mutual World Challenge to Zach Johnson in a playoff, the world No. 1 sat down with the boys in the NBC booth for a wide-ranging interview that played out like ‘This is Your Life.’ When Tiger Woods, fresh from an even-par 72 on Saturday at his Northwestern Mutual World Challenge, put on the headset for a post-round chat with NBC broadcasters Roger Maltbie and Terry Gannon, he may not have...

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Arnold Palmer’s Masters record is safe from Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods looks ahead to going after the win records of Sam Snead and Jack Nicklaus, but he has no interest in targeting one that Arnold Palmer holds. The world No. 1 will kick off his 2014 U.S. season at Torrey Pines. Tiger Woods, as even casual observers of the world’s top-ranked golf enthusiast are aware, has one hallowed record he could break in 2014 and another he’s coveted since he was a kid and may yet set. There’s one mark, however,...

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