Company owned by Phil Mickelson's dad has golf impact

Despite a bogey on the final hole at Merion - the 18th was so tough it didn't yield a single birdie in the third round - Mickelson was the sole survivor to par Saturday with an even-par 70 that gave him a one-shot lead over Hunter Mahan, Steve StrickerBut how cool that 63 years later Phil Mickelson was captured hitting on No. 18 pretty similarly to Ben Hogan when Hogan won back in 1950. Before the tournament Tiger Woods mentioned that the Hogan photo was only cool because he got in the house from Geoff Ogilvy, Phil Mickelson — Getty ImagesThere has never been a man that has come closer to winning the U.S. Open than Phil Mickelson. The bridesmaid at this major championship, it has always seemed that the U.S. Open is the one event that Mickelson Phil Mickelson will continue to anchor the field on the final day at the 2013 U.S. Open. The rarest of birdies at No. 17 pushed

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