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The second rules official agreed with the first. He asked for another ruling from a second one. Initially, Mickelson argued that the first rules official was wrong. "The guy came over and saved me a penalty because I had dropped it in the ruling under last year and didn't realize it had been changed, and he came and saved me a stroke, so I was very appreciative," Mickelson said after his round. He was 5 over after 36 holes, right on the cut line. The rules officials saved Mickelson from being assessed a 1-stroke penalty for playing his ball from the wrong spot. He asked playing partner Rickie Fowler if he was correct, and Fowler responded with a thumbs up.īut then a rules official came across the fairway and informed Mickelson that he had taken an improper drop. Mickelson was then going to give himself another two club lengths of relief.
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Phil Mickelson has spent the past couple of months blasting professional men's golf's "establishment" on social media, but rules officials stopped him from making a mistake during the second round of the PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club on Friday.Īfter Mickelson hit his tee shot into the water down the right side of the sixth fairway, he dropped a ball near where he believed his original one had entered the hazard. Rules official saves 'appreciative' Phil Mickelson from penalty
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