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The truly sad thing about the 2006 US Open is this:
Before the round Mickelson was falling apart on the range and Rick Smith kept overloading him with suggestions. Finally, he snapped back at him, "Could you just give me one thing to think about?" Smith couldn't do it (he should have told him to maintain the flex in his trail leg, but Rick Smith is a ****ing idiot).
Eventually, Phil got so desperate that he took balls out of his own bag and started hitting drivers on the fringe of the practice green, searching for a feeling right before he teed off.
In spite of all of that, he held it together for 17 holes, only to undo himself on the 18th.
In the Greek sense, there are fewer larger tragedies in sporting history.
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