GLENEAGLES, Scotland (AP) – Phil Mickelson once had a corporate sponsor that built a marketing campaign around the phrase, “What will Phil do next?”
The better question: What will Phil say next?
Right when the Ryder Cup was dragging through the doldrums of interviews where captains and players try to say all the right things, along came Mickelson with one of his playful digs that gave the media something more than Sir Alex Ferguson to talk about.
The topic was whether Americans should be questioned for lacking team chemistry when have trailed only once in the last four Ryder Cups after the team matches.
“Well, not only are we able to play together,” Mickelson said, “we also don’t litigate against each other. And that’s a real plus, I feel, heading into the week.”