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CBS Sports: 'Tough for everybody'? Not quite, and Mickelson slips

SOUTHPORT, England -- For Phil Mickelson, Royal Birkdale is a royal pain in the scorecard. Every 10 years or so, the British Open shows up here on the Lancashire Coast, and Phil's game does not.

The third round of the 1998 Open, when golf broke down Mickelson faster than an interrogation by Scotland Yard, he had his all-time worst score in a major, 15-over-par 85. Reflecting on 40 mph winds, he said, "It was a challenging day."

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