Global Golf Post: Troubles Build for Mickelson
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Art Spander in Farmer's Insurance Open, Phil Mickelson, articles, golf

By Art Spander
For GlobalGolfPost.com

LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA -- This wasn't what the Farmers Insurance Open needed, the hometown kid -- well, he's no longer a kid and maybe this is the issue -- missing the cut. And, because that Tiger guy wasn't around, other than around the world, it left a void in the superstar category.

Phil Mickelson had won the tournament, once known as the Buick Invitational, three times. He was the biggest name at Torrey Pines. What a site and sight it is, rambling along the bluffs above the breaking surf.

His participation, however...

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