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Newsday (N.Y.): Phil Mickelson has one-shot lead at U.S. Open
8:42 AMBy Art Spander
Special to Newsday
ARDMORE, Pa. — Once more Phil Mickelson is on the brink, with the chance to win the championship he covets, America's national championship, the U.S. Open.
Saturday afternoon, with the lead slipping through one pair of hands after another, as if it was the white sand in the bunkers of famed Merion Golf Club, Mickelson eventually ended up where he had been at the end of the previous two rounds: in first.
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