Newsday (N.Y.): Balky putter causes Phil Mickelson to miss the cut

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Art Spander in Farmer's Insurance Open, Phil Mickelson, articles, golf

By Art Spander
Special to Newsday

SAN DIEGO — The Farmers Insurance Open lost its second star in two days when hometown guy Phil Mickelson, putting "beyond pathetic," missed the cut Friday. Tiger Woods withdrew from the PGA Tour event Thursday because of a bad back.

Mickelson, who grew up playing Torrey Pines, shot a par 72 on the easier North Course after a 2-over 74 Thursday on the South, the one on which Woods won the 2008 U.S. Open.

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