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Phil Mickelson waves after
making a birdie on the fifth
hole during the first round of
the Desert Classic golf tour-
nament at La Quinta Country
Club on Thursday, Jan. 17,
2019, in La Quinta, Calif.
Associated Press TALE
Phil Mickelson

shoots 12-under

60 at La Quinta
in 2019 debut of

LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) —
Phil Mickelson still feels as
young as ever. He still plays
that way, too.
Mickelson began his 27th
full season as a pro Thurs- 2 QBs
day by flirting with one of
the few feats he hasn't ac-
complished — golf's mag-
ic number. The 48-year-
old left-hander still shot a
12-under 60 in the Desert
Classic, tying his career-
low score he last shot in
the Phoenix Open six years
ago. It was the most under
par he has been in any of
the 2,077 rounds he has
played on the PGA Tour.
"It was a kind of a lucky
day for me in the sense
that I did not feel sharp
heading in," Mickelson
said. "I haven't really had
the intense practice ses-
sions that I would like, but
I felt like all parts were OK
and it just clicked. Some
days you have those days Brady, Mahomes achieve success different ways
where it just clicked. And
the bad shots that I hit, I
got away with. I was able On top, in a Dec. 2, 2018, file photo, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady directs teammates at the line of scrimmage
to kind of not have the big during an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. Bottom, in a Jan. 12, 2019, file
score." photo, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) calls a play at the line of scrimmage during the first half of an NFL
divisional football playoff game against the Indianapolis Colts in Kansas City, Mo.
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