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 Phil Mickelson birdies the final hole Sunday to beat Ernie Els by one stroke and win his first major championship in 47 attempts. • Gallery • Graphic: Stretch Run at Augusta • Audio: Mickelson on His Victory • Boswell: Escaping a Choke Hold • Jenkins: Mickelson Deserved It Masters Notebook Garcia Ends Strong Sergio Garcia had the low round of the tournament Sunday, a 6-under 66 that left him at 3-under 285 and in a tie for fifth place. In the News
Augusta Protest Ordinance Struck Down: Court Rules Move To Restrict Burk's Group Was Illegal (Post, April 16, 2004)
Mickelson's Masters Piece Draws Fewer TV Viewers (Post, April 13, 2004) In Line for a Fitting: Mickelson, DiMarco Share Lead In Pursuit of First Green Jacket (Post, April 11, 2004) After Two Days, Rose's Sweet Game Goes Sour in a Hurry (Post, April 11, 2004) England's Rose In Front by Two: Woods 6 Back in Palmer's Last Masters (Post, April 10, 2004) Mickelson Can Taste Elusive Victory (Post, April 10, 2004) Living on the Hedge: Rose Masters 1st Round; Woods Left in Prickly Spot (Post, April 9, 2004) Haas Looking for a Free Ryder (Post, April 9, 2004) At Masters, a Bunker Mentality: Play on Augusta Course Will Be Fast, Relentless in Season's First Major (Post, April 8, 2004) Palmer Tees It Up for 50th, Final Time (Post, April 8, 2004) Woods Has No Trouble Staying True to Himself: Before Masters, World's Top Golfer Isn't Worried About the State of His Game Despite Recent Cold Spell (Post, April 7, 2004) Lefty Looking To Get It Right (Post, April 7, 2004) Burk Presses Forward On Membership Issue (Post, April 6, 2004) Masters to Focus on Golf, Not Gab: Johnson vs. Burk Controversy Diminished as Season's First Major Approaches (Post, April 4, 2004)
Now that Phil Mickelson has won a major and we never have to ask again, "Phil, when are you going to win a major?" we can aim the searing light of interrogation on somebody else. You know who that somebody is, don't you?
When Phil Mickelson finally broke through Sunday in the 68th Masters, he did it with such style and authority -- with a 31 on the final nine holes to come from behind to beat Ernie Els by one shot -- that, for one day, all the rest was forgotten.
There was something right and complete about Phil Mickelson's victory in the Masters. Mickelson didn't win because it was Easter Sunday, or because a flock of eagles flew overhead, he finally won his first major championship because he thoroughly deserved it.
For Excitement, Mickelson's Masters Was One of the Best For sheer thrill-a minute excitement, I can't imagine there has ever been a more rousing back nine than the 2004 Masters, writes Leonard Shapiro for washingtonpost.com. © 2002-2005 The Washington Post Company |
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