garyt1957
Phil winning the US Open would undoubtedly be the story of the year in golf. Sadly, at this stage of his career I just don't see it happening. Not impossible, but highly unlikely given his history and the fact that he just doesn't have the consistency off the tee in run-of-the-mill events, much less narrowed fairways that are typical of most US Opens. This week was his real last chance to get that feather in his cap imo. The course setup has been fair, on a layout that he's won tournaments on 5 different occasions. This tournament will be the glaring omission in an otherwise legendary career.
On a related note... at least he's not nosedived like Ernie Els has. His last win came six years ago on the European Tour, and I was somewhat surprised to see him ranked as high as he is currently - #348.
In 12 starts on the PGAT this year, he's only managed 12 rounds in the 60's, and he's either WD or missed the cut in half of them. But he's had a helluva career, nothing to hang is head about. Father Time has finally caught up with him.