Phil outclassed the rest. Brooks and Louis were the only ones who had a realistic chance to test him. Brooks had a brief glimpse but faltered quickly. His play on the par 5s was abysmal. Louis could not get hot with the putter. Gonna be interesting to see what Phil can do at Torrey.

    ode Louis could not get hot with the putter.

    He never will 'get hot with the putter'. He's been trying since coming to the PGA. It's why he has never won here; a fact I did not realize until this week.

      I noticed Lefty has some kind of zen-focus routine (on the greens) that's new. He stands there and just moves his head from ball to the hole and back a few times.

        sdandrea1 Dude can roll the rock, even with an increasingly old school version of the old Wilson putter that Crenshaw used to use.
        For a long time he moved to an Odyssey version with an insert but it looks like he is back to the classic all metal putter now.

            rsvman2 Dude can roll the rock,

            He puts his drives out there with the best of them, too. He had the longest drive of the week on #16 (I think) at 366 yards!

              garyt1957 Even my wife said that kooks like a women's bag.

              LMAO! SWMBO was shopping online for his bag and headcovers in a smaller profile. She loved it. Couldn't find one tho.

                A question - how does Mickelson's win compare to other unexpected late-career majors?

                In my mind, it's not up there with Nicklaus in the 1986 Masters or Woods in the 2019 Masters, but it's not far behind, and probably ahead of others (Ernie Els - 2012 Open, Hale Irwin - 1990 US Open are a couple of examples that come to mind).

                  MartinD

                  I'd consider Watson's "almost" at the OC right up there as well. Talk about riveting TV!

                  But as wins go, I'm ranking Phil's at the top because of how he performed at his age. His distance is not diminished. He's actually beating Father Time.

                      I thought he was "slow playing" Brooks a little....i.e. gamesmanship!

                      sdandrea1 I'd consider Watson's "almost" at the OC right up there as well. Talk about riveting TV!

                      Especially since he struck a beautiful 7 iron on the 17th? hole that just rolled off, then nerves got him on the putt. That would've been the one to beat for sure.

                          Par4QC If Phil can drive this well for 4 days, maybe we should all be getting the latest Callaway head. Gotta be the driver

                          Its funny how there does not seem to be much talk of Phil's 6 deg driver at 47.9". When Bryson was just talking about this setup, there seemed to be tons of talk about the "mad scientist"

                              shokosugi Its funny how there does not seem to be much talk of Phil's 6 deg driver at 47.9". When Bryson was just talking about this setup, there seemed to be tons of talk about the "mad scientist"

                              Bryson could take a lesson from Phil about being less talkative and letting his results speak.