Missed Cut No Impediment to Mickelson Taking Bull by Horns in Fife

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Someone once called him the matador in Footjoys, but the bull Phil Mickelson should really be targeting is the one that rampages through his china shop from time to time. There it was again on Friday, its ugly hoofmarks all too apparent on a card of 74 which included a calamitous nine at Loch Lomond's 18th hole.

In truth, Mickelson's chances of overtaking Tiger Woods and becoming the world's No 1 golfer had taken a bit of a goring already. The Masters champion would have had to finish second or better at Loch Lomond to achieve the status that has eluded him throughout his professional career, but that prospect started to vanish as he slipped further and further away from the lead on the Barclays Scottish Open's second day.

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Missed Cut No Impediment to Mickelson Taking Bull by Horns in Fife

Just as he did at the Players Champ-ionship in Florida two months ago. Mickelson had come steaming into the so-called fifth Major with a freshly laundered green jacket and a second-...

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