Phil Mickelson beats Tiger Woods on 22nd hole in $9M showdown
Golfer Phil Mickelson reacts with the winner's belt after winning The Match vs Tiger at Shadow Creek Golf Course. (Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports)
Golfer Phil Mickelson reacts with the winner's belt after winning The Match vs Tiger at Shadow Creek Golf Course. (Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports)

PHIL Mickelson claimed the $9M (£7M) winner-takes-all prize in a dramatic duel with Tiger Woods which finished under floodlights in Las Vegas.
The matchup between the two Americans went to the 22nd hole, before Mickelson, 48, sank a four-foot putt for victory.

Woods, 42, chipped in on the 17th to stop Mickelson putting for the match, then missed a chance himself from eight feet on the first extra hole.
That led to a sudden-death playoff on a 93-yard hole which Mickelson edged.

With 19 majors between them and two decades at the top of the game, Woods and Mickelson are two of the most recognisable golfers on the planet and this head-to-head battle was the latest chapter in an enduring rivalry.

Playing under the lights was a suitably extraordinary finish to an event which, although lacking quality as a sporting spectacle, had promised to show golf as it had never been seen before.

“I’m just trying to calm down, my heart can’t take any more, it was such an incredible opportunity,” Mickelson, a five-time major champion, said.
“He’s the greatest of all-time; but to have a little bit of smack talk for the coming years means a lot to me because I don’t have a lot on him!” (BBC Sport)

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