The Irish Mail on Sunday

CAPTAIN FURYK HAS HAD HIS PHIL

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JIM FURYK finally saw reason yesterday and realised Phil Mickelson was not fit for purpose as a foursomes player. He also realised he wasn’t good enough for fourballs either.

What an embarrassm­ent for the skipper who chose the outof-form veteran as a wildcard. What a personal calamity for Mickelson, playing in a record 12th Ryder Cup, yet frozen out of both sessions yesterday, reduced to a Saturday role of cheerleadi­ng and bumping knuckles with team-mates as they made their way to the tee.

To be fair, he was right there when Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth chose to rub his belly as they made their way to the 16th in the morning fourballs. It’s good luck, apparently, to rub Phil’s belly. To judge by the American performanc­e so far, that goodluck charm is about as useful as one of Phil’s current drives.

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