MICKELSON MICKELSON

game today that it takes our best to win. I just think that both myself and Tiger are going to have a really, really good year this year.

You passed $90 million in career earnings. Has one hundred ever crossed your mind?

It hasn’t. I just need one more match with Tiger and I should get there!

How can you use this victory to kickstart the rest of the goals you have in mind for 2019?

Well, it’s been a good start to the year so far and it’s just important for me to continue to build on that. In my mind I’ve been able to foresee play like this, but you still have to go out and execute and do it – to start getting some of the results and playing the way I believe I’m capable of. So it feels good.

This obviously has to bode very well for a return to Pebble Beach later in the year for the US Open. How are you feeling about coming back?

I have such great memories here, I would love to add to them. So being able to have another memory, another experience here at Pebble Beach is very special to me. I would love nothing more than to add to it four months from now, but that’s so far down the road. All I’m focused on right now is The Masters – that’s all I’m thinking about.

I really don’t think there’s any carry over from here to the US Open. It’s a totally different golf course, the greens will be firm, the rough will be high. Here I’m trying to hit the ball as far as I can, not worrying too much about the rough. Balls were plugging and we were able to clean them and so there’s really no carry over, other than I just really enjoy this place. I seem to play some of my best golf here and that’s probably about it.