Two days before Mickelson plays the U.S. Opens headline pairing with Tiger Woods and Bubba Watson, he played a practice round with two teen-aged amateurs and a club pro. The teens, Beau Hossler and Alberto Sanchez, teamed against Mickelson and Mike McCormick, a left-handed pro at Suburban Golf Club in Union, N.J. The youngsters beat the southpaws, 1 up.
It was best-ball, righties vs. lefties, two 17-year-olds against, I dont know how old those guys are now, said Sanchez, who graduated from La Jolla Country Day School on June 1, three days before he qualified for the Open at nearby Lake Merced and TPC Harding Park.