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It may not be the Open Championship, but Phil Mickelson does not have the best record in the PGA Championship. Sure, he has won the the thing – in 2005 at Baltusrol to set up whispers of a Mickelslam before the U.S. Open at Winged Foot happened – but this championship is typically unkind to the four-time major winner.

Aside from his win six years ago, Mickelson has just two other top-3 finishes in the year’s final major. He finished in solo third in 1994, when the PGA Championship was emerging from its dark era. The other top-3 finish? Here at Atlanta Athletic Club 10 years ago.

Mickelson finished a shot behind David Toms, who had the guts to lay up from the rough at the par-4 72nd hole with the championship on the line. Toms made the par from 12 feet away to win his...

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