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The wind for most of Mickelson's front-nine run was blowing steadily at 20 to 25 miles an hour, with gusts to 35 miles and hour, and it was punctuated by brief lashes of driving-hard rain.

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Fowler holed out from a bunker for eagle on the 11th, and Mickelson's birdie on the 13th helped the Americans tie their match.

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Two years ago, Mickelson's wife, Amy, and his mother, Mary, both came down with breast cancer.

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So I'm watching Phil Mickelson's charge yesterday on the front nine, and I'm noticing all those American flags on the leaderboard and I'm thinking the obituaries for American golf are way premature.

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Kim was in the group at 4-under 140 that included Garcia and Jim Furyk (74), while Mickelson's late rally put him in a tie for 11th at 141 along with Geoff Ogilvy (70), Steve Stricker (69) and 46-year-old Vijay Singh (70).

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That was evident on the 605-yard 13th, where Mickelson's drive embedded in grass on the bank of a bunker, forcing him to take a penalty stroke for an unplayable lie.

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Mickelson's immaculate round left him level with fellow American Scott Verplank on 13 under par for three rounds.

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Phil Mickelson's woes were not getting to the green, but putting once he got there.

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So I'm watching Phil Mickelson's charge yesterday on the front nine, and I'm noticing all those American flags on the leaderboard and I'm thinking the obituaries for American golf are way premature.

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