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Open will be remembered for Mickelson's collapse

By Ivan Maisel
ESPN.com

Sunday, June 18, 2006

MAMARONECK, N.Y. -- Move over, Jean Van de Velde. Make room on the tee box, Sam Snead. The list of players who blew a major championship on the final hole grew by one Saturday, and, like Snead, his is not just any name. "I still am in shock that I did that," Phil Mickelson said Sunday evening. "I just can't believe that I did that. I am such an idiot." The trophy will have the name Geoff Ogilvy inscribed as the winner in 2006, but the 106th U.S. Open will forever belong to Lefty the same way ...

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