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There's no predicting Lefty's next play

By Jeff Bradley
ESPN The Magazine

Thursday, February 26, 2009

MARANA, Ariz. -- Two years ago, at this very event, I went out to dinner with Phil Mickelson so we could begin to piece together a cover story -- an as-told-to -- for ESPN The Magazine. In the story, Mickelson took us from his fateful final hole at the 2006 U.S. Open to the first hole at the 2007 Masters. I felt he was pretty revealing. When I asked him to respond to critics of his risk-taking style, Mickelson said, "People say it all the time: I take too many risks, and it costs me titles. ...

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