It wasn't just Phil Mickelson that was massacred at Winged Foot in 2006, the entire field was. The winning score was five-over par. It is not very often that the winner is unable to break par ...

In 2006, Phil, in the final twosome, needed a Father’s Day par on 18 to win. (He was already the father of three and a three-time winner of the handsome coin the USGA gives to U.S. Open second ...

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Golf Digest's oral history of the 2006 U.S. Open provided rich new details about the drama that week at Winged Foot. Here is a compilation of some of the more interesting anecdotes.

Phil Mickelson is also in this category; he has a record six runner-up finishes (1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2013) and a U.S. Open win would also earn him the career Grand Slam.

Agassi was ranked No. 7 at the outset of 2006, but over the course of the year an ankle gave out, and his back threatened to follow. By the US Open, he was living in a cocoon of pain and looking ...