Mickelson and Life; Life and Mickelson

Phil Mickelson's life was turned upside down last June in Mamaroneck, NY.  Or so everyone thought.  Phil went from "Taming the Tiger" to "Keep all sharp objects away from him" with one bad swing and one poor decision.  Everyone said he's done; can't come back from that; nice knowin' ya Phil!

Golf may be the most exclusive scene where people make a living.  Only 125 Professionals get to keep their pl;aying privileges every year based on their performance.  What if we told big business that same thing "Hey Rockefeller, sorry, you can't come back next year, you didn't do well enough to keep your job."  Also, imagine if we walked into Bill Gates office or Steve Jobs or Michael Dell and said look, we're going to record you for 4 hours a day for four days while you work and make decisions and influence people.  I don't think they or the other thousands of CEO's and COO's would like that or agree to it and they get paid no matter what! 

Phil had us all believing in him.  Then we stopped almost instantly.  Most of us did anyway.  Phil made a bad swing, a physical mistake.  Followed by a mental mistake when electing not to pitch out to the fairway.  He lost the US Open.  He lost a chance for a Grand Slam.  He lost his mental game.  He can't come back.  Thanks for the memories Phil.

Winning the Pebble Beach Pro-Am is not winning a major we all know.  But Phil is back and we should all be thankful and happy for him.  I know I am..I mean I can relate to him-he's married, a few kids, he's a little over weight, enjoys gambling every now and then and he makes a mistake every once in a while...I'm glad we didn't shoot him!