Phil Mickelson to miss US Open for daughter's graduation

By Daily Sports on June 4, 2017

Five-time major winner Phil Mickelson says he is likely to miss the US Open later this month to attend daughter Amanda's high school graduation.

The tournament is the only major the 46-year-old has not won.

The US Open first round at Erin Hills in Wisconsin is on the same day, 15 June, as the ceremony in California.

"As I look back on life, this is a moment I'll always cherish and be glad I was present," Mickelson told the New York Times.

"There's no greater joy as a parent."

Amanda was born a day after the US Open at Pinehurst in 1999, when Mickelson finished second to Payne Stewart.

However, the American said he would have left wherever he was on the scoreboard had his wife Amy gone into labour.

Mickelson, who needs to win the US Open to become the sixth player to complete the career grand slam, has notified tournament officials of his intention but has yet to withdraw formally.

Tournament rules dictate he has until just before the commencement of his opening round to pull out.

"My daughter is graduating, she is the school president, she'll be giving the commencement speech for the school and I am going to be there," he added.

*Photo shows Phil Mickelson.

Source Daily Sports

Posted June 4, 2017


 

You may also like...
Bata confident of El-Kanemi exploit at Pantami

Our plot to lure Wilder for world heavyweight...

Pyramids Spank Enyimba, Casablanca And Orlando Pirates Share...

LOC to unveil Asaba 2022 National Sports Festival...

Iwobi, Ndidi surprise facilitate Zambia victory

Andy Murray & Mo Farah knighted in New...

 

Latest News CAF awards: Ajibade, Nnadozie, Edo Queens bag nominations Lagos SWAN, PAACC Hold SWAN Day At Golfview Hotels, Ikeja Crisis looms as Eagles’ form raises AFCON, W’Cup concerns Ex-Nigerian Super Falcons player handcuffed, children assaulted as police storm Anambra Football Academy Sports NFF, teammates console Nwabali on father’s death Abia Govt hails Nigeria Olympic Committee over staging an admin course in Umuahia Libya deliver Eagles 2025 AFCON ticket Eagles battle Cheetahs for 2025 AFCON ticket Yellow Greens gear up for T20 W’Cup qualifiers Tyson tips Fury to beat Joshua Sadiq absent as 22 Eagles train in Abidjan Eagles’ striking trio hot for Cheetahs, Amavubi clashes

 

Most Read Rangers International going, going . . . (55,164 views) Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (46,308 views) Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (44,370 views) Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (44,015 views) Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (43,948 views) Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (43,904 views) Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (43,744 views) NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (43,312 views) Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (42,366 views) Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (41,054 views) Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (39,507 views) John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (38,932 views)

 

Phone numbers

Tel: +234(0)8066020976
+234(0)8055068145
+234(0)7013416146
+234(0)8094272884

Email addresses

info@dailysportsng.com
support@dailysportsng.com
publisher@dailysportsng.com

Office address

No 3, Adetoun Close, Off College Road, Ogba, Ikeja Lagos.
Website: www.dailysportsng.com

Social Media