Mickelson just misses birdie on 18. Oh man!
Could be a three way playoff at -2. Who knows?
Duval bogies 17. Ouch!
Mickelson’s last chance – needs to birdie. Hits it way past.
Ok, here comes the tournament. Glover for birdie on 16 – he got it.
Mickelson bombs drive on 18. Barnes misses birdie on 16.
Duval on 17 – short of green as well. Fisher hits to right side of green.
Mahan bogies 17. With Glover close on 16, Phil has to make par putt at 17. Here goes – missed it. That could be it.
Mahan blows his by on 17. Barnes from 178 away on 16 – needs a birdie – 25+ feet away. Glover’s approach from just closer – puts it to within 5 feet. Huge shot!
Phil leaves it about 5 feet short on 17. I don’t know how his heart handles all these short putts.
Duval for birdie on 16 and to move to -3. Drains it and ties for lead! No fist pump – just a nice wave to the crowd.
Fisher misses birdie putt on 16 to tie for lead.
Glover finds fairway on 16. Cheers of “Let’s go Phil” on 17.
Mahan gets bad bounce and green takes ball way right of hole on 17.
Barnes is suddenly finding fairways.
Mickelson on 17 – this is his hole from 2002! Left it short! Oh man, you’re killing me, Phil!
Duval’s approach on 16 – 8 iron – puts it to with 6 feet for birdie.
Mickelson for par on 16 – drains it! Huge putt!
Glover bogies 15. Tied with Mickelson for lead at -3. Barnes makes par at 15.
Mahan hits flagstick and gets terrible break on 16. Mickelson – about 25 feet short of hole.
12:29 pm – Glover from right rough and 194 yards to hole – to front of green.
Barnes on 15 fairway – and he’s taking his sweet time. Weir doubles 16. Barnes goes just past hole and just over green.
Fisher bogies 15. Back to 2 under.
Mickelson on 16th tee – goes with driver – hits left edge of fairway.
Duval birdies 15 and moves to -2. Fisher faces bogey putt.
Glover and Barnes par 14.
Fisher has to lay up out of 15 on hay. Duval from left rough on 15 – puts it to 12 feet on 15.
Glover could 3 putt on 14 though. Glover makes a great putt and has tap in for par.
Mickelson misses at 15 for par. Oh man, that hurts. Still no bargain for bogey. Makes bogey. Ouch!
Mahan pars 15. Now to Mickelson for birdie – leaves it a little less than 3 feet. Tiger blew this hole earlier.
Glover to tee off at 14 – left edge and beyond Barnes.
Fisher on 15 tee – in deep stuff on left.
14 tee – huge hole for Glover and Barnes.
Barnes to tee off – 20 feet past pin.
Mahan from 179 to hole on 15 – on green – rolled all the way back to front of green.
Mickelson’s approach to 15 – 201 yards – on green with about 25 feet for birdie.
Barnes makes first birdie of round on 13 back at -2.
Duval birdies 14 and Weir bogies 15.
Glover misses birdie on 13 – huge miss!
Glover on 13 with approach to green – critical shot – got about 8 feet for birdie.
Duval on 14 tee – short putt for birdie. nice!
Fisher on 14 – over the hole – 15+ for birdie.
Mahan on 15 – left rough – good lie.
Back to Philly Mick on tee – looks good – sitting up – left of fairway.
Barnes from fairway on 13 – about 30+ feet for eagle.
Weir from first cut of rough on 15 – just short of green.
Mickelson on 15 tee –
Glover hacks out of rough but it is a par 5.
Glover drives it in rough on 13 – and Barnes? Fisher for eagle on 13 – makes it – now at -3 and one back.
Duval for birdie on 13 – misses it.
Mickelson has huge breaking putt and makes par on 14. So does Mahan.
Mahan hits another nice flop in close.
Now on the drive on 18 at Wingfoot. “I’m such an idiot!” Will there be wreckage on 18 this year?
NBC goes through all of Phil’s 2nd place finishes at Open.
Fisher on 13 – has about 4 feet for eagle on 13. Barnes bogies 12. He’s done. Mahan short of green on par 3 14.
Mickelson on short par 3 – he’s got about 15 feet for birdie.
11:49 – Weir pars 14 still at -1.
Glover pars 12.
Mickelson makes eagle and ties for lead at US Open with 5 to go. No repeat of missed Masters’ putt for eagle.
Mickelson for eagle on 13 – Remember 15 at Masters?
Weir at 14 – puts it close for birdie.
Mahan misses birdie putt bad at 13.
Barnes loses it left again and misses green at 12.
Glover from 203 – back of green.
Mahan makes nice flop shot at 13.
Woods for birdie on 18 – missed it right. He’s done. Bye bye!
Mickelson with 229 – Wow! 3 feet for EAGLE! And tie for lead!
Mahan over the green on 13 and in rough.
11:39 am – Fisher just misses birdie. Misses par putt.
Tiger on 18 – approach – he’s got 15 feet for birdie. Good luck!
Duval out of bunker on 12. Grazes hole – 2 1/2 feet for birdie.
Glover on fairway at 12 off tee.
Weir for birdie on 13 – missed it and makes par.
Barnes on tee at 12 – middle of fairway.
Weir leaves himself about 10 feet for birdie on 13. Mickelson should be teeing off on 13, par 5, soon. With a birdie, he’s one back.
Woods on tee at 18, four back. Leave is on edge of thick rough with a little pitch shot to green. Needs to hole it.
Barnes another bogey on 12.
11:33 am – Tiger for birdie at 17 – misses it right. He’s finished.
Mickelson birdies 12 and is 2 off the lead with 6 to play! If there is a tie today, it will start this afternoon.
Glover with 27 feet on 11 for birdie – lost it right with tap in for par.
Duval just misses birdie putt at 12.
Glover down right center off tee at 11.
Tiger on tee at 17 – 211 yards with 4 iron. Leaves it underneath hole with about 6 feet to go.
Barnes goes way right off the tee on 11 – he doesn’t know where he is hitting the ball.
11:24 am – Mahan to hit his approach on 12 with 5 iron – 223 yards to hole. Puts it in fringe a good 30+ away from hole.
Mickelson with 194 to go – on the green and a good 30 feet left.
Barnes saves par at 10.
Woods makes his par on 16 and must birdie the last two for perhaps a top three finish.
Duval at 11 – has a birdie shot of about 9 feet.
Weir for birdie – has about 3 feet for par on 12.
Tiger blows it by on 16 and has a good 4-5 feet to save par.
11:20 – Tiger for birdie. Yawn, he’ll take 5 minutes to line this up. Glover looks to make par on 10.
11:16 am – Tiger is looking at a birdie putt on 16 but I think his bogey on 15 ended his chances. He’s done!
Mahan birdies to move within two of the lead while Mickelson just misses the hole for a birdie.
Barnes looks to drop another at 10. The blood-letting continues.