In Phil Mickelson’s illustrious career, he had never won a World Golf Championship event. That fact was among the many knocks on Mickelson, particularly compared to Tiger Woods – whose shadow Mickelson has been in for over a decade.
Mickelson had never won at Doral, either, though he had stared down the aforementioned world number one [...]
For two sets, Roger Federer couldn’t do anything with Tomas Berdych. It was the younger 23 year-old Czech who seemed to finally have all the right answers getting within a set of snapping a seven-match losing streak to the 13-time slam winner.
The last time he prevailed was when he was a teenager during a 2004 Olympics [...]