The heckler's voice somehow cut through the Sunday noise from the 25-deep gallery, the champagne-and-cheese crowd in the luxury suites and the folks seated in the grandstands that curl around the 18th green at Pebble Beach Golf Links.

"Hey, Tiger," said the man, leaning toward the railing of the reserved seats, "you'll never be as good as Phil!"
A smattering of boos silenced the heckler. Meanwhile, the stone-faced Woods didn't break stride as he walked toward the scorer's trailer to record a brutally disappointing 3-over-par, final-round 75 to finish tied for 15th in the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. The only thing missing was yellow police tape around Woods' scorecard.
Woods began the day 4 shots out of the lead and 2 strokes ahead of Mickelson, the only player whose talent has long rivaled that of Tiger's. When they walked off that 18th green late Sunday afternoon, Mickelson had won the 40th tour event of his Hall of Fame career and kneecapped the talk of a Woods resurgence.

Mickelson didn't just win the tournament, he slung it to the ground and put a half-Nelson around its neck. The rest of the field got windburn by how fast Mickelson zoomed up the leaderboard.
His bogey-free round of 64 was the lowest of the day. He won by 2, beat Tiger by 9 and outshot him by 11. And it wasn't that close.
"Well, I'm just very appreciative of what he's meant to the game of golf over the years and, as I've said over the years, I don't believe anybody has benefited more from what he's done for the game than myself," Mickelson said.
It almost sounded as though Mickelson was talking about Tiger in the past tense. But that's not true. Not to go all "A Few Good Men" on you, but Phil wants Tiger on that wall. He needs Tiger on that wall Ping g20 irons + ping g20 driver
Mickelson said Woods "inspired" him, which is a polite way of saying he wants to kick Tiger all the way back to his massive Florida estate. They are not friends. They're respectful adversaries and always have been.
"I know he wanted that pairing," said Mickelson's wife, Amy, the human smile. "He loves to play with Tiger. He loves it."
But when you asked her why he loves it, there was a long silence and several "Uh's," followed by nervous laughter.
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with Tiger?" she said. "Because they have a history. I'm sure Tiger wanted to play with Phil, too. Let me put it that way."