"It feels very smart on behalf of me to own played well and gained some momentum heading into next week," Mickelson said. "I required to own per week where I quite place it together."
While Mickelson moved to No. three together with his thirty ninth PGA Tour victory, Tiger Woods fell to No. 7. It's the first time Mickelson has been previous Woods in the ranking since the week before Woods won the 1997 Masters for his initial major championship.
Lefty hopes he will repeat some history at Augusta this week. He is the last player to win the week before a Masters victory, capturing the BellSouth Classic in 2006 before getting his second green jacket. The Houston Open became the run-up event to Augusta in 2007.
LPGA Tour: Stacy Lewis held off defending champion Yani Tseng to win the Kraft Nabisco Championship by three strokes, earning her first LPGA Tour title in the year's first major. Lewis shot a three-below 69 to complete at 13-under 275 at Mission Hills in Rancho Mirage, Calif., rallying from an early two-stroke deficit. Tseng, the globe's top-ranked player, shot a 74.
Champions Tour: Tom Lehman won the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic, closing with a 3-underneath sixty nine for his second Champions Tour victory of the season.
Lehman, the Allianz Championship winner in February, finished at sixteen-underneath 200 at Fallen Ok in Saucier, Miss., for a four-stroke victory. He opened with a 67 and shot a course-record 64 on Saturday. Nick Price (sixty seven), David Frost (sixty nine) and Jeff Sluman (72) tied for second.
HUMBLE, Texas -- Phil Mickelson won the Houston Open on Sunday to leap to No. three in the planet entering his Masters title defense.
Mickelson had weekend rounds of sixty three and 65 at Redstone to end at twenty-beneath 268, 3 strokes sooner than Chris Kirk (sixty seven) and Scott Verplank (68).
"It feels very smart on behalf of me to own played well and gained some momentum heading into next week," Mickelson said. "I required to own per week where I quite place it together."
While Mickelson moved to No. three together with his thirty ninth PGA Tour victory, Tiger Woods fell to No. 7. It's the first time Mickelson has been previous Woods in the ranking since the week before Woods won the 1997 Masters for his initial major championship.
Lefty hopes he will repeat some history at Augusta this week. He is the last player to win the week before a Masters victory, capturing the BellSouth Classic in 2006 before getting his second green jacket. The Houston Open became the run-up event to Augusta in 2007.
LPGA Tour: Stacy Lewis held off defending champion Yani Tseng to win the Kraft Nabisco Championship by three strokes, earning her first LPGA Tour title in the year's first major. Lewis shot a three-below 69 to complete at 13-under 275 at Mission Hills in Rancho Mirage, Calif., rallying from an early two-stroke deficit. Tseng, the globe's top-ranked player, shot a 74.
Champions Tour: Tom Lehman won the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic, closing with a 3-underneath sixty nine for his second Champions Tour victory of the season.
Lehman, the Allianz Championship winner in February, finished at sixteen-underneath 200 at Fallen Ok in Saucier, Miss., for a four-stroke victory. He opened with a 67 and shot a course-record 64 on Saturday. Nick Price (sixty seven), David Frost (sixty nine) and Jeff Sluman (72) tied for second.
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