Posted at 2:14 p.m., Friday, June 15, 2007
Mickelson misses cut, still sore over practice injury
By Thomas Bonk
Los Angeles Times
Mickelson said before the tournament that the key holes were No. 7 through No. 10. He was six over on that stretch Friday.
"That did me in," he said.
Mickelson once again played with his left wrist wrapped and complained afterward that the length of the rough when he practiced at Oakmont two weeks ago not only caused his injury, but it was taller rough then compared to its length now.
"It's disappointing to dream as a kid about winning the U.S. Open and spend all this time getting ready for it and have the course setup injure you," he said.
"This really was dangerous doing what I did because the rough was twice as long and I thought they might play it like that."
Mickelson said he had a plan how to spend his time waiting to see if he made the cut.
"Go watch the carnage on TV."
The last U.S. Open cut Mickelson missed was in 1992 when he was an amateur.
