{"id":108890,"date":"2021-05-23T19:39:33","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T23:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportseco.com\/?p=108890"},"modified":"2021-05-23T19:39:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T23:39:38","slug":"phil-mickelson-se-convierte-en-el-golfista-de-mayor-edad-en-ganar-uno-de-los-grandes-el-pga-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportseco.com\/?p=108890","title":{"rendered":"Phil Mickelson se convierte en el golfista de mayor edad en ganar uno de los grandes,  el PGA Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KIAWAH ISLAND, Carolina del Sur &#8211; Golpeando al padre del tiempo, intimidando al gran malvado Brooks Koepka y sacando lo mejor del golpeador de Pete Dye junto al mar, Phil Mickelson grab\u00f3 su nombre en el r\u00e9cord hist\u00f3rico del golf con una asombrosa victoria el domingo en el 103 \u00b0 Campeonato de la PGA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mientras que los esc\u00e9pticos esperaban a que Mickelson flaqueara, ya que no hab\u00eda ganado desde el AT&amp;T Pebble Beach Pro-Am de 2019, no hab\u00eda terminado entre los 10 primeros en un major desde 2016 y recientemente busc\u00f3 la meditaci\u00f3n para lidiar con problemas de enfoque, no lo hizo &#8216; No pierde la concentraci\u00f3n ni el equilibrio durante una ronda de monta\u00f1a rusa en el duro y azotado por el viento Ocean Course en la isla Kiawah para convertirse en el ganador de un gran campeonato de mayor edad a los 50 a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phil Mickelson celebra tras ganar el PGA Championship.<br>Despu\u00e9s de dormir con una ventaja de un solo golpe, Mickelson, un tiro de 200-1 para ganar el jueves y unas semanas despu\u00e9s de cumplir 51 a\u00f1os, sobrevivi\u00f3 a unos primeros 10 hoyos atropellados donde \u00e9l y su compa\u00f1ero de juego Koepka intercambiaron golpes al cuerpo por una suma de cuatro. swings de dos tiros y un swing de tres tiros y luego no se tambale\u00f3 a pesar de algunas emociones y derrames m\u00e1s en los \u00faltimos nueve y firm\u00f3 para un 1 sobre 73 para ganar por dos tiros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inspirado por las bulliciosas galer\u00edas profesionales de Phil, el People&#8217;s Champion gan\u00f3 su sexto major, y el primero desde el Abierto Brit\u00e1nico de 2013, y suplant\u00f3 a Julius Boros, quien gan\u00f3 el PGA Championship de 1968 a los 48 a\u00f1os, 4 meses y 18 d\u00edas de edad, como el mayor. para ganar un major a los 50 a\u00f1os, 11 meses y 7 d\u00edas de edad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sportseco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/7cb2c57e-e597-4e42-a158-63d0f8d97dac-USATSI_16135735.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-108892\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. \u2014 Clobbering Father Time, bullying big bad Brooks Koepka and getting the better of Pete Dye\u2019s bruiser hard by the sea, Phil Mickelson etched his name in golf\u2019s historical record with a staggering victory Sunday in the 103rd PGA Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While doubters waited for Mickelson to falter, seeing as he hadn\u2019t won since the 2019 AT&amp;T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, hadn\u2019t finished top 10 in a major since 2016 and recently sought out meditation to deal with focus issues, he didn\u2019t lose his concentration nor his balance during a rollercoaster round on the harsh, windswept Ocean Course at Kiawah Island to become the oldest major championship winner ever at 50 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2021\/05\/23\/USAT\/64e0569a-bf26-4299-9d29-99cefff160b0-AP_PGA_Championship_Golf.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Phil Mickelson celebrates after winning the PGA Championship.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After sleeping on a one-shot lead, Mickelson, a 200-1 shot to win on Thursday and a few weeks from turning 51, survived a helter-skelter first 10 holes where he and playing partner Koepka exchanged body blows to the tune of four two-shot swings and one three-shot swing and then didn\u2019t stagger despite a few more thrills and spills on the back nine and signed for a 1-over 73 to win by two shots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inspired by the boisterous pro-Phil galleries, the People\u2019s Champion won his sixth major\u00a0\u2013 and first since the 2013 British Open \u2013\u00a0and supplanted Julius Boros, who won the 1968 PGA Championship at 48 years, 4 months and\u00a018 days old, as the oldest to win a major at\u00a050 years, 11 months and\u00a07 days\u00a0old.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>usatoday.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KIAWAH ISLAND, Carolina del Sur &#8211; Golpeando al padre del tiempo, intimidando al gran malvado Brooks Koepka y sacando lo mejor del golpeador de Pete Dye junto al mar, Phil Mickelson grab\u00f3 su nombre en el r\u00e9cord hist\u00f3rico del golf con una asombrosa victoria el domingo en el 103 \u00b0 Campeonato de la PGA. 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