By Gene Wojciechowski
ESPN.com
But once he gets on the Augusta National property, Mickelson becomes Mr. Green Jacket again. He is somehow transformed by this tournament, this course and the comforting, almost restorative powers of having his family with him.
“This is the first week they’ve traveled in 11 months,” said Mickelson. “It’s really fun having them here. And it takes a lot of the heartache away.”
They watch movies together. Mickelson and his daughter Sophia go to an Augusta coffee shop almost every morning and play chess for an hour. Nothing has been normal since the cancer diagnoses in mid-2009, but this helps. A lot.
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Phil Mickelson’s three-shot victory in Masters is the best medicine
The 2010 Masters champion played dad Saturday night. Hours after his 10-year-old daughter, Amanda, fractured her wrist during a skateboarding accident, Phil Mickelson helped her get an X-ray and splint.
Mickelson spent part of his mornings locked in chess matches with 8-year-old daughter Sophia.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-masters-20100412,0,1903806.story
I like both of them.
It was nice to see a good family man win the Masters. I wish his wife all the best in overcoming her breast cancer.
It is nice to have someone who can be a good role model for kids.
That shot he made out of the trees to the green was incredible.
I am not into golf. I find the game super boring. Chess is much more exciting for me.
That might be because you probably haven’t tried to play golf. Chess is a lot like golf in that most people find both games super-boring, especially to just watch.
But try learning how to play the game…all of a sudden, it becomes very interesting, even to just watch. You learn to appreciate how hard both games are, so you understand better how truly amazing these golf shots (or chess tactics!) really are…
Just some food for for thought…
Phil needs to watch out.
Tiger is making his move on him!
Tiger knows no decency!
What about the picture of Mickelson and Woods playing Chinese Chess? Real, photoshopped, what’s the story behind it??