All it took was a pair of mistakes by Mickelson to turn the back nine into a shootout, with a half-dozen players in the mix.
He missed the dual fairway on the eighth and couldn't reach the green, chipped 6 feet by the hole and missed the par putt. Then, he failed to clear the fairway bunker on No. 9 and had no chance of getting home. His wedge was 20 feet short, leading to another bogey.
Mickelson three-putted again from 70 feet on the 15th, but Bradley also missed a 7-foot par putt on the same hole.
Four players had at least a share of the lead throughout the final round. Dustin Johnson was not among them, though he stayed in the hunt until Callaway Big Bertha Diablo Driver the end. Needing a birdie to match Haas, he leaked his approach to the 18th and then bladed his chip across the green. He had to scramble for bogey and a 71, putting him in a tie for fourth.
Garcia never had a chance to win, though the Spaniard sure made it interesting.
He hit 3-wood to 10 feet for eagle on No. 11, holed a 4-iron from 207 for eagle on No. 15 and birdied the 18th for a 30 on his opening nine. When he holed a birdie putt across Titleist AP2 710 Forged Irons the third green, he was 8 under for the day through 11 holes, and only three shots behind.
His momentum ended with a bogey on the par-3 fourth, and he had to settle for a 64, the best round of the tournament.
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