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50 YEARS OLD PHIL MICKELSON, OLDEST MAJOR

WINNER IN HISTORY WITH PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

VICTORY

PGA 챔피언십 우승, 역사상 가장 나이가 많은 메이저
우승자가 된 50세의 필 미켈슨

ickelson, at 6-under par for the Championship, to a roller coaster-type start, with Mickelson and Brooks
Mvery much got it done. He won the 103rd PGA Koepka – who he played with Sunday and who ended up
Championship by two shots and in the process made tied for second - with multiple, multi-shot lead changes
history at the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island. occurring throughout the front nine – including on the
Mickelson, who now has two PGA Championships to very first hole.
his credit, became the oldest major champion in golf Mickelson made bogey while Koepka made birdie on the
history Sunday. Julius Boros, who won the 1968 PGA par-4 opener.
Championship at 48 years old, saw his record supplanted After some early back-and-forth with Koepka, Mickelson
by Mickelson – who turns 51 on June 16. pitched in for birdie from a greenside sandy area on
The final round of the 103rd PGA Championship got off the fifth. It was an electric moment for both Mickelson

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