One more thrill: Phil Mickelson wins at 50 in raucous PGA

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Standing on the 18th tee with a two-shot lead in a championship he refused to imagine himself winning, Phil Mickelson took one last violent swing with a driver — the club that betrayed him 15 years earlier in the U.S. Open. After Mickelson's approach shot settled on the green, assuring the 50-year-old of becoming the oldest major champion in history, the crowd swallowed him up entirely. Mickelson, too, has had as many close calls as major victories — most of them at the U.S. Open, where he's been runner-up six times.

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