In typical dramatic style, Phil Mickelson hooked his 260 yard approach on the 18th (his 9th) hole, nearly stymieing himself behind a tree, chipped out from under it, went long into the fringe, then promptly chipped in for the birdie on his way to -6 66 and a two shot lead at -16 199, going into another spectacular Sunday at this Pebble Beach Pro-Am
He won the Scottish Open you will remember in 2013, then buoyed by the three wood of his career at #17, won over an international field at Muirfield the following week.
He hasn't won since, but ironically leads an international field here. Japan's Hiroshi Iwata (69) is at -14, Sweden's Freddie Jacobsen (68) and South Korean Sung Kang (70) are at -13. Another Swede Jonas Blixt (67) is at -12 and a pair of Aussie's Jason Day (68) and Matt Jones (67) are at -10.
Mark O'Meara, one of the games most gregarious players has won here a record 5 times, so Mickelson who is putting very well this week is after his record after his 4 previous triumph's.
Other big names struggled in the wind on Saturday. Jordan Spieth had to get up-and-down for par on the par-5 18th for a 74 just to make the cut, Bubba Watson shot 74 as well.
Watch out for 17 year old Aussie sensation Ryan Ruffels who is at -5 after rounds of 67 70 73. He is another star of the future.
Canadian scores: David Hearn T17 -7 67 70 71, Nick Taylor T29 -4 71 68 72, Austin Connelly T54 -1 70 73 71... Mike Weir MC 77 76 79 +17
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