A Great Time to be a Sports Fan

Now that I have calmed down from Phil Mickelson's Masters victory its dawned on me just how exciting it is to be a sports fan this time of year.  You may not realize that I do follow other things than just Phil Mickelson, I love baseball (yes, I am a fantasy geek too), basketball, football and even find myself watching a bit of playoff hockey.   With all that's going on right now it's hard not to be thankful that I'm a sports fan.  Every night channel surfing is needed to stay up to date on the NBA playoffs, NHL playoffs and baseball season (not to mention following my players in the fantasy pools)  Not to mention the weather has warmed up so we can get out for a few rounds of golf.

I'm curious if you all enjoy other sports or focus mainly on golf?  Do you play often or just enjoy watching it on TV?  Love to hear from you. When Phil isn't playing I try to think of other things to write about so any ideas would be great! As always you can follow me on @pmickelsonfans on Twitter or email pmickelsonfans@gmail.com

Phil Mickelson's Masters Win Means Free Drivers for 15,000

Phil Mickelson's feel good win at Augusta on Sunday seemed to make everyone happy, that is except for the executives at Golfsmith.

More than 15,000 people purchased a Callaway Big Bertha Diablo Edge, FT Tour or FT-iZ between March 18 and April 7 and Golfsmith said if Phil won the masters they would refund their money. Well, it's time to pay up. That works out to one million dollars in refunds for the clubs.

Golfsmith released this today:

"In addition to wowing the galleries at Augusta for his third Masters Championship, Sunday, Phil Mickelson gave golfers across the country and internationally a great present to start the season," said Golfsmith President and CEO Marty Hanaka. "Phil's win is great for the game and wonderful for Golfsmith and our valued retail and online customers."


"We couldn’t be happier that Phil claimed his third green jacket and that thousands of Golfsmith customers now will start off the season with a new Callaway driver, free of charge," said Brian Groves, VP of US Marketing, Callaway Golf. "Callaway drivers are the hottest clubs on the PGA Tour and have already won six tournaments in 2010, including the season’s first Major."

Congrats to all of you who took advantage of this, if you would like to know more about how to receive your refund you can go here

For everyone else looking for a good deal on clubs check out Callaway Pre Owned, they have great deals right now on certified pre owned Callaway Clubs

Phil Mickelson Wins the 2010 Masters

Coming into the 2010 Masters Phil Mickelson wasn't playing his best golf.  He hadn't won and really wasn't in contention at any point.  We questioned what was the problem and missed the obvious, his body was at the golf course but his mind was with his wife and mother during their battle with cancer.  With his wife Amy Mickelson being with him for the first time during a tournament since last years Player's Championship Phil was relaxed and it showed on the course this week.  His driver was working for the most part and his swing looked smooth and free.   His short game saved him on a few holes but what really made me happy was Phil kept his go for broke style and it paid off with a great shot off the pine straw on 13.  (Let's not talk about the eagle putt)  It's why so many of us cheer for Phil and he didn't disappoint. 

The scene at the 18th hole was one for the ages.  I cannot imagine what Phil thought to see his wife Amy waiting for him him.  She had been in bed watching on tv all week and he wasn't sure if she would show up today.   It was a real moment and there weren't too many dry eyes for Phil fans across the country.   One last thing I would like to say how much of a class act Lee Westwood was.  He spoke highly of Phil and made no excuses, his 1st major should be coming soon and the golfing world realized what a classy guy he is.

As you can telll I am not a professional writer, just a fan of golf and Phil Mickelson.  I wanted to get my initial thoughts written down.  I'd love to hear what you thought of the round.  

I had a great afternoon chatting and tweeting with all the Phil Mickelson fans on twitter (@pmickelsonfans) it was a lot of fun, thank you all for a great time. 

Also feel free to check my Amazon wishlist I don't get paid to do all the twitter updates or the blog spots, your help would be much appreciated.  Thanks!

Detailed Look Into Phil's 1st Round at Augusta

Could you ask for a better start to the 2010 Masters?  It was soothing to have the people talking about golf across the country.  Some great opening rounds were out there because holes were shortened and pins were accessible.  I have a feeling Augusta National will show its teeth a bit more in round 2. 

Let's take a look at Phil Mickelson's 5 under 67:   It was obvious that Phil had a feel for his putter today making a few lenghty putts that he hasn't been making up to now.  His driver wasn't great (hit only 6 of 14 fairways) but his misses were in the right spots and the "rough" at Augusta isn't long so Phil swings freely off the tee not worrying about the rough. 





Going forward Lefty's putter has to stay hot.  Now I'm not saying he has to make three 20 footers a round but he has to be making the 4 footers for par, that's where he's lost strokes in the past.  Its great that Amy and the kids were able to make to the trip, it has to give him a good mindset going into Friday. 

Phil Mickelson's tee time is 1:42 pm EST on Friday.  He's in the 2nd last group so expect to see his final 9 or 10 holes on network coverage. 

We should be in for a great weekend of golf, the leaderboard couldn't look any better.  Lefty has as good a shot to win this as anyone as long as he can stay consistent which has been his downfall this year.   I will be cheering him on and hope you will too.  Let's Go Phil!!

I will be tweeting about Phil's 2nd round @pmickelsonfans on twitter, hope to hear from you.