导出博客文章INVERNESS, Scotland - Phil Mickelson eased back into links golf with a 6-under
66 at the Scottish Open, leaving him behind two Englishman after a low-scoring
first round on Thursday. John Parry, ranked No. 471, held the clubhouse lead
after a bogey-free 64 and Simon Khan (65) also tamed the Castle Stuart course in
perfect morning conditions in the Scottish Highlands to finish alone in second.
Mickelson is tied for third with six others after quickly hitting his stride in
the warm-up event for next weeks British Open, finding his range on and around
the greens to produce six birdies and an eagle. Twenty-one years into a
trophy-laden professional career, the four-time major winner insists there is
still time for him to "conquer links golf." And his stylish opening round
suggested a first win in Europe since 1993 could come either here or a few hours
south in Muirfield next week. "Its great for me to get off to a decent start
because I have gotten off to poor starts the last couple of years here, and I
have been fighting just to make the cut and get into reasonable contention,"
said Mickelson, who at No. 8 is the highest-ranked player in the tournament. "Im
not having to battle uphill." After a three-putt for a bogey on his first hole
left him muttering, Mickelson made a 15-foot putt for eagle at No. 12 — his
third hole. The decision to install five greens, all with different surfaces, in
his garden to improve his putting is paying off this year. "Many of my great
rounds in the past have started with a bogey," Mickelson said, "so I wasnt too
worried. "The very first shot I tried to get a little greedy and it comes back
to bite me. So it was a good wake-up call." Mickelson, fresh off missing the cut
at the Greenbrier Classic last week and the heartbreak of his runner-up finish
at the U.S. Open last month, felt he still "let a few shots go" in his first
round of links golf since missing the cut at last years British Open. The same
cant be said of Parry. Outside the worlds top 600 in December, Parry is in his
first year back on the European Tour after losing his card in 2011. His
confidence improved with a surprise 28th-place finish at last months U.S. Open —
his first major. "I played with some top players and saw what they are like —
you realize you are not a million miles away, that they are just more
consistent," Parry said. Everything went right for him after going out in the
second group at 7:40 a.m., with birdies on four of his first six holes. Picking
up a shot at the last pushed him ahead of Khan, who had just finished as part of
the first group, and left Parry with a grin on his face. "It was one of them
where it just keeps happening," said Parry, whose only tournament win came in
the Vivendi Cup in 2010. "You wonder why you cant do that every week." Shane
Lowry, Mikko Ilonen, James Morrison, Kiradech Aphibarnrat all shot 66s with
Mickelson in the morning session. Thongchai Jaidee and Chris Doak joined the
seven-man group in a tie for third place a few hours later. Only 14 of the 78
players setting out in the morning session finished over par, and 117 of the
156-man field broke par. But with the wind picking up off the Moray Firth, the
afternoon starters — among them the last two British Open champions, Darren
Clarke and Ernie Els — found things slightly tougher and no one came close to
threatening Parrys score.
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