Whicker: Phil Mickelson’s U.S. Open one-timer is just another polarizing event

Brooks Koepka is the first golfer to win back-to-back U.S. Opens since 1998-99, when Curtis Strange did so.
That’s nicer than becoming the first golfer to do something since John Daly.
On Saturday at Shinnecock Hills, Phil Mickelson one-timed a moving putt at No. 13. He took a two-stroke penalty, which turned a 7 into a 9, and shot 81, but wasn’t disqualified.
The main consequence, and probably his intention, was to remind people he was there. It was reminiscent of Mickelson’s