PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — For all of the celebrity antics that are part of the Saturday show at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, the video most likely to go viral belonged to Phil Mickelson. The defending champion took a spill on the rocks below the 18th fairway. Mickelson was looking to see if his tee shot could be found when his right foot gave way and he landed hard on his back side, bracing the fall with his hands.
“I got lucky,” Mickelson said. “I didn’t get hurt.”
Not physically, anyway. Mickelson hit his next shot into the Pacific Ocean and had to scramble for a triple bogey, leaving him 11 shots behind.