Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson make history at British Open

This British Open was the 83rd major that Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson played in together.

After all these years of playing in majors together, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson have done something that they had never done before. Well, more like they managed to do something at this year’s British Open that they had never not done before.

This is the first time in any major that both Tiger and Phil played in where neither one of them will make the cut. That is just an astounding fact.

I can’t get over how impressive this stat is. The fact that both of them have played so well, for so long is incredible.

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There have been 82 majors that they both played in and one of them always made the cut. If you put them together, that is 20.5 straight years of playing in majors where one of them is always playing on the weekend.

What’s just as impressive, if not more so, is the number of majors that they both made the cut in. Out of those 82, they both made the cut in 66 of them. That’s 80.5% of the time. That would be an impressive number for one person. Considering the fact that it is a combined number makes it almost unbelievable.

Unfortunately, the run has come to an end. Neither one of them played well this week. Tiger was incredibly disappointed with how his first-round ended up, especially the front nine. From his struggles to the issues with how healthy he was, Tiger never was able to regain form and finished the week at +6, missing the cut after shooting 78-70.

Phil Mickelson did even worse than that. He would shoot a little better than Tiger Woods on day one, where Phil finished two shots ahead with a 76. His chances of reaching that cut line number of +1 seemed a little more manageable. Like Tiger, he never got close.

Phil would card a double bogey on the second hole. He got the shots back with back-to-back birdies on the 4th and 5th. He gave the shots up instantly though, with bogeys on the 6th, 8th, and 9th. He would finish with a 74, for a final score of +8.

We are looking at what could be the end of an era. Tiger didn’t look great at any major this year besides the Masters, which he admitted took a lot out of him. Phil hasn’t been that good either.

With Tiger Woods now 43 years old and Phil Mickelson having just turned 49, both golfers are well out of their prime. Although they have both shown flashes of still having the talent to win tournaments, we need to embrace every round they have left.

Unfortunately, that number is looking smaller and smaller every time out.