Phil Mickelson rolls back years to share US PGA lead with Louis Oosthuizen
by Ewan Murray at Kiawah Island from on (#5J4H3)
- Fifty-year-old hits 69 at Kiawah Island in second round
- Oosthuizen also five-under with Koepka one shot back
The first time Phil Mickelson competed in the US PGA Championship, John Major was not yet halfway through his term as Prime Minister and Freddie Mercury's Living on my Own' sat atop the UK charts. Paul Azinger, the US PGA champion, collected a cheque for $300,000.
The intervening years - all 28 of them - have witnessed a decorated Mickelson career but nothing that would surpass victory at Kiawah Island. Should Mickelson press home his halfway advantage at this staging of the US PGA, he would become the oldest major winner in history. Mickelson turns 51 in early June; to the victor here, $2.16m.
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