Saturday, September 12, 2009

LEFTY TO SKIP BRITISH OPEN, CITING WIFE'S HEALTH (AP)



FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2008, file photo, USA's Phil Mickelson and his wife Amy celebrate after winning the Ryder Cup golf tournament at the Valhalla Golf Club, in Louisville, Ky.  Mickelson has decided not to play the British Open next week so he can be with his wife as she starts her recovery from breast cancer. He said Friday, July 10, 2009, on his Web site that winning majors is his main objective, but that family comes first.  (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, File)AP - Phil Mickelson will skip the British Open so he can be with his wife as she starts her recovery from breast cancer, ending the longest active streak of majors played at 61.




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