“I’m still fighting,” he he told me XXIO PRIME Fairway Wood with that trademark toothy grin.

Starting the day at nine over par, Mickelson could easily have packed in mentally. But two birdies in the back nine got him safely two shots above KATANA SWORD SNIPER Fairway Wood that dreaded line which fell at nine over par with 83 players pinned inside it.

“Bones (his caddie, Jim Mackay) told me on 17 what the cut would be so now I need some serious weather in the third round. It would be nice if it started TaylorMade Burner SuperFast 2.0 Fairway wood at about 2pm though,” he laughed.

“I need those guys to struggle. I am still in Discount Golf with a chance and, historically in these events, you just never know what might happen. But I am going to need some luck.”