Mickelson: Game in good shape
Phil Mickelson insists his game is in excellent shape heading into the final major of the season at Oakland Hills.
In the absence of the injured Tiger Woods, world number two Mickelson is favourite to emerge triumphant at this week's USPGA Championship - an event he won at Baltusrol in 2005.
The 38-year-old warmed up for his latest major challenge by finishing fourth at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational over the weekend and looked somewhere close to his best at Firestone.
Indeed, it could and perhaps should have been even better for 'Lefty' as he was squandered a one-shot lead with three bogeys in his final four holes.
However, the American has taken the positives from his performance and is now just hoping his putter runs hot this week.
Playing well
"I feel like I'm playing well, I just need to get that final piece of scoring down," he explained.
"I really played well all week at Firestone. (In the final round) I felt I should have shot 63 or 64. I had countless birdie opportunities from six to 15 feet and then I make three bogeys on the last four holes."
Mickelson also admits he has a liking for the Oakland Hills lay-out in Michigan having described it as "a perfect, straightforward immaculate test" when he played a practice round there last week.
"The golf course was in great shape, the fairways were a fair width, the rough was a fair height and the greens were a fair speed," he added
