98th PGA Championship: Phil Mickelson suffers nightmare start after wild tee shot
Last Updated: 30/07/16 7:50am
Phil Mickelson's second round at the PGA Championship got off to the worse possible start after a wild opening tee shot.
In front of a huge gathering of expectant fans, Mickelson sent the ball careering so far to the left that it sailed over the perimeter fence, bounced on the adjacent road and into a neighbouring garden.
It was an inauspicious start and the 46-year-old's second attempt was only marginally better. Making the adjustment following his wayward first effort, Mickelson managed to hook the ball some 120 yards right of his original tee shot and into the crowd.
He followed that up by hitting his next shot well over the green and narrowly avoided finding another garden before chipping the ball back to the edge of the green and then getting up and down in two for a slightly surreal triple bogey.
Although Mickelson recovered well, there was still more drama to come before the end of his round as his tee shot at the 10th again went left and, on this occasion, hit a fan.
Rather than be concerned at having been struck by the ball though, the reaction of the fan and those in close proximity was one of delight!
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