Scottie Scheffler has proven his critics wrong after recovering from a disappointing start to 2025 to win two majors, with the American now addressing LIV star Phil Mickelson's poorly-aged comments

Watch as Phil Mickelson delivers magic Thursday at the Open Championship, holing out of the sand from 75 feet away for an unlikely par.

The Open Championship 2025 had a contingent of 19 LIV Golf pros, but eight of them missed the cut. While Tyrrell Hatton, Lee Westwood, Marc Leishman, and Jason Kokrak were in contention, big names such as Brooks Koepka, Joaquin Niemann, and Cameron Smith failed to make it to the weekend at Royal Portrush.

Phil Mickelson will be one of the most familiar faces at Royal Portrush next week, as he chases his second Open Championship title. Mickelson’s only Open title came in 2013, after a brilliant final-round 66 at Muirfield.

Phil Mickelson didn’t make a bogey over his first nine holes Thursday at The Open, assisted by a hole-out par save at the third. The 2013 Open champion hit his tee shot into a greenside bunker on the 167-yard, par 3 hole. After leaving his second shot in there, he holed his third.

Phil Mickelson got a horrible break early at the 2025 Open Championship but saved himself with a bunker hole-out to briefly take the lead.

Phil Mickelson was flying high on Thursday at Royal Portrush, posting a solid 1-under 70 at the opening round of the 153rd British Open.