Brooks Koepka sits down with Shane O'Donoghue after shooting 2 over on Saturday to move into a tie for 2nd place.

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) Phil Mickelson turned 48 on Saturday, an occasion marked by fans singing ”Happy Birthday” at every turn.

Unfortunately he ruined it by acting like a 10-year-old at the U.S. Open.

And, much like a 10-year-old, he refused to admit he was wrong.

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”If somebody’s offended by that I apologize,” Mickelson said after running after his golf ball on the 13th green at Shinnecock Hills and hitting it while it was still moving. ”But toughen up, this was not meant that way.”

Actually it was, because what happened on the slippery 13th green at Shinnecock wasn’t just a case of a golfer losing his head momentarily in anger. That, at least, might have been excusable, even for a player in his 27th Open who clearly knows better.

No, this was Mickelson’s attempt to be the smartest guy in golf once again. This was his way to bend the rules and take a shot at the USGA at the same time for making the green so difficult.

And Mickelson should know there’s..

Within minutes of Phil Mickelson hitting his moving golf ball at the U.S. Open, his tour-pro peers started wondering if he should be DQ'd

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Ross KinnairdSOUTHAMPTON, NY – JUNE 16: Phil Mickelson of the United States smiles on the third green during the third round of the 2018 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Leave it to Phil Mickelson, a man who has never been shy about his penchant for placing the odd wager or three, to single-handedly determine the outcome of a U.S. Open prop bet.
By now, you've probably seen Mickelson's meltdown on Shinnecock Hills' 13th hole on Saturday, and heard his explanation that hitting a moving golf ball is a strategy he's thought about utilizing before (Classic Phil). But you probably didn't realize that the disastrous hole caused a lot of money to change hands in Vegas.
You see, the over/under for highest score by a player on a single hole at this week's U.S. Open was set at 9.5. And despite the carnage seen up to that point in the tournament, no one — not even Scott Gregory, who shot 92 on Thursday — had carded worse than a 9 on any ..

Brooks Koepka saves par with a 61-foot putt on the 14th hole.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) Anna Nordqvist and Lee-Anne Pace each shot 8-under 64 on Saturday to share the third-round lead in the Meijer LPGA Classic.

Nordqvist and Pace each birdied four of the first five holes and two of the last three – each making 20-footers on the par-4 18th – in their bogey-free rounds. They were at 18-under 198 at Blythefield Country Club.

Nordqvist, from Sweden, has eight LPGA Tour victories, winning the Founders Cup and The Evian Championship last year.

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”It just feels good playing good golf,” the 31-year-old Swede said. ”I feel like I need to trust myself.”

She birdied the par-3 fourth hole with the tee moved back behind the river.

”It was playing 218 today and I had a 3-wood,” Nordqvist said. ”I don’t get a lot of roll on my 3-wood, so I pitched in front of the green and it just rolled up perfect. So, it’s a tough hole, but I like the way LPGA challenges us.”

The 37-year-old Pace, from South Africa, won the 2014 Blue Bay LPGA ..

U.S. Open 2018: Zach Johnson tears into USGA and Shinnecock Hills on Saturday—”They've lost the golf course”

Phil Mickelson let his frustration get the best of him on the 13th hole when he putted the ball before it stopped moving, incurring a two-stroke penalty. Hear what 'Lefty' had to say about the incident after his round.

Phil Mickelson let his frustration get the best of him on the 13th hole when he putted the ball before it stopped moving, incurring a two-stroke penalty.