TROON, Scotland (AP) -- Tiger Woods isn't the only player chasing Jack Nicklaus in the majors.
So is Phil Mickelson.
Only one of them has been making progress over the last four years. That isn't necessarily good news for Mickelson, but it should be.
Mickelson did everything right in the British Open, only to watch Henrik Stenson do just a little better.
They combined to deliver the greatest closing rounds by a final pairing in major championship history - 63 for Stenson, 65 for Mickelson, on a day when the average score was 72.