Regardless of how he finishes this week at the Genesis Invitational, Phil Mickelson will not tee it up in Mexico in two weeks.
Mickelson missed an 8-foot birdie putt on Pebble Beach's 18th hole Sunday that would've gotten him back inside the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking and qualified him for the WGC-Mexico Championship, which will be played Feb. 20-23 in Mexico City.
But while Mickelson, who moved to No. 55 in the world rankings, still had one more chance this week at Riviera to crack the top 50 and get into the year's first WGC, he wasn't planning on competing in the first place.