GULLANE, Scotland — Phil Mickelson swapped his golf clubs for a bottle of wine and took three of the closest people in his life with him to Muirfield to relive one of the most special victories of his career.
The American has been playing the Scottish Open in Gullane this week but many of his thoughts have been fixed on a course about a kilometer up the road. It was at Muirfield in 2013 that he won the British Open, a feat he thought for so long he might never accomplish.
After his third round of the Scottish Open on Saturday, he made the short trip up Gullane's high street to Muirfield with his wife Amy, his caddie Jim Mackay and his manager Steve Loy.