Phil Mickelson ends his victory drought in such a classic Phil way

His path to victory was never going to be mundane. That is not Phil Mickelson, whose four-plus year quest to add another title to his resume finally ended Sunday with a playoff win over Justin Thomas, potholes, detours and near-calamities all part of the journey.

In just a small sample size over the weekend at the WGC-Mexico Championship, Phil brushed off one of his playing competitors because he mistakenly thought he was a media member; asked another one for the proper pronunciation of his first name; and gave a spirited tutorial, in Spanish, as to how he conducts his post-round autograph-signing scrums.

Phil Mickelson, whose last victory came in 2013, ended the longest drought of his career…