Turning in a gem of a final round on a course that befuddled the game’s finest, Phil Mickelson rallied to win the 142nd Open Championship, July 21, at Muirfield in Gullane, Scotland. Thus, he became the third player to earn a berth in the 31st PGA Grand Slam of Golf.

Mickelson, 43, captured his fifth career major and first Open Championship, matching the low round of the week with a 5-under-par 66 that featured four birdies over his final six holes. His 72-hole total of 3-under-par 281, was three strokes better than Henrik Stenson.

Mickelson joins Masters Champion Adam Scott, who finished tied for third at Muirfield,

and U.S. Open Champion Justin Rose in the PGA Grand Slam of Golf, Oct. 15-16, at Port Royal Golf Course in Southampton, Bermuda. The final member of the elite foursome will be determined following the 95th PGA Championship, Aug. 8-11, at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y.

“This is just an amazing feeling winning this great championship,” said Mickelson, who also notched his lowest career final round in a major.

“I never knew if I’d be able to develop the game and the shots to play links golf effectively. To play what is arguably the best round of my career, to putt the way I putted, to shoot the round of my life, it just feels amazing to win the Claret Jug.”

PHIL MICKELSON RALLIES TO WIN FIRST OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP EARNS BERTH IN THE PGA GRAND SLAM OF GOLF

31ST PGA GRAND SLAM OF GOLF

31ST PGA GRAND SLAM OF GOLF

Dates: October 14 - 16, 2013site: Port Royal Golf Course, BermudaPurse: $1.35 million 2012 CHaMPiON: Padraig Harrington

televisiON: (All Times Eastern and Pacific)

First round – October 15, TNT 4 - 7 P.M.

second round – October 16, TNT 4 - 8 P.M.

TNT’s prime-time broadcast of the event is distributed to a worldwide audience of more than 500 million viewers in more than 100 countries.

Padraig Harrington2012 PGa Grand slam of Golf Champion

2013 MAjOR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS• 77tH Masters

Winner: adam scott• 113tH u.s. OPeN

Winner: Justin rose• 142ND OPeN CHaMPiONsHiP

Winner: Phil Mickelson • 95tH PGa CHaMPiONsHiP

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Phil Mickelson birdied four of his final six holes to capture his first Open Championship.

The second left-hander to win an Open Championship, coming a half-century after Bob Charles in 1963, Mickelson now owns three legs of the career grand slam. He follows Lee Trevino (1971 at Royal Birkdale) as the only players to win a week before the Open Championship and go on to win golf’s oldest major. Mickelson won last week’s Scottish Open at Inverness. Mickelson also is the only player in golf history to twice win a major after winning the week earlier. He won the 2006 BellSouth Classic before going on to triumph at the Masters.

Mickelson joined another exclusive club with five career majors: Byron Nelson, Seve Ballesteros, James Braid, J.H. Taylor and Peter Thomson.

Prior to this year, Mickelson had just two top 10s in 19 career appearances in the Open, with his best finish a runner-up in 2011.

Beginning the day five strokes behind England’s Lee Westwood, Mickelson shot 2-under par on the front nine, making two birdies and no bogeys before a minor glitch for a bogey on the 10th.

Westwood, trying to earn his first major title and become England’s first Open Champion since Nick Faldo at Muirfield, faltered with four bogeys in a nine-hole stretch in the middle of his round. He finished with a 75, and shared third with Adam Scott and Ian Poulter.

Mickelson played his final eight holes in 4-under par with no bogeys, beginning with an 8-footer for birdie on the 13th to get back to even par for the Championship. He finished the final round with just 26 putts.

One hole later he drained a 20-footer for another birdie before reaching the par-5 17th in two to set up yet another. On the 18th, his approach landed 10 feet behind the hole to set up one last birdie, after which he raised his arms skyward.

The post-round emotional circuit for Mickelson began with a long embrace with his caddie, Jim “Bones” Mackay, who burst into tears. Mickelson then celebrated with his children and wife, Amy, before

receiving a bear hug just in front of the scoring trailer from swing instructor Butch Harmon.

“Today it all clicked,” said Mickelson. “Today was where I put the rhythm and the mechanics together and hit some great shots. And walking down 1, all week Bones has said to me and last week at Castle Stuart (at the Scottish Open), “ ‘Slow down. Let’s enjoy this.’ And, he started walking a little fast (Sunday), so I was able to reverse it on him.”

Six times a runner-up at the U.S. Open – including this year – Mickelson took control at Muirfield in the cool gusts off the Firth of Forth and on the rugged greens.

“It’s a huge difference in emotions, as you can imagine,” said Mickelson. “And being so down after the U.S. Open, to come back and use it as motivation, to use it as a springboard, knowing that I’m playing well and to push me a little bit extra to work harder, to come out on top, in a matter of a month to turn it around it really feels amazing.

“This is a day I’ll remember my entire life. “It was one of the best rounds of golf I’ve ever played.”

Mickelson was the only player to break par over four days at a baked-out course that bedeviled the world’s best golfers.

Everyone but Mickelson, that is. Henrik Stenson was the runner-up at 284. Ian Poulter and Adam Scott finished another shot back.

“Phil obviously played well,” Westwood said. “That’s a pretty special finish in a major championship.”

Said Stenson, who matched the best finish by a Swedish player in a major, “It’s a marathon to be there Sunday on the back nine, and I was there. If I would have had the finish that Phil had, then it could have been the other way around. All credit to Phil. We know he’s a world-class player and has been for many, many years.”

With a firm grasp on the Claret Jug, Mickelson now has five career major championships.

MASTERS U.S. OPEN OPEN ChAMPiONShiP PGA ChAMPiONShiP

Adam Scott Justin Rose Phil Mickelson August 11

RANK PLAYER POiNTS PLACE POiNTS PLACE POiNTS PLACE POiNTS PLACE TOTAL

1st Padraig harrington PGa GraND slaM OF GOlF, DeFeNDiNG CHaMPiON2nd Tiger Woods 105 T4th 40 T32nd 85 T6th 2303rd Angel Cabrera 150 2nd * * 64.5 T11th 214.54th Ernie Els 61 T13th 96.3 T4th 47.5 T26th 204.85th Charl Schwartzel 46.5 T25th 62 14th 58.5 T15th 1676th Zach Johnson 40 T35th * * 85 T6th 1257th Paul Lawrie 34.5 T38th 40 T32nd 47.5 T26th 1228th Bubba Watson 24.5 T50th 40 T32nd 38.5 T32nd 1039th Fred Couples 61 T13th * * 38.5 T32nd 99.510th Martin Kaymer 40 T35th 16 T59th 38.5 T32nd 94.511th Stewart Cink 46.5 T25th * * 47.5 T26th 9412th Rory Mcilroy 46.5 T25th 33.5 T41st * * 8013th Keegan Bradley 20.5 T54th * * 58.5 T15th 7914th Geoff Ogilvy * * 40 T32nd 27.5 T44th 67.515th Justin Leonard * * * * 62.5 T13th 62.516th David Toms 61 T13th * * * * 6117th Darren Clarke * * * * 53 T21st 5318th Webb Simpson * * 40 T32nd 9 T64th 49

T19th Jim Furyk 46.5 T25th * * * * 46.5T19th Bernhard Langer 46.5 T25th * * * * 46.5T19th Mike Weir * * 46.5 T28th * * 46.522nd Vijay Singh 34.5 T38th * * * * 34.523rd Lucas Glover 27 49th * * * * 27

T24th Trevor immelman 24.5 T50th * * * * 24.5

T24th Jose Maria Olazabal 24.5 T50th * * * * 24.5

26th Sandy Lyle 20.5 T54th * * 0 84th 20.5

T27th Mark O'Meara * * * * 15.5 T58th 15.5

T27th Tom Lehman * * * * 15.5 T58th 15.5

T27th Graeme McDowell * * * * 15.5 T58th 15.5

30th Ben Curtis * * * * 9 T64th 9

PGA GRAND SLAM OF GOLF ~ 2013 MAjOR CHAMPIONS POINTS LIST

REMAINING 2013 MAjOR CHAMPIONSHIP VENuE95TH PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Oak Hill Country Club, Rochester, N.Y.Oak Hill Country Club will host its third PGA Championship, Aug. 5-11. Since 1956, the East Course has been the site of all of the rotating U.S. major championships, along with the 1995 Ryder Cup. Oak Hill, designed by legendary architect Donald Ross, features thousands of oaks, maples, evergreens and elms. Its signature “Hill of Fame” on the par-5 13th hole has honored many of the game’s foremost players and contributors. While the East Course has undergone various facelifts to accommodate the demands of hosting modern major championships, it remains one of the most beautiful and challenging Ross layouts in the game.

In the event of an injury or a dual winner in a major Championship, The PGA of America has developed a formula to complete the PGA Grand Slam of Golf field. The Defending Champion receives the initial invitation, then the Major Champions Points List is used to complete the field. This equation incorporates active past major winners and how they compete in this year’s major events. The point system awards 150 points for a 2nd place finish in a major event, 125 for 3rd, 110 for 4th, 100 for 5th, 90 for 6th, 85 for 7th, all the way thru 70th place, which receives 6 points.