Masters champion Phil Mickelson homed in on the second leg of golf's grand slam with a birdie barrage on Friday, but it was still Graeme McDowell atop the US Open leaderboard
PEBBLE BEACH: Masters champion Phil Mickelson homed in on the second leg of golf's grand slam with a birdie barrage on Friday, but it was still Graeme McDowell atop the US Open leaderboard.
After Northern Ireland's McDowell fired six birdies in a three-under 68 for three-under 139, Mickelson came out firing, producing the best round of the tournament with a five-under 66.
The affable American, who couldn't muster a single birdie in a dismal putting round on Thursday, reeled off three in a row from the second and added two more on the front for good measure as he surged up the leaderboard in search of the second leg of golf's grand slam.
Mickelson, too, finished with six birdies, his only miscue a bogey at the par-four ninth, positioning himself for a weekend charge on a day when Tiger Woods again couldn't break par.
Mickelson's sparkling effort gave him a share of second place, two shots behind McDowell on one-under 141.
"I'm in a good spot," Mickelson said. "I don't look at the leaderboard, I don't look at other players. I look at par."
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