"Barring ib yam dab tsi tsi xam pom, kuv yuav tsis tau muaj," nws hais reporters tom qab lub thib peb puag ncig ntawm lub rau hli ntuj lub Memorial kev sib tw.
"Raws li kuv saib rov qab rau lub neej, qhov no yog ib tug lub sij hawm ntawd kuv mam nco ntsoov cherish thiab yuav zoo siab kuv yog tam sim no."
Lub Pacific Ridge tsev kawm ntawv commencement yog teem rau thaum sawv ntxov rau hli ntuj 15 - clashing nrog rau cov thawj round ntawm lub tebchaws United States Golf Association tus flagship kev tshwm sim.
Nws tus ntxhais, cov tub kawm tus thawj tswj hwm thiab ib tug tri-kev ua si nawv varsity ua kis las, yog cov xaiv hais lus.
Mickelson tsis tau mus ntsib tsis tau lub US Qhib txij li thaum nws thawj daim ntawv qhia txog xyoo raws li ib tug pro nyob rau hauv 1993, tab sis nyuab siab "muaj cia li yeej tsis muaj txoj kev uas yuav ua rau nws" barring ib tug huab cua ncua rau cov lus qhib round los yog ib tug lig kev hloov mus rau lub ceremony lub sij hawm.
Mike Davis, USGA executive director, qhuas cov neeg uas ua lub transparency, ntxiv "kom tsim nyog kev kho me ntsis" yuav tau ua.
"Peb yeej to taub thiab txhawb hais tias Phil tsev neeg los cog lus tseg yog paramount tseem ceeb," hais tias Davis. "Peb npuaj teg thiab txaus siab rau qhov tseeb hais tias Phil yog ua proactive."
Mickelson, ib tug US Qhib khiav mus rau rau lub sij hawm ntawd, tau ua tsis pub leejtwg ntawm nws txoj kev xav los yeej muaj cov loj xwb kev sib tw rau dim nws.
Tab sis nws tsis yog thawj lub sij hawm familial thiab ntaus pob ncaws pob los cog lus tseg tau collided.
Nrog nws tus poj niam Amy cev xeeb tub ntau rov qab mus tsev nyob rau hauv Arizona, Mickelson coj qhws ib pager thaum lub sij hawm 1999 US Qhib ntawm Pinehurst, thiab yog npaj txhij thiab tos mus taug kev tawm hauv chav kawm ntawm txhua lub caij nws yuav tsum mus rau hauv txoj hauj lwm.
Raws li nws tshwm sim, Mickelson twb tuaj contesting rau lub trophy, culminating nyob rau hauv ib tug zaum kawg puag ncig duel nrog lub caij Payne Stewart.
Tab sis yog Mickelson yuav mus rau tag thib ob, ntog luv luv los ntawm ib tug txhaj koob tshuaj tivthaiv, Stewart famously ntsiag li nws, cupping Lefty lub ntsej muag nyob rau hauv nws ob txhais tes thiab hais tias "Good koob hmoov rau tus me nyuam. Muaj tsis muaj dab tsi zoo li nyob ib leej txiv."
Hais tias tus me nyuam, yug cia li ib hnub twg tom qab, yog tam sim no kawm tiav rau xyoo kawm ntawv qib siab.