Phil Mickelson reflects on 2016 British Open loss to Henrik Stenson | Pays respect to DeChambeau

Phil Mickelson reflects on 2016 British Open loss to Henrik Stenson, “The only time that I can remember in my career where I played my absolute best golf and it wasn’t enough to win.” Phil also pays respect to Bryson’s precision game. #LIVGolf

yeah thanks for giving me the opportunity to talk about me losing and it’s uh it was a really one of the the the fun events it’s the only time I can remember in my career where I played my absolute best golf and it wasn’t enough to win and uh as I look back I I’ve always tried to put it in my hands like if I play my game if I play well it’ll be good enough and it and it always has been until that week when I played my best and and it wasn’t enough and but yet I still really enjoyed that week I still looked back on it fondly even though I didn’t win I loved the 36 holes over the weekend that we played competed against head-to-head and and um we really had a great time because that’s what it’s about it’s not about the trophy as much as it is the process that’s what I I remember and and my life experience is uh you know is being in the middle of it and that’s why we work so hard I also want to compliment I want to compliment Bryson because last year when he finished second this golf course is not a course you can just stand up and whale on it and hit it uh as far as you can you have to be very precise you have to uh hit at certain distances to leave yourself a shot in uh around the trees and so forth and uh for Bryson who has so much speed to win a US Open uh or to win like he has using his length but to to play well here and just missed a play off had uh Taylor not made a 30 foot on the last hole using Precision using shot making using his other skills I think is a real compliment to what a complete player is and uh this course identified that I thought that was uh than Phil really cool cool cool showing so