Henry McKenna
NFL reporter
Phil Mickelson got up early, around 6 am, and the sun had still increased in the course in the Augusta National Golf Club. I was two weeks after playing masters. And he was sliding in gloves to prepare for practice near that picturesque grass of bermuda.
But Mickelson’s golf gloves keep him. They were open receiver gloves.
The best left -handed in the history of golf was to prepare to catch football with Tom Brady.
It was 2017 or 2018, Mickelson could not withdraw in Quege, and Brady tried to stay sharp for a launch session he had in the books with Julian Edelman, Rob Gronkowski and some other teammates of New England’s patriots. For an hour or so, Mickelson stopped as the closed wing and Brady’s closed wing.
It was fun, at first.
“He is going through his passes progress he is launching. [He started with] The little swing pass to the runner, “Mickelson told Fox Sports.” Those were easy, small, high, soft. “
He intensified quickly. Mickelson had to run a route like green.
“It’s like a rapid five -yard change, or a quick inclination. [Brady] He is whistling this there, and I can’t see the first half of the ball because he’s very dark, “said Mickelson, who appears.” I am worried two weeks before the teachers break a finger. “
Mickelson and Brady spent a lot of time together about a duration of four days they shared in Augusta. One of the many conclusions of that moment for Mickelson was that Brady was always watching the future, practicing (with Mickelson) for a practice session with his NFL teammates. But that was not the only shot. Duration of their time in the gym, spent a lot of time thinking loudly about band’s exercises, hydration, diet and recovery. They had a lot in common. Brady’s “TB12” brand had just begun to explode. It was your response for aging: a sometimes contradictory or surprising methodology to maintain maximum performance.
Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady have joined in and off the course.
At that time, Mickelson had already renewed his lifestyle to stretch as many years outside the golf as he could. Mickelson had already changed his diet and increased his consumption of coffee to fight psoriatic arthritis, which doctors diagnosed for the first time in 2010.
“Before that, it was really pathetic,” Mickelson joked about his diet.
He admitted that he occasionally ate a Krispy Kreme Donuts celebration boxes after matches. Those days are over. Mickelson used to drink regularly Coca -Cola Light. He has had one in 15 years.
Mickelson, 54, said that the conversation with Brady had “a great impact.”
“And since I have Goths, I have found Myelf gravitating the same [with band workouts] Because I need to stay flexible, elastic, tone and strong, but I don’t want to hurt myself and I don’t want my muscles to contract and sprout, “Mickelson said.
Mickelson and his coach Sean Cochran have implemented Brady’s routines in their training together. It was the only thing Mickelson copied. The golfer now has his own brand, for well -being. If Brady’s brand is aimed at football rigors, Mickelson analyzes how to maximize the holistic welfare of a golfer.
Mickelson’s recipe has been the most impressive longevity of a golfer.
No one would be surprised if Mickelson won Mexico City of LIV this weekend.
No one who has the attention of the legs, that is.
Mickelson is, of course, the oldest major winner, with his victory of PGA in the championship in 2021. But he is not obtaining the credit that deserves what is DOE in 2025. Mickelson fell from the 1,000 golfers of the golfers of this PGA what Mickelson is achieving with Liv Golf. Once again, Mickelson is fighting against time.
It is currently 12 in the individual classification, with its first podium on the Hong Kong Golf Club. Hi, he also hooked a Top 10 in Liv Miami. Phil is eighth in Liv with 63.1 percent of the coup. That is more than 53.2 percent in 2024 and 52.3 percent in 2023. Its driving length is reduced to 294 in 2025 after 299 in 2024 and 301.8 in 2023. But that doesn’t matter.
“I am driving it more straight than I have hit it, and that allows me to play with my strength, which is my iron game, and I try to shoot slightly different scores,” he said. “I gained a big mistake of the TEE. I don’t have the same amount of penalty blows. So all these things are a different way to play, shoot low scores and finally try to overcome the best players in the world.”
Is Phil Mickelson about to break for a LIV golf victory?
The famous man “hit bombs” on the masters on the way to a second place in 2023 is not so concerned about a powerful driver in 2025. A part of the fighting age is acceptance. Mickelson made reference to a pair or MLB launches, Jamie Moyer and Greg Maddux, who never needed a quick elite ball.
“They may not be mastered to batters in the way [others] He did it with his fast ball, but they can have a late movement and place it better. They are able to establish batters through experience and, therefore, Fort, “Mickelson said.” And I would say that he is a son of what I have tried to do, and take advantage of this time in the descent for strategies differently. I will not be able to dominate the golf course as the boys can. “
There is another area where Mickelson is growing.
This low season, the Hyflyers GC captain began organizing a training camp, not very different from what football players lead to the NFL season. At the end of January, Mickelson invited his teammates Brendan Steele, Cameron Tringale and Andy Ogletree to his home in San Diego, which has a world -class training installation.
Mickelson said he has always felt close to his teammates, but said that his time together created an “emotional connection” within the Heflyers, which increased the intensity by 2025. They are sitting in the eighth place ahead of Mexico City. And the heflyers are not afraid to find solutions when they meet Probles with their game.
The other week, Brendan Steele asked Mickelson about a problem, which spent the next eight hours drilling. In the end, Mickelson admitted that he had a question about his splint, which, when asked, Steele admitted that he realized. Then they spent time finding a solution for Mickelson.
“This team element has really brought a new energy and enjoys in the game,” said Mickelson. “We are helping each other to bring the best of each other. And we have a support system.”
Mickelson has its stage end. The heflyers have had their podium finishes.
But it feels as a matter of time before seeing a number 1 end, both of the team and the individual. And that is because it is a matter of time, and defended it in a way that no one else, for Mickelson.
Before joining Fox Sports as a reporter and NFL columnist, Henry McKenna spent seven covering the Patriots for USA Today Sports Media Group and Boston Globe Media. Follow it on Twitter in @Henrycmckenna.
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