LIV GOLF HONG KONG

March 9, 2025

Phil Mickelson

Hong Kong Golf Club

HyFlyers GC

Quick Quotes

Q. What did it mean to get in the hunt, on the podium individually for the first time? Your team was in it until the very end.

PHIL MICKELSON: Yes, this was a great steppingstone for us as we continue to build, and we had a great opportunity. We were up on the leaderboard most of the day, and we fell three shots shy, but we are really starting to hit stride.

All four of us are progressing, and we're playing like we know we can, we believe we can, and now we're starting to get some results. We're going to take this and go over to Sentosa next week and see if we can add to it because we're playing well and we're ready to move up that podium.

It was great to get on the podium, now it's like we want to get to the taller one.

Q. Individually obviously it was a hell of a run all week. You got better each day it seemed like.

PHIL MICKELSON: So I really had a great off-season, and I figured some things out, and I'm playing a different style of golf. I've been playing really well at home, and it's great to take it here. I didn't putt well at Adelaide, otherwise I would have contended there, as well. I played really good golf, and I had about four or five putts - today even - that could have gone lower and been an ultra round low to make a run.

But the fact is I'm hitting a lot of good shots. I'm playing some good golf, and this is a building week as I continue to build into LIV and my goal of accomplishing a win in LIV as well as winning another major, getting ready for Augusta.

Q. Obviously this seems to be your best performance since the Masters; is that right?

PHIL MICKELSON: It is, but it didn't feel hard. It felt easy. I probably led the field in fairways hit. I haven't seen the stats, but I'd be surprised if anybody hit more than I did. My game is getting sharp. My short game is back. I had a rough couple of years. My short game is really sharp now. My iron play is back, and my game is starting to really come around, and I'm also playing differently. I'm playing a lot less stressed, and it's coming.