The tension of the 145th Open Championship was monumental coming into the clubhouse on Saturday as Phil Mickelson and Henrik Stenson were trading birdie blows the entire way down the back nine. They had put themselves pretty far clear of the rest of the field, and Mickelson was trying to make a birdie at the last to tie the tournament up with Stenson at 12 under.
On his second shot on No. 18, a cameraman (or a couple of them) clicked a camera, and Mickelson pushed his shot into a greenside bunker. That's then Lefty lost it.
"That's so [expletive] to do that," yelped Mickelson. "I can't believe that. I get you've got to cover it, but why do you have to interfere with it?"
It was a fair question. The camera clicks were right in the middle of his downswing and could have legitimately affected the tournament. Thankfully Mickelson got up and down from the bunker for par to save a third-round 70. He trails Stenson by one going into the final round.
Here's the shot (and the expletive, so slight NSFW warning here).
Wink of the CBS eye to Big Lead
