WATCH: Phil Mickelson Hits Moving Ball At US Open

Lefty had a truly bizarre moment during round 3

phil mickelson hits moving ball at us open

Lefty had a truly bizarre moment during round 3 of the US Open

WATCH: Phil Mickelson Hits Moving Ball At US Open

Phil Mickelson had a truly bizarre moment at the US Open during round three, hitting a moving ball on the 13th green after it was rolling off down a hill.

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His score for the hole initially went down as an 8, although has since been changed to a 10.

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Mickelson was given a two stroke penalty for breaching Rule 14-5 for hitting a moving ball.

He took four to get to the green and made four putts, plus the two additional strokes.

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Mickelson was made aware of his rule breach during play.

That dropped him to +16 for the tournament and +10 for the round.

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Elliott Heath
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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


Elliott is currently playing:


Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV