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Bubba Watson started play with a ski cap and kept his hands warm between shots with mittens. Ben Crane wore two hats and three pair of pants. And Phil Mickelson played his final nine hole in short sleeves.
Short sleeves? In 45-degree conditions Thursday in the Phoenix Open?
"I don't know how he was doing it because I didn't think it was that warm out," said playing partner Bill Haas, tied for the lead in the suspended first round at 6-under 65. "Better than it was in the morning, but it's still pretty cold."
Lefty thought nothing of it.
"I started to get a little bit warm," Mickelson said. "It felt great."
The start of play was delayed four hours because of heavy frost at TPC Scottsdale and only the scheduled morning starters completed the round.
The temperature dipped into the mid 20s overnight and it was 39 when play started at 11:40 a.m. The high was 47 on a cloudless day in the desert.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=6088397
Short sleeves? In 45-degree conditions Thursday in the Phoenix Open?
"I don't know how he was doing it because I didn't think it was that warm out," said playing partner Bill Haas, tied for the lead in the suspended first round at 6-under 65. "Better than it was in the morning, but it's still pretty cold."
Lefty thought nothing of it.
"I started to get a little bit warm," Mickelson said. "It felt great."
The start of play was delayed four hours because of heavy frost at TPC Scottsdale and only the scheduled morning starters completed the round.
The temperature dipped into the mid 20s overnight and it was 39 when play started at 11:40 a.m. The high was 47 on a cloudless day in the desert.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=6088397
