Phil Mickelson's 3rd round got off to an awful start
Phil Mickelson had shocking issues on the 1st hole of the US Masters Round 3.
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Having hit his drive way right of the fairway, Mickelson tried to get creative in the trees.
However he hit a branch in his backswing and it led to an air shot. Mickelson eventually chipped it out sideways, but the damage was done and it led to a triple bogey 7.
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Mickelson is now dead last of the remaining players in who made the round 3 after the cut.
Mickelson had shot an encouraging round of 70 on Thursday, before shooting his worst round at at Masters in the Friday with a 79.
Leading the way is Patrick Reed who is on nine-under-par closely followed by Marc Leishman of Australia. They tee off at 2.30pm (BST) on Saturday.
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