Five-time runner-up Phil says he’s ready to win

PHIL MICKELSON will go into today’s opening round at Congressional Country Club believing he can win a fifth major in the championship he covets most.

The left-handed Californian will tee off in his 21st US Open alongside young guns Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson, having first played his national championship in 1990 at Medinah when McIlroy was just 13 months old.

Eight top-five finishes have followed, five of them second places, and Mickelson is nothing if not enthusiastic.