Mickelson makes major plans

Phil Mickelson today showed just how serious he is about next month’s British Open at Hoylake, flying in by private jet with his caddie, short-game coach Dave Pelz and his father for a first practice round.

The world number two, who would have been going for a clean sweep of the majors if only he had parred the final hole of the US Open two weeks ago, spent four hours researching the back nine, had a bite to eat and then went out again onto the front nine.