Poor US Open start for Mickelson

Phil Mickelson took the long walk back to the tee after losing a ball with his opening drive at the US Open in San Francisco today.

The five-time runner-up’s hook into the trees down the Olympic Club’s 449-yard ninth – that is where half the field started – could not be found in the permitted five minutes and, with so many people around, was assumed to be up in the branches somewhere.