More US Open misery for Mickelson

Phil Mickelson needed a special round on his 42nd birthday to have any chance of being a contender at the US Open in San Francisco – but it did not begin as he hoped.

The five-time runner-up had survived the halfway cut with only one shot to spare at seven over par, and when he bogeyed the 428-yard second he fell nine adrift of overnight leaders Tiger Woods, Jim Furyk and David Toms.