Can having children make a golfer better, as far as careers?
PHIL MICKELSON: I don’t know. I don’t see how it helps or hurts. I think it’s just part of life. Q. The timing of the injury last summer was such that it came during the major season. Does that having you looking forward to Augusta just a little bit more this year? PHIL MICKELSON: I believe it does, yeah. I’m not pleased with the way I’ve played in the majors last year. I felt like I developed a really good game plan to prepare and get my best golf out in the majors and I wasn’t able to prepare, and it was frustrating and my performance in those events was frustrating. I felt like at the end of the season, spending time with Butch, my game has come around and I feel very comfortable with the season. This year, I feel like I’m driving it and hitting the long stuff as good as I ever had, and I’m excited for those sterner tests of golf to come along; the more penalizing events, I’m looking forward to. Q. Can you talk game plans? Does it ever change much as Augusta? PHIL MICKELSON: Not rea
