{"id":17259,"date":"2018-11-24T17:50:15","date_gmt":"2018-11-24T22:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/mickelson-beats-woods-amid-tech-issues\/"},"modified":"2018-11-24T17:50:15","modified_gmt":"2018-11-24T22:50:15","slug":"mickelson-beats-woods-amid-tech-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/?p=17259","title":{"rendered":"Mickelson beats Woods amid tech issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/www.taipeitimes.com\/News\/sport\/archives\/2018\/11\/25\/.\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.taipeitimes.com\/News\/sport\/archives\/2018\/11\/25\/News\/sport\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sports<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5>Sun, Nov 25, 2018 &#8211; Page 10\u3000<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.taipeitimes.com\/News\/sport\/archives\/2018\/11\/25\/News\/sport\/print\/2018\/11\/25\/2003704885\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Print<\/a><\/li>\n<li> Mail<\/li>\n<li>Facebook<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home\/?status=Mickelson+beats+Woods+amid+tech+issues http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fsport%2Farchives%2F2018%2F11%2F25%2F2003704885\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plurk.com\/?qualifier=shares&amp;status=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fsport%2Farchives%2F2018%2F11%2F25%2F2003704885 (Mickelson+beats+Woods+amid+tech+issues)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">plurk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/funp.com\/push\/submit\/add.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fsport%2Farchives%2F2018%2F11%2F25%2F2003704885&amp;via=tools\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">funp<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>     Mickelson beats Woods amid tech issues     AP      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.taipeitimes.com\/News\/sport\/archives\/2018\/11\/25\/News\/sport\/photo\/2018\/11\/25\/2008167747\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/P10-181125-318-1.jpg\" \/><\/a>   <a href=\"http:\/\/www.taipeitimes.com\/News\/sport\/archives\/2018\/11\/25\/News\/sport\/photo\/2018\/11\/25\/2008167747\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>   <\/p>\n<h4>Tiger Woods celebrates making a chip into the 17th hole on Friday against Phil Mickelson at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas.<\/h4>\n<h4>Photo: AP<\/h4>\n<p>Phil Mickelson on Friday beat Tiger Woods in overtime in their US$9 million pay-per-view match in Las Vegas that ended up free for many viewers because of technical problems.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Mickelson won on the 22nd hole, making a 1.2m birdie putt on a specially set-up par three.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust know I will never let you live that down. It\u2019s not the Masters or the US Open, but it is nice to have a little something on you,\u201d Mickelson said to Woods after the match.<\/p>\n<p>Woods said he enjoyed the match, even if he was on the losing end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou couldn\u2019t have made this event any better than it was,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was back and forth and very competitive on a golf course that was playing on the tricky side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The match made for some compelling golf at times, if only people could have seen it. Technical difficulties marred the event, which was billed as golf\u2019s first pay-per-view broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>Some viewers were unable to view it on their televisions after paying US$19.95.<\/p>\n<p>Turner and Bleacher Report representatives sent out links on social media allowing people to view it for free online.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, there were more than 500 people on hold online waiting for assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Only 700 invited guests were allowed to watch the event at Shadow Creek.<\/p>\n<p>The match was billed as a chance for viewers to watch an untraditional golf broadcast, as both golfers and their caddies were mic\u2019d up. It also featured live odds from MGM resorts and a drone was used for live shots.<\/p>\n<p>There was some banter between Woods and Mickelson early on, but not much as the stakes increased.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m trying to be more talkative, but I\u2019m not on this back nine,\u201d Mickelson said to Woods on the 15th hole.<\/p>\n<p>Woods understood and responded that they were going back to their old mode of \u201ctrying to beat each other\u2019s brains in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The most revealing moment on the front nine happened after Woods missed a 1.2m putt on the second hole to give Mickelson an early advantage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was half a second from giving him that putt because he always makes those,\u201d Mickelson said to his brother, Tim, who was his caddie.<\/p>\n<p>After he birdied the 17th, Woods said to caddie Joe LaCava: \u201cJust like old times, buddy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mickelson also said it was like old times for him against Woods after that trademark shot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve been doing that to me for 20 years, I don\u2019t know why I am surprised now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mickelson also had the advantage in challenge bets. Woods won the first challenge for US$200,000 when Mickelson did not birdie the first hole, but Mickelson won the next three, which were closest-to-the-pin challenges on par-three holes, which totaled US$600,000.<\/p>\n<p>Both said they could not see challenge bets become a part of regular PGA Tour events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe at match play you could, but that might not be the best thing,\u201d Mickelson said. \u201cI think it added to the competition. 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Page 10\u3000<\/p>\n<p> Print MailFacebookTwitterplurkfunp<\/p>\n<p>Mickelson beats Woods amid tech issues<\/p>\n<p> AP<\/p>\n<p> Tiger Woods celebrates making a chip into the 17th hole on Friday against Phil Mickelson at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas.Photo: AP<\/p>\n<p>Phil Mickelson on Friday beat Tiger Woods in overtime in their US$9 million pay-per-view match in Las Vegas that ended up free for many viewers because of technical problems.<br \/>\nMickelson won on the 22nd hole, making a 1.2m birdie putt on a specially set-up par three.<br \/>\n\u201cJust know I will never let you live that down. It\u2019s not the Masters or the US Open, but it is nice to have a little something on you,\u201d Mickelson said to Woods after the match.<br \/>\nWoods said he enjoyed the match, even if he was on the losing end.<br \/>\n\u201cYou couldn\u2019t have made this event any better than it was,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was back and forth and very competitive on a golf course that was playing on the tricky side.\u201d<br \/>\nThe match made for some compelling golf at times, if only people ..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}