Phil Mickelson had a little trouble on the 18th hole at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am in California on Saturday, falling down while searching for his ball near the rocks on a slope near the green.
Mickelson, who won the Phoenix Open last week, had what Deadspin called the "unquestionable sports highlight of this or any year." After taking a triple bogey on the hole, Mickelson heads into the final round at one under par after shooting one over in the third round.
Brandt Snedeker and Jason Hahn are tied for the lead at 12-under par and will be teeing off in the final pairing, while Phil Mickelson will go at 11:25.
Snedeker has been close to lead in each of the past two tournaments, including at Torrey Pines, where he was behind Tiger Woods, and at the Phoenix Open, where he was behind Mickelson. This time he is in the lead after hitting four straight birdies over the third round.
"You never know what tomorrow holds, but I feel like I'm in great position, and I'm going to be surely more prepared, no matter who is around me in the last group," said Snedeker, who posted his ninth straight round in the 60s. "I'm probably going to have the most experience of anybody in those last couple groups of winning a golf tournament."
Hahn was just as good towards the end, putting birdies in on his last three holes, leaving the two a shot ahead of Chris Kirk. Mickelson was all the news after the round due to his fall and as the defending champion he was fortunate to not have been forced to pull out of the tournament.
"I got lucky," Mickelson said. "I didn't get hurt."
Mickelson sits 11-shots behind the lead and is in a vastly different spot than last weekend when he won the Phoenix Open after opening with a historic round. Mickelson faced off against Snedeker and knows what he can do on the course.
"He's been playing great golf these last couple of weeks ... and it looks like this could be his week," Mickelson said. "But final round at Pebble Beach, a lot of things happen and he has to play one more good round. I know he has it in him, but he still has to go do it."
Mickelson won the tournament last year after coming from six shots behind, but this year the deficit might be too big.
Coverage is on GOLF CHANNEL and CBS as well as official coverage from the PGA TOUR.
HERE is the full list of Tee Times:
Going off No. 1 at Pebble Beach
10:25 a.m. - Scott Gardiner, Brian Harman, Lee Westwood, Brendon de Jonge
10:35 a.m. - Chez Reavie, Josh Teater, Vijay Singh
10:45 a.m. - Scott Brown, John Merrick, Justin Hicks
10:55 a.m. - Jordan Spieth, Bill Lundie, Aaron Baddeley
11:05 a.m. - Russell Knox, Bill Horschel, Patrick Cantlay
11:15 a.m. - Matt Every, William McGirt, Kevin Na
11:25 a.m. - Charlie Wi, Hunter Mahan, Alistair Presnell
11:35 a.m. - Fredrik Jacobson, Ted Potter Jr.
11:45 a.m. - Luke Guthrie, Kevin Stadler, Webb Simpson
11:55 a.m. - Jimmy Walker, Sean O'Hair
12:05 p.m. - Jason Day, James Driscoll
12:15 p.m. - Retief Goosen, Robert Garrigus
12:25 p.m. - Chris Kirk, Patrick Reed, Richard H. Lee
12:35 p.m. - Brandt Snedeker, James Hahn
Going off No. 10 at Pebble Beach
10:25 a.m. - Heath Slocum, Mike Weir, Ryuji Imada
10:35 a.m. - Scott Langley, John Mallinger, Nick O'Hern
10:45 a.m. - Cameron Tringale, Stuart Appleby, Bob Estes, Jason Bohn
10:55 a.m. - Peter Tomasulo, Seung-Yul Noh, Jim Furyk
11:05 a.m. - Pat Perez, Bryce Molder, Kelly Kraft
11:15 a.m. - Ken Duke, Doug LaBelle II, J.B. Holmes
11:25 a.m. - Rod Pampling, Phil Mickelson, J.J. Henry, Brian Stuard
11:35 a.m. - Tim Clark, Brad Fritsch, Troy Kelly
11:45 a.m. - Sam Saunders, Jeff Maggert, Cameron Percy
11:55 a.m. - Matt Jones, Greg Owen, Kevin Streelman
