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**truebluefan** · 08-24-2008, 09:46 PM

Phil Mickelson made birdie on the drivable fifth hole at Ridgewood Country Club each of the first two rounds. On Saturday, though, the 291-yard par 4 known as the "five and dime" exacted its revenge.

Mickelson hit his 3-wood in the thick rough short of the left greenside bunker. He then left his second shot short of the green in the same deep rough. And that's where the real damage was done.

"This time it was pretty deep in some kind of swirly grass and I tried to hit a little 64-degree wedge," Mickelson said. "It came out, and I heard it ding my club on the follow through. I didn't really feel it. It didn't look like it really affected the shot, but I kind of heard it or felt it, and so that was a penalty stroke and I missed the putt."

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**truebluefan** · 08-24-2008, 09:47 PM

Steve Stricker shook his head and flashed a wry smile when he walked out of the scorer's room Saturday at The Barclays.

If nothing else, the defending champion was glad he was finally off the sun-baked Ridgewood Country Club course after a humbling round that left Kevin Streelman atop the leaderboard and more than two dozen players in the title chase.

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**truebluefan** · 08-24-2008, 09:48 PM

Much has been written this year about the maturation of Sergio Garcia, and the talented young Spaniard continues to lend validity to those words this week at The Barclays.

Just two weeks removed from a major disappointment at the PGA Championship, where he matched the winner, Padraig Harrington, shot-for-shot on Sunday until finding the water on the 16th hole at Oakland Hills, Garcia is contending again in the first event of the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup.

The 28-year-old fired a 69 at Ridgewood Country Club on Saturday to move to 7 under and within a stroke of the lead held by the surprising rookie, Kevin Streelman. Garcia is tied with Vijay Singh, Mike Weir and his potential Ryder Cup teammate, Paul Casey, and he is one of just four players to break par in each of the first three rounds.

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**truebluefan** · 08-24-2008, 09:48 PM

Vijay Singh won The Barclays for a record fourth time Sunday, matching Sergio Garcia with a long birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff and finishing off the Spaniard with another birdie on the second extra hole.