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Phil Mickelson holes out from bunker, celebrates with the most intense handshake

Lefty holes out the shot of the day at the Presidents Cup.

We needed a Phil Mickelson jolt in the first session of the Presidents Cup. It was getting late and everyone was starting to fade amid a flurry of awful golf shots. Then Mickelson dropped this one in the cup from a downhill bunker lie and got real business-like celebrating the hole-out with his partner, Zach Johnson.

That’s a little different reaction than we’re used to seeing from Phil. He’s usually butt-slapping and fist-bumping rowdily with Keegan Bradley. It looked like he wanted to after the shot of the session, but ZJ is keeping him in check.

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