In the first press conference that he has given after his wife Amy was diagnosed with cancer, Phil Mickelson clarified on Wednesday that they are trying to go on with their lives as they did before Amy was diagnosed with that terrible disease. Mickelson clarified that he needs to focus on something else at least for a while, since this whole situation made him very emotional. That is why Mickelson stated that he is going to participate in the St. Jude Classic, which starts on Thursday and then he will be back to Bethpage Black for the US Open, where he expects to have a excellent performance as he was the runner-up to Tiger Woods in 2002 at this court. Woods is the defending champion of the US Open this year and has recently come back to play after being resting for nearly a year due to a knee surgery. About the breast cancer that was learned to his wife, he said that fortunately it was found on an early stage and that she doesn’t even have to rush into having surgery or making any hard decisions at this moment, but everything is ready for her to start her treatment. She will be submitted to surgery in the first week of July and until then they will have a better thought of what they are facing. Right now they are very grateful with all the people of the PGA Tour for all the support that they have been giving Amy and him. “We’re frightened, yeah. I reckon a lot of it is the unknown,” Mickelson said in the press conference. “You know, we’ve learned a lot in the last couple of weeks. We believe we have incredible doctors. We believe that we’ve caught this early. We won’t know this until a week or two after surgery, until some more pathology tests have been done”. Still, he says, nothing is going to affect the way he is going to play in both competitions. He clarified that he is going to be playing aggressively as he always does and that his emotions shouldn’t be a problem even though its something that he have never felt before. He also said that he hasn’t been practicing much golf in the past few weeks, only when Amy was occupied or sleeping. Right now, they are both trying to focus in something else before Amy starts her treatment. The three kids they have are camping this weekend with their grandparents while Amy is with several close friends at their home in San Diego. Mickelson said that is going to be very unlikely that Amy will be present for the US Open but that he is fine since he knows he will have a lot of support from his fans at the course. Although Mickelson is considered one of the best golf players in the world, he has never won a major tournament in his entire golf career. He plays very excellent but he often gets the second place, not the victory. The best run up that he had for a major tournament was for the 2002 US Open but he still got the second place behind Tiger Woods; for this year we will have to see what happens since Tiger Woods is back and it will be an fascinating tournament.

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1. Golf – Mickelson Steps out of PGA Tour as Wife is Diagnosed with Cancer By Audrey Nolan The World No. 2 golf player Phil Mickelson announced on Wednesday that he is stepping out from the PGA tour schedule indefinitely since his wife, Amy Mickelson, was diagnosed with breast cancer. According to his management office, his wife will have to be submitted to some more tests but she [...]...

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