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Mickleson makes cut at Texas Open barely
Texas Open Golf Heal WEB
Phil Mickelson sits on the grass as watches his playing partners finish the 16th hole during the second round of the Texas Open golf tournament, Friday in San Antonio. - photo by Associated Press

Texas Open
At TPC San Antonio
Second Round

Steven Bowditch    69-67—136    -8
Chad Collins        71-66—137    -7
Andrew Loupe        67-70—137    -7
Cam Beckman        69-70—139    -5
Pat Perez        68-71—139    -5
D. Summerhays    72-68—140    -4
Kevin Na        70-70—140    -4
Freddie Jacobson    70-70—140    -4
James Hahn        71-70—141    -3
Trevor Immelman    70-71—141    -3
Josh Teater        71-70—141    -3
Will MacKenzie    69-72—141    -3
Aaron Baddeley    70-71—141    -3
Zach Johnson        70-71—141    -3
Wes Roach        75-66—141    -3
Brian Harman        70-72—142    -2
Jason Kokrak        71-71—142    -2
Martin Flores        71-71—142    -2
Jerry Kelly        71-71—142    -2
Chesson Hadley    69-73—142    -2
Matt Kuchar        70-72—142    -2
Fred Funk        70-72—142    -2
Justin Hicks        69-73—142    -2
Bo Van Pelt        69-73—142    -2
Brian Davis        71-72—143    -1
Geoff Ogilvy        74-69—143    -1
Michael Putnam    72-71—143    -1
Scott Gardiner        74-69—143    -1
Ryan Palmer        72-71—143    -1
William McGirt        72-71—143    -1
Carl Pettersson    70-73—143    -1
Brice Garnett        70-73—143    -1
Russell Knox        74-70—144    E
Scott Brown        70-74—144    E
Brian Gay        73-71—144    E
Camilo Villegas    71-73—144    E
Tim Wilkinson        74-70—144    E
Robert Streb        72-72—144    E
Briny Baird        72-72—144    E
Jim Furyk        70-74—144    E
Alex Prugh        71-73—144    E
Alex Aragon        70-74—144    E
Cameron Tringale    71-74—145    +1
Stephen Ames        74-71—145    +1
Andres Romero    71-74—145    +1
Brendon de Jonge    73-72—145    +1
Justin Leonard        76-69—145    +1
Miguel A. Carballo    69-76—145    +1
Troy Merritt        73-72—145    +1
Jamie Lovemark    73-72—145    +1
Jordan Spieth        75-70—145    +1
Michael Thompson70-75—145    +1
John Senden        72-73—145    +1
Charley Hoffman    70-75—145    +1
Ben Curtis        70-75—145    +1
Troy Matteson        72-73—145    +1
Seung-Yul Noh        69-76—145    +1
Brooks Koepka    71-74—145    +1
Branden Grace        72-73—145    +1
Jeff Maggert        72-74—146    +2
Johnson Wagner    73-73—146    +2
Luke Guthrie        74-72—146    +2
Andrew Svoboda    73-73—146    +2
John Peterson        74-72—146    +2
Charlie Beljan        70-76—146    +2
Greg Chalmers        73-73—146    +2
Charlie Wi        73-73—146    +2
Jim Herman        73-73—146    +2
Morgan Hoffmann    74-73—147    +3
Jimmy Walker        76-71—147    +3
Kevin Foley        74-73—147    +3
JoeOgilvie        74-73—147    +3
T. Van Aswegen    71-76—147    +3
Richard H. Lee        72-75—147    +3
J.B. Holmes        72-75—147    +3
Phil Mickelson        77-70—147    +3
John Merrick        72-75—147    +3
Stuart Appleby        70-77—147    +3
Mike Weir        76-71—147    +3
Brendon Todd        71-76—147    +3
John Mallinger        74-73—147    +3
Bronson La'Cassie    74-73—147    +3
Failed to Qualify
Sean O'Hair        74-74—148    +4
Robert Allenby        75-73—148    +4
Ernie Els        74-74—148    +4
Harrison Frazar    73-75—148    +4
John Rollins        71-77—148    +4
Edward Loar        74-74—148    +4
Hunter Brown        76-72—148    +4
Nicolas Colsaerts    74-74—148    +4
D.H. Lee        74-74—148    +4
N. Thompson        75-73—148    +4
Mark Wilson        73-75—148    +4
John Huh        76-72—148    +4
Daniel Chopra        76-72—148    +4
Jim Renner        70-78—148    +4
Kyle Stanley        74-75—149    +5
Woody Austin        74-75—149    +5
Matt Bettencourt    73-76—149    +5
Mike Miller        74-75—149    +5
David Lingmerth    73-76—149    +5
Padraig Harrington    76-73—149    +5
Martin Laird        72-77—149    +5
Ted Potter, Jr.        71-78—149    +5
David Toms        76-73—149    +5
Ben Crane        76-73—149    +5
J.J. Henry        76-74—150    +6
Bud Cauley        74-76—150    +6
Brendan Steele    75-75—150    +6
K.J. Choi        75-75—150    +6
Heath Slocum        70-80—150    +6
Ryo Ishikawa        74-76—150    +6
Kevin Kisner        77-73—150    +6
Derek Lamely        76-74—150    +6
Jhonnattan Vegas    78-73—151    +7
Billy Horschel        80-71—151    +7
Billy Hurley III        74-77—151    +7
Benjamin Alvarado    74-77—151    +7
Danny Lee        68-83—151    +7
Peter Uihlein        75-76—151    +7
Jason Bohn        76-76—152    +8
Jay McLuen        74-78—152    +8
Peter Malnati        75-77—152    +8

    SAN ANTONIO — Phil Mickelson made the cut on the number in the Texas Open on Friday, blasting out of a greenside water hazard to 5 feet to set up a birdie on the final hole.
    Mickelson shot a 2-under 70 after opening with a 77 — his worst score of the season — on TPC San Antonio's AT&T Oaks Course. Lefty was 11 strokes behind leader Steven Bowditch, the Australian who had a 67 to reach 8-under 136.
    Mickelson was in the stream that runs in front of the 18th green after attempting to reach the par 5 in two from 288 yards with a 3-wood.
    "I needed to make a birdie to have a chance at playing tomorrow," Mickelson said. "Fortunately, barely went in, and it looked like the water overlapped the grass. It was not that hard of a shot."
    Bowditch holed out from 83 yards for an eagle on the par-4 12th. The 30-year-old topped the leaderboard at the end of a round for the first time in his PGA Tour career.
    "My wedge shots have been pretty good," Bowditch said. "I was trying to hit (the one on No. 12) a little past the pin and hope it came back to a reasonable distance. Got lucky."
    He closed the round with a double bogey on the par-4 ninth, taking two chips to get out of the heavy rough.
    Chad Collins and rookie Andrew Loupe were a stroke back. Collins shot 66, and Loupe had a 70.
    Mickelson has struggled this year and entered the Texas Open for the first time in 22 years to put his game under competitive conditions as a preparation for the Masters. He knew he had a chance to make the cut even after a bogey on No. 15 dropped him to 3 over.
    "I was on the green for five minutes and (the 3-over score) went from 74th to 71st in five minutes," Mickelson said, "so I figured that 3 over had a pretty good chance of making it because the scores were coming back."
    On the 18th, Mickelson pulled off his left shoe and rolled up that pants leg and gave it a shot with his foot in the water.
    "It's important that I get more mentally into the round like I did today," Mickelson said. "Yesterday, I was very sloppy. I like the way I'm driving the ball. My speed is back. My back feels great. My body feels great, and I'm able to hit the ball hard again."
    Plus, after having 17 putts on his second nine Thursday, he opened his second round Friday with one-putts on eight of his first nine holes.
    He was 3 under for the round until taking two shots to get out of a greenside bunker and bogeying No. 8.
    Only two of the top 15 players on the leaderboard are in the top 100 of the world ranking. Sixth-place Kevin Na is 78th in the world and ninth-place Zach Johnson is 10th.
    Bowditch is 339th, Collins 315th and Loupe 505th.