Does Phil Mickelson, course designer, forecast Leftys end as a top golfer?
DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. – Phil Mickelson wants to make it clear that he’s not thinking of retiring from the PGA Tour, that it hasn’t even crossed his mind. But it sure seems like Lefty’s set up an exit plan. Mickelson is undertaking his most ambitious golf course design project to date, a resort complex on 1,800 acres in the Palm Springs valley. If the project (regulation 27-hole course, 18-hole par 3, huge practice facility) comes off – it still needs approval from a Riverside County commission before construction begins – Mickelson could be taking the first big step to a Jack Nicklaus- and Arnold Palmer-style second career. Not that he’s willing to admit even mulling it over.
