Happy Father’s Day, Phil Mickelson!

Posted By Cliff Tuttle | June 10, 2017

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Fortunately for Phil Mickelson, he had the power to make the choice.  Passing up the US Open to attend the high school graduation ceremony where his daughter would speak as valedictorian was, in his words “a no brainer.”

Nice of him to say it that way, but the truth is that it involved a conscious choice, one that his family will always remember.

I heard a sports talk host suggest that he might have been able  to attend the graduation and hop a jet as soon as the speech was over.  That’s the “Solomonic splitting the baby” logic that sends the wrong message.  Phil knew that he should give the whole day to this event.

That’s what being a champion is about.  Happy Father’s Day to all fathers who have quietly put their family first when nobody else knew.

CLT

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