Maybe it's just one round, but Thursday at The Open, 50-somethings Lee Westwood and Phil Mickelson shot under par.

Phil Mickelson got a horrible break early at the 2025 Open Championship but saved himself with a bunker hole-out to briefly take the lead.

Watch as Phil Mickelson delivers magic Thursday at the Open Championship, holing out of the sand from 75 feet away for an unlikely par.

Phil Mickelson didn’t make a bogey over his first nine holes Thursday at The Open, assisted by a hole-out par save at the third. The 2013 Open champion hit his tee shot into a greenside bunker on the 167-yard, par 3 hole. After leaving his second shot in there, he holed his third.

Phil Mickelson recorded his best opening round at an Open Championship since 2016 on Thursday at 1-under 70, and he had one of the most impressive highlights of the day.

Phil Mickelson is expected to make the cut at this year's Open Championship at Royal Portush in Northern Ireland and keep his slim hopes of winning a seventh major title alive

If the world No. 1 were to secure the title, it would not come as a significant surprise to many – although Mickelson may be shocked to see him collect another accolade. In March, the 55-year-old made an incredibly bold prediction about Scheffler.