Odds-on Mickelson catches bogey-itis at the death to lose WGC
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Joe Dyer /
04 August 2008 /
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Dropped shots on the final holes cost world no. 2 the title at Firestone.
Phil Mickelson was backed at a low of [1.57] on Betfair when leading the World Golf Championship Bridgestone Invitational with four holes to go.
But Big Phil dropped three shots over the closing stretch to chuck away his chance of winning a first WGC event.
Eventual champion Vijay Singh was backed at a high of [50.0] while Lee Westwood, who finished second with Stuart Appleby, touched a low of [2.96] in the market.
Mickelson tees it up this week at the season's fourth major - the USPGA at Oakland Hills - where he is the early [11.0] market leader. Singh is joint second favourite with Padriag Harrington at [21.0] while Westwood is a couple of ticks back on [27.0].
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Korea's Ji-Yai Shin was backed at a high of [36.0] to land the British Women's Open at Sunningdale which she won by three shots this afternoon.
World number one Lorena Ochoa was backed at [2.04] and Japan's Yuri Fudoh at [2.72].
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