Phil Mickelson’s fate at the PGA Championship—his 32nd start in the major—was decided on Thursday, an eight-over 79 at Quail Hollow in the first round essentially guaranteeing a missed cut in his future.

Golf great Phil Mickelson had an awful performance in a single hole that took him out of the 2025 PGA Championship.

During the first round of the 2025 PGA Championship, Phil Mickelson's round got sideways on the par-5 seventh hole. He hit his drive too far right, his ball going over a fence down the fairway. That triple-bogey came on the heels of three straight bogeys before that,