If you are watching the tournament on television today, you will notice a lot of guys wearing pink shirts and pink ribbons in honor of Amy Mickelson, Phil’s wife who was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier in the week. The diagnosis caused Phil to withdraw from both the Nelson and the Colonial tournaments, and suspend his schedule indefinitely.
Robert Allenby, a PGA Tour player from Australia, is also wearing a pink shirt today, and will do so every Sunday this year. But, it’s not for Amy Mickelson. It’s for his own mother, who died in January from cancer. No jokes to be made here, just a silent tip of the hat to those who have lost loved ones and to those who’s loved ones continue to fight.