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# Phil Mickelson tunes up for Masters title defence at Augusta National with
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Houston Open win
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## Phil Mickelson, who defends his Masters title this week, fired a seven-
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under par 65 in the final round to win the Houston Open by three shots on
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Sunday.
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![Phil Mickelson tunes up for Masters title defence at Augusta National with
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Houston Open win][1]
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In the swing: Phil Mickelson hit a a seven-under par 65 to win the Houston
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Open Photo: GETTY IMAGES
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By Telegraph staff and agencies 1:19AM BST 04 Apr 2011
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[Comments][2]
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The 40 year-old Mickelson beat fellow American Scott Verplank and Chris Kirk
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at Redstone Golf Club in Humble, Texas, to claim his first title since winning
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last year's Masters. It was also his first win since announcing at last year's
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PGA Championship that he suffers from psoriatic arthritis which he controls
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with medication.
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Mickelson finished on a tournament record score of 20-under par 268. Verplank
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carded a 68 for 271, where he was joined by second-round leader Kirk, who shot
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a final-round 67.
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Mickelson, who nows climbs to third in the world golf rankings, with Tiger
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Woods dropping to seventh, is hoping history will repeat itself as he is the
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last player to win the week before winning a Masters title. In 2006, he won
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the BellSouth Classic and went on to take the green jacket.
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Mickelson said: "I've got to maintain my focus throughout the round. There
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were two points out there where I just lost focus. At Augusta, that course can
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be very penalising."
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Steve Stricker and Aaron Baddeley tied for fourth on 13 under, Stricker after
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a 69 and Baddeley with a closing 71, while Robert Allenby and David Hearn were
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a shot further back.
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## Related Articles
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* [Cowen's backing Britons][3]
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04 Apr 2011
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02 Apr 2011
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02 Apr 2011
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Padraig Harrington completed a solid week with a 70, for joint-eighth on 11
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under. Lee Westwood had an eagle-three at the eighth but finished with a
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dropped shot for a 68.
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He needed a top-two finish to go back to No 1 in the world, but ended up tied
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for 30th.
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England's David Horsey shook off a poor final hole to win a three-man play-off
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for his second European Tour title, taking the Trophee Hassan II in Agadir,
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Morocco.
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Horsey, who hit a hole in one on the second in the final round, was one shot
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ahead of defending champion Rhys Davies of Wales and two clear of Jaco Van Zyl
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with one hole to play, but then double-bogeyed the last to be forced into the
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play-off.
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All three players parred the first extra hole and Horsey won on the second
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with a birdie.
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