Mickelson's Last Chance Saloon at This US Open

Not wanting to close all doors, six-time US Open runner-up Phil Mickelson admitted that next week probably will be his last chance at winning the event that has brought him so much heartache.

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The 54-year-old has won six major golf championships, including the Masters three times, and showed in 2021 that he does have the ability to pull off surprises.

He won the PGA Championship at age 50 that came with the added perk of a five-year US Open exemption.

That exemption package expires this year when the US Open arrives next week at Oakmont Country Club, just outside Pittsburgh.

So is this the last chance to earn the elusive trophy that just slipped from his grasp in runner-up finishes in 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009 and 2013? Will he get another chance to complete a career Grand Slam?

"I haven't thought about it too much," Mickelson said before this weekend's LIV Golf event in Virginia. "There's a high likelihood that it will be, but I haven't really thought about it too much."