1. What will Phil do next?Following such a bittersweet tournament at The Open, Phil Mickelson next week returns to Baltusrol for the PGA Championship -- where he won his second major title in 2005.Whether playing another major so soon is good or not remains to be seen, but Mickelson tried to view it as a positive in the aftermath of his second-place finish to Henrik Stenson at Royal Troon.A product of the schedule due to golfs return to the Olympic Games, the PGA has been moved up two weeks, giving players little time to prepare for another venue and a completely different style of golf.It doesnt give me a chance to take time off, per se, Mickelson said. It forces me to keep my game sharp.Mickelson was not headed home to San Diego after The Open but to the New York City area this week. He has some corporate responsibilities and that will give him a chance to get to nearby Baltusrol in Springfield, New Jersey.Ive got a lot of special memories going back to Baltusrol in 05 and [not having] a month to wait between majors is a good thing for me, he said. Ill try to look at the positives and take that into Baltusrol and keep my game sharp over the next week or two as opposed to going home and taking some time off.Mickelson has now finished runner-up in a major championship in each of the past four years, following up his second-place finish at the 2013 U.S. Open with a win at The Open. He was second at the 2014 PGA Championship to Rory McIlroy and second to Jordan Spieth last year at the Masters.2. Another Olympic problemYou can bet that members of the International Golf Federation were secretly rooting for Stenson over Mickelson on Sunday. The Swede is an enthusiastic supporter of the Olympic golf event, a welcome departure from all of the recent negativity surrounding player withdrawals. And it would have been embarrassing to have Mickelson win The Open -- and potentially the PGA next week -- and not be an Olympian.Nonetheless, Mickelsons second-place finish moved him to 13th in the world and the fifth-highest-ranked American. With Dustin Johnson and Spieth withdrawing, Mickelson would have qualified for the U.S. had the deadline been extended one week as the top 4 within the top 15 are eligible.The July 11 deadline was always ludicrous, just another in a long line of mistakes as they relate to the golf competition. IGF officials insist they were powerless to change it. Peter Dawson, head of the IGF and former CEO of the R&A, repeatedly lobbied the IOC to move the qualification deadline back one week and was rebuffed.3. If it had been any other year ...Mickelsons score in relation to par at The Open would have won 140 of the 145 played. Only Stenson (-20), Tiger Woods twice (-18 in 2006, -20 in 2000) and Nick Faldo (-18 in 1990) went lower. McIlroy was 17-under in 2014, the same number under par as Mickelson was at Royal Troon with an aggregate of 267.It should be noted that the first 31 Opens were played over just 36 holes and nobody came close to breaking par back then -- if they even looked at it that way. The Open does not note scores in relation to par until 1938. And no one got as low as 10-under-par until 1958.4. And its happened at other majors, tooNot only did Mickelson shoot a score that would have won nearly every other Open, he also did so at the 2015 Masters and the 2001 PGA Championship.Last year at Augusta National, Mickelson and Justin Rose tied for second, four strokes behind Spieth. Their total of 274, 14-under-par would have tied or won 74 of the 80 Masters.At the 2001 PGA, Mickelson finished second behind David Toms, shooting 266, 1 stroke behind Toms 265, which had been the major championship aggregate record until Stenson shot 264 at Royal Troon. Mickelson would have won every other PGA Championship with his score.5. Hey, lets do this some moreCount former Masters champion Trevor Immelman among those who was pining for more golf from Stenson and Mickelson after their 18-hole showdown at Royal Troon.6. The closest observerJim Bones Mackay has caddied for Mickelson the entirety of his professional career, dating just before his pro debut at the 1992 U.S. Open. So it wasnt a surprise that Mackay took Sundays defeat to Stenson nearly as hard as his boss.Afterward, he marveled at the play of Stenson and gave props to the Swede for winning his first major. He also grieved a bit for Mickelson while pointing out the impressiveness of his 17-under-par performance, while also complimenting Mickelsons new coach, who he began working with last fall.You cant say enough about Andrew Getson. Hes been nothing short of phenomenal, Mackay said. Im so glad that Phil found him. He had an unbelievable warm-up session [Sunday]. Similar to Muirfield [2013] where he was hitting the ball so well on the range he just backed off and sat around. He took it to the course and had an incredible ball-striking day on the course. He shot 65 and finished second.The great thing about what he is doing now is he is loving playing. Hes been great. Hes played a lot better this year than even most people would think. If you look at the numbers, hes really, really played well this year. Im happy for him that hes got this kind of game. You can make the argument that this is as good a tournament as Ive seen him play in a long time.Mackay sees nothing about Mickelsons age of 46 holding him back.Not at all, he said. When youre as competitive as Phil is, absolutely not. He was very honest with you guys [the media, on Saturday]. He turned a 77 into 70 and it was amazing. He wasnt feeling it and he felt it [Sunday] and hit a lot of good shots.7. Henrik takes a hit -- sort ofThis is one of those First World problems, and undoubtedly youll never hear him say anything about it, but Open champion Stenson took a financial loss due to the recent Brexit vote which saw the United Kingdom decide to leave the European Union. That caused a big hit on the British pound, which has sunk to its lowest level against the dollar in decades.While the amount to the winner increased to ￡1,175,000 this year -- up about ￡25,000 -- Stenson actually earned less in U.S. dollars than Zach Johnson received last year for his victory at St. Andrews. In U.S. funds, Stenson earned $1,549,590 -- or about $245,100 less than Johnson. Presumably Stenson, who is from Sweden, converts to U.S. dollars because he lives full time in the United States.Stenson undoubtedly cares way more about the Claret Jug, regardless of the amount of the prize money.8. The State of TurnberryDonald Trumps ownership of the Turnberry Resort in Scotland has put the venues future as an Open site in flux, a point that R&A chief Martin Slumbers deftly sidestepped last week by noting that a decision on a future Open there is not imminent.Turnberry was and is part of the pool of courses for the Open Championship, Slumbers said. There are at the moment nine courses, and Turnberry is one of those.With The Open set for Royal Birkdale next year, Carnoustie in 2018 and Portrush in 2019, Turnberry is up for consideration. As Slumbers pointed out, 2020 or 2021 will go to a venue in England, with the other year going to St. Andrews.I had a chance to check out Turnberry last week -- it is roughly 25 miles south of Royal Troon on the Ayrshire coast -- and it would be a shame if the R&A did not go back. It is the most scenic of all the venues, the iconic lighthouse enhanced by a change to holes 9, 10 and 11 that make them a visually appealing part of a course that has undergone an impressive refurbishment.9. The Champion Golfer of the Year Arnie Herber Jersey . Carey Price didnt, but he still came out on top against one of his rivals for the No. 1 job at the Sochi Games. The Anahim Lake, B.C., native was stellar in making 39 saves in his home province and Lars Eller got credit for a bizarre short-handed winner as the Canadiens defeated the Canucks 4-1. Davante Adams Jersey . 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Since they crawled out of the starting gate 1-11 last season, they are closing in on a repeat of that perverse history.The 5-4 Celtics certainly seem to have an excellent chance to hand the Pelicans their 10th loss of the season, especially since it is unknown if forward Anthony Davis will be at full strength after taking an awkward fall in a 126-99 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night.Davis fell to the floor in pain after making a floater in the lane in the third quarter to draw New Orleans within a point of the Lakers. He got up a minute later, holding his lower right back, and went to the locker room for six minutes.When Davis returned, the Lakers led by 13 points and stretched their advantage to as many as 29 in coasting to the win despite Davis game-high 34 points. No other Pelicans starter scored more than seven points.For an All-Star who is single-handedly carrying the Pelicans -- Davis is averaging 31.3 points, 10.7 rebounds and 3.0 blocks a game -- his back is too valuable for New Orleans to jeopardize his long-term health, even if his absence for even one game would make coach Alvin Gentrys job more difficult.The Pelicans have not won in five home games this season.Were in a position where we have not done very good at home at all, and in this league, you have to take care of business at home because its so difficult to win on the road, Genttry said.ddddddddddddAnd we have not done that.The Celtics defeated the Indiana Pacers 105-99 on the road Friday night with an excellent closing spurt from guards Isaiah Thomas and Avery Bradley, who combined to score Bostons final 16 points.Thomas, who scored 23 against Indiana, is playing despite a sprained left middle index finger. X-rays after the game were negative, but Thomas said it has affected his shooting.I tried but I couldnt feel the ball, Thomas said. I didnt shoot it as good and as much as I usually do. Ill try to figure out what I can do to adjust my shot and get comfortable.I feel like (closing) is our role, thats what we are supposed to do, Bradley said.The Celtics have won four consecutive games against the Pelicans. Thomas averaged 27.0 points in Bostons two-game sweep of the Pelicans last season. Davis scored just 16 points in a 111-93 home loss to the Celtics last December and missed the series finale, a 104-97 road loss, because of a knee injury.The one positive note for the Pelicans has been Davis attitude. Despite his teammates shortcomings, Davis has continued to hustle and say all the right things. He is averaging nearly 38 minutes a game, the third-highest average in the NBA. No big man is logging more minutes.My instinct is to go back in and try to help the team in whatever way I could, Davis said. I love the game. I want to play the game. ... Thats what a leader does. ' ' '