Phil Mickelson on Thursday was this close to shooting the first 62 in golf major championship tournament history.Phil Mickelson was SO CLOSE to posting a 62 at until this happened: SB Nation (@ Alex Bregman Jersey SBNation) Mickelson had eight birdies and no bogeys through his first 17 holes. He was left with a 20-foot putt for birdie on 18 to shoot 62, but the ball took a late, hard right break and skimmed around the hole. Instead, Mickelson had the 28th round of 63 in a major championship. He held a three-shot lead over early finisher Patrick Jose Cruz Jersey Reed and Martin Kaymer. Defending champion Zach Johnson was among nine players at 4 under.MORE: | | | Troon was ripe for scoring in Round 1 with light wind and receptive greens. That was expected to change, however, with rain in the forecast Friday and Saturday.Mickelson's round was Nolan Ryan Jersey spurred by Michael Brantley Jersey four birdies on the front nine and four more on the back nine."I felt like it was kind of easy," Mickelson said on the Golf Channel after his round. "I didn't try to do too much. We had the most amazing weather. I haven't seen it like that in the 11 days I've been over here and I took advantage of the conditions."All these highlights and I feel like crying."With the excellent round, Mickelson became one of Hector Rondon Jersey seven Americans in the top 10 spots on the leaderboard as Round 1 ended.