Phil Mickleson withdrew from Memorial because of cellphones

[Auggie]

... According to four people with direct knowledge, Mickelson sent a text message to PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem from the sixth fairway at Muirfield Village suggesting that a lack of policing fans with cellphones was getting out of hand.

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Fowler, the third member of the marquee threesome that was followed by a huge gallery, said the clicks and snaps of the phone cameras affected Mickelson in particular.

"There were a few times when we had to back off and reset. You could see Phil was a little fatigued and was having trouble blocking it out a bit."

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Police said about 50 phones were confiscated from the Watson-Fowler gallery Friday. According to the Golf Channel, volunteers estimated they took more than 100 devices from the gallery following Tiger Woods, Fred Couples and Bill Haas on Friday.

LINK: http://espn.go.com/golf/story/_/id/8013955/phil-mickelson-texted-pga-tour-commissioner-tim-finchem-fairway-memorial-cellphone-usage-being-hand

Sounds trivial, but I'm with the Pros on this. Turn off the fucking phones and watch the tournament, people.

[Swede]

1. It probably could mess up their focus.

I agree with your assessment.

[joeybee12]

2. It's like doing it in a theater...

Very distracting...people should know better, but apparently they don't.

[Iggo]

3. My phone doesn't make any noise when I take a picture.

[frylock]

6. you can disable that function..

it's not like there's a shutter mechanism on a cell phone. it's a audio file that makes the sound.

[wilt the stilt]

4. don't let phil get mad

when you take a picture of Phil in a tournament phil get's mad and quits
When Phil quits he doesn't get paid
When Phil doesn't get paid his wife get's angry
when Phil's wife get's angry she goes out with her friends and get's drunk
When she get's drunk she hooks up with an undesirable
And when she hooks up with an undesirable she comes home late with a red golf shirt on
Don't let Phil's wife come home with a red shirt on. Stop taking pictures of phil

[Auggie]

5. Funny

[madinmaryland]

7. Heh! Betcha Phil-boy's phone will now go off when he is trying to make a critical putt.

Douchebag.

[Auggie]

8. BTW, Phil wasn't the only Pro that complained ...

several golfers had the same experience. The PGA wouldn't ban cellphones just because one of them had an issue.

You know, cameras have been banned from tour events for years.