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Say it ain't so, Phil.

Phil Mickelson, a San Diego native and sports fanatic, said Tuesday that he has withdrawn his interest in the San Diego Padres ownership group, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.

"I think to be involved with the Padres you have to be fully committed to the long term," Mickelson said. "I've been born and raised here, but at this moment I'm not able to make that kind of long-term commitment to the city and to the team."

Mickelson said he notified the Padres group “within the last six weeks” that he would not be joining them. As recently as Oct. 15, Mickelson said he was “really excited” about working with the ownership group that includes members of the O'Malley family and local businessman Ron Fowler.

The ownership group, led by former Dodgers owner Peter O'Malley, purchased the Padres in August for approximately $ 800 million. At the time, O'Malley's nephew Peter Seidler said there was one spot left in the ownership group and it was being held for Mickelson, according to the Associated Press.

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Photo: Phil Mickelson works out with the Toledo Mud Hens, the Detroit Tiger's Triple-A affiliate, on Aug. 29, 2003 (Associated Press photo).

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Late-arriving Rory McIlroy celebrates the European Ryder Cip win with a giant clock (ZUMAPRESS.com).

Central Time Zone victim Rory McIlroy showed up just minutes before his Sunday singles match at the 2012 Ryder Cup at Medinah before coolly dispatching Keegan Bradley 2&1 to help the Europeans secure their miracle comeback.

But if he looked cool on the outside as he arrived at Medinah in a police car, McIlroy was terrified that he had lost the Cup for Europe.
McIlroy told the story of that morning in an exclusive interview with Ireland's RTE:

“On the Saturday night, before I went to bed, I was watching the Golf Channel and they posted the tee-times (for Sunday). But they posted them in Eastern time and we were in Central time in Chicago, so 12:35 Eastern is 11:35 in Chicago.

“Next morning I get up and get out of the shower at 11am. I get a phone call from Conor, my manager, and he says ‘Are you at the golf course?’, and I tell him that I’m not.

“He says ‘You should be, you’ve got half an hour to your tee-time’.
“And I say ‘No, I’ve got an hour and a half, I’m off at 12:35. He says ‘You’re not. You are off at 11:35’.

“I have never been so scared going to a golf course. It was such a mad rush. Luckily there was a state trooper waiting for me and if it was not for him, if I was not in that car, I would not have made my tee-time.

“I actually played my best golf of the whole week on that Sunday!”

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Not only is Johnny Manziel a football sensation and the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy, but he is good at golf, too.

According to CBS Sports's Andrew DeWitt, Texas A&M's quarterback comes from a family of avid golfers and has played since he was young, although never competitively.

He was shooting par on the golf course by the time he turned 11 but he never played golf for Tivy High School.

…when Johnny and his mom pair up against his dad and sister, Meri, the father-sister pairing always wins, according to Manziel's mom.

Manziel, nicknamed "Johnny Football," hit the links with teammate Luke Joeckel last week before the College Football Awards, according to the report.

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Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren at the welcoming dinner for the 2006 Ryder Cup. (David Cannon/Getty Images)

Elin Nordegren's 21,000-square-foot home is still under construction, but the Swedish flag is already flying from her roof, according to a Daily Mail staff report. Aerial photos of the mansion were published Sunday on dailymail.co.uk.

The house will include an Olympic-sized
pool, spa, gym, wine room, and 1,200-square-foot master suite, according to the article. Nordegren, a former model who divorced Tiger Woods in 2010, is studying psychology at nearby Rollins
College, according to the report.

Nordegren purchased and then demolished a $ 12.2 million dollar estate in North Palm Beach to make room for the new house, which is just 30 miles from Woods' Jupiter estate.

She had bought a 1932 built house for $ 12.2 million – but promptly knocked the property down.

The former nanny was criticized for destroying the property but she insisted it would have taken too much work to restore the home which was not hurricane proof and infested with bugs.

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Gossipextra.com, a gossip site that covers South Florida, reports that Rory McIlroy has signed a contract to buy one of the most luxurious homes in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. The story, which cites "several real estate sources" and "a golf source" but doesn't have anyone confirming the deal on the record, says that McIlroy came close to matching the property's list price of $ 10.9 million. Here's more:

The house, built in 2012, offers 10,000 square feet of unique designs. There are six bedrooms, nine bathrooms, a world-class gym, two stories of Zen decor and a private deep-water dock in the back.

Nice touch: There’s a putting green!

McIlroy, this year’s winner of the PGA Championship, will likely play across the street, at PGA legend Jack Nicklaus‘ private course at The Bears Club.

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PGA Tour player Marc Leishman said that his caddie, Matt Kelly, wasn't to blame for the bagman brawl Thursday between Kelly and James Nitties's caddie, Grant Buchanan, at the Australian Open, according to Michael Chammas of the Sydney Morning Herald.

"I don't think me or Matty have got anything to worry about," Leishman said.

"I was there and he (Kelly) didn't do anything.

"He stood there, copped what he got and didn't do anything apart from that. I was proud of him, to be honest."

The two caddies came to blows near a chipping area of the Lakes course in Sydney just before the start of the first round of the tournament, according to the report.

Fairfax Media saw punches being thrown before the pair fell to the ground and continued wrestling in front of players and spectators.

The men were eventually separated, but not before Kelly sustained a cut above his lip and was forced to leave the course to wash the blood from his face.

According to Chammas, the incident stemmed from an altercation between the pair at the Star casino earlier in the week.

"Matt was a good friend of mine, [or] so I thought,'' Buchanan said. ''He said some things that offended me and I approached him to clarify it and clear the air, and he pretty much laughed in my face."

PGA Tour of Australasia officials are investigating the incident, and that the caddies could face disciplinary action, according to the Associated Press.

Tournament director Andrew Langford-Jones said decision on any disciplinary action would be determined within a week.

"Our members in no way condone this behavior, and we are saddened the incident has drawn attention away from this great tournament," he said.

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(Photo: Marc Leishman won the 2012 Travelers Championship; Carlos M. Saavedra/SI)

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