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"You're only as good as your last performance," Mickelson said after falling from a tie for 10th place all the way to a tie for 46th. "This wasn't very good."
Meanwhile, others did well on a long course which should provide a good snapshot of what it'll be like next week at the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
Palmer, tied with Sean O'Hair for the lead at the start of the final round, played the front side in 1 over. He birdied the next two holes and then parred out -- never able to quite catch up with Mahan.
"It was a good day; I can't be disappointed," said Palmer, who had missed the cut in 10 of 12 events before the Bridgestone. "I finished second in a World Golf Championship and I played good today, being under the gun like I was. You've got to hand it to Hunter Mahan. He went out and did what I expected somebody to do and shot a low round. I didn't lose the golf tournament."
Retief Goosen (65) and Bo Van Pelt (67) shared third at 271. O'Hair's closing 71 left him at 272. Jim Furyk, whose third shot to the green at the 16th hit the pin and ricocheted back into the water, had a 64 and shared sixth with Jeff Overton (69).
Amid all the wreckage left behind by Woods and Mickelson, Mahan stamped himself as one of the top young Americans in the game. He said a win like the Bridgestone changes everything.
"To win anytime on the PGA Tour is great, but an event like this, 80 of the best players in the world, this is something special," he said. "All the players all over the world come here to play, and it's definitely the best win of my career, for sure."
Then, nodding to the unique Wedgewood urn that goes to the winner, he added, "And it's probably the coolest trophy we get, too."
It'll make a nice wedding present.
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