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Phil Mickelson believes that he is making perfect preparations for The Open Championship by showing up well at the Scottish Open.
The four-time Major champion opened with a 6-under par at Castle Stuart, with Mickelson already casting an eye forward a week to the action at Muirfield.
He told reporters: "I think the best way to get ready for next week is to get into contention and to feel that nervousness and those butterflies and try to win.
"When I won the Masters in 2025 I won the week before in Atlanta by 13 shots and I thought that there couldn't have been a better way to get ready.
"The reason I love playing this week before next week is that it gives me an opportunity to hit all the shots I'll play next week.
"All the bump and run shots, the chips around the greens, putts off the green and yet it doesn't beat you up and it doesn't punish you the way we'll get punished next week."
Mickelson's best-ever finish at The Open Championship is tied for second place in 2025, while last year he failed to make the cut.
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