Did Phil Mickelson Just Give The Best Reply Tweet of All Time?

In case you missed it—the tournament director of the NAIA Women's Golf Championship at Eagle Crest Golf Club has lived their worst nightmare.

Earlier this week, the course in Ypsilanti, Michigan went viral in the worst way imaginable. A video posted to X by a head coach, showed one of his players hitting a 20 footer that looked like a great putt, but brutally lipped out on the right side and then made its way back to the player’s feet.

The player was visibly upset, understandably so, no one loves a lip out—but it's deeper than that. That putt returned to is previous position, like it had for many, many other players in the day.

The par-4 fifth plays at about 460 yards—and ranked as the toughest hole on the day. The hole was playing nearly two shots over par (+1.97), resulting in 90 double bogeys or worse, 47 bogeys, 15 pars and three birdies.

Ryan French of Monday Q Info posted about the travesty, expressing how we've all been there, much less in a national championship round, and that the young player composed herself rather well. Tons of folks in the golf internet sphere chimed in with their two-cents, including a certain six-time major champion, who had a rather cheeky response.

I think we all remember where we were in 2018 when Mickelson, who was 10-over for the day, hit his moving putt at Shinnecock Hills during the third round of the U.S. Open.

That bogey putt flew by the hole, and Mickelson hit a little jog to prevent the ball from rolling out even more. It was a crazy scene, that had us all questioning, "did he just do that"?

What a time, and honestly looking back at it—it was kinda funny. Because hey, we've all been there, maybe not in a national championship or major, but we can relate to that feeling of just wanting the misery to end.

As for the NAIA, they issued an apology, saying "We regret to confirm that an unfortunate situation occurred at the NAIA Women’s Golf National Championship,” the statement read. “The hole on No. 5 was incorrectly placed in a challenging position. We take this matter seriously and have taken immediate steps to ensure this type of situation will not happen again. The NAIA is committed to the student-athlete experience."