Desperate Phil Mickelson Texted "Give Us A Chance" To Tom Watson After He Said "No" Three Times

Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley were exhausted after playing twice on day one of the Ryder Cup but having been rested in the morning of day two pretty much everyone expected to see them play the afternoon session.

Instead Captain Tom Watson gave Lefty a flat out "No" writes Jason Sobel prompting a plea from Mickelson via a text message.

Now, though, Mickelson is rested and ready to go. He is getting prepared to compete in the foursomes session â€" his preferred format, even if it doesn’t necessarily suit his skillset.
When the captain arrives, he gathers Mickelson with Bradley and fellow team member Webb Simpson. Instead of confirming their inclusion in the matches, though, he breaks the news to them.
They won’t be playing today.
“I expected exactly what Phil said to me,” Watson later recalled.
Unhappy with the decision, maybe even growing irate, he lobbies for the captain to change his mind.
"I've got a good record in the alternate-shot,” Mickelson tells him. “We can get it done, captain. We want the chance."
Watson doesn’t budge.
It takes a certain kind of captain to take such a stand against a five-time major champion and fellow Hall-of-Fame member, but Watson is exactly that kind of captain. He listens to Mickelson’s plea, hears him out. Then he answers once again.
“No.”
With that, Watson hops back into his cart to watch the four matches in the morning session. Mickelson isn’t done, though.
This time he sends a text message to the captain.
“Give us a chance,” it reads.
Watson doesn’t, though. He sticks to his plan.
When he texts Mickelson back, he tells him the same answer.
“No.”

Bizarre stuff indeed considering that Webb Simpson employed the same tactic to get a Captain's pick and that seemed to work a treat.

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