There were pink shirts in the galleries and pink ribbons on some of the scoreboards at Bethpage Black. Yes, Phil Mickelson noticed. He heard the support, too. How could he not?

It's New York, after all.

"It's not like they whisper," he said Friday night, laughing. "It's very flattering and very cool."

The crowd was loud, and his heart was heavy, but Mickelson delivered under the toughest of circumstances Friday.

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