Phil Mickelson deferring pain of Open loss ahead of PGA

SPRINGFIELD, N.J. -- There is no definitive script for the mourning process, but conventional wisdom shows that it usually progresses like this: Loss -- any type of loss -- hurts most in the immediate aftermath, the pain at its most intense before growing duller with time. Phil Mickelson has never been conventional. The man who admitted he spent two days in bed after finishing runner-up at the U.S. Open three years ago has decided to delay his latest mourning period until a time that better suits his schedule. ...