In case you hadn't heard, the NFL game among the San Diego Chargers (quarterbacked by Philip Rivers) and the travelling Denver Broncos (led with the aid of the already-legendary Peyton Manning) wasn't the handiest massive aspect taking place in San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium. Phil Mickelson turned into seeking to win $1mil for First Book, a non-income company which provides new books for kids in need.
Here's the deal: During halftime, Phil was placed in one end zone; a 5-foot diameter target was set up in the other one. Mickelson was given a single wedge shot to hit the target and win the million bucks, which would have purchased around 450,000 books. According to PGA Tour stats, Phil makes that shot slightly more than 13% of the time.
However, Monday night became out to be a part of that other 87%. His shot went long -- nevertheless worth $50k (20,000 books) but surely no longer what he became after.
Unfortunately for Phil, the rest of the night didn't go any better. You see, he did a little pregame commentary for ESPN extolling how the Chargers were positioned to make mincemeat out of the Broncos. For what it's worth, the history between the teams was clearly on Phil's side.
As it turned out, Peyton set some information during the game, such as the first time any team has ever been down 24-0 at halftime and then got here again to win by way of double digits. The Broncos gained 35-24.
Perhaps the kids gets a chance to study approximately Peyton's accomplishments within the new books Phil just bought them. I'm sure to be able to excite Phil no stop. ;-)
Here's the item in which I established my figures about Phil's attempt.
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