Johnny Miller's 'Mickelson at Winged Foot' comparisons to Tiger at Doral is Busch league

Did anyone else catch NBC color guy Johnny Miller idiotically mentioning Phil Mickelson’s Winged Foot collapse while Tiger pitched down the 18th fairway en route to his win at Doral Sunday?

Talk about a Busch League comparison. The two events really couldn’t have been more different. Shame on Johnny.

Aside from the well-known FACT Tiger doesn’t blow Sunday leads, especially three shots on the last hole, this wasn’t a major championship and won’t even be discussed a month from now.

Also, Tiger’s safe play led to a bogey. If Phil would have hit iron, laid up and bogeyed the 18th, he would have lost the lead and entered a playoff and his 72nd hold would still have been dubbed a “choke".

Miller may as well have compared Tiger to Jean Van de Velde’s Carnoustie collapse in 1999.

I know when Tiger is leading all day on Sunday, it can be difficult for announcers to keep viewers on edge. But trying to force Winged Foot into the situation was uncalled for - moreso than Sergio Garcia’s saliva.

Poor Phil. The guy has won three majors, but he keeps having to go on the defensive. His self-written article explaining Winged Foot in ESPN: The Magazine, while insightful, was completely unnecessary. Since when must athletes explain themselves at length when they fail? Is Mike Kryzewski going to write 2000 words on his team’s first round exit for the next issue? Maybe Kobe should explain to us at length why he couldn’t get 50 five straight times. Maybe Tony Larussa could explain to us all why he got a DUI at spring training last week.