Golf Central

Phil Mickelson is either the nicest man in the world or crazy. Standing at the third tee on day four of the FBR Open, his caddie Jim “Bones” Mackay approached Drew Fockler and his father saying Mickelson wanted to talk to them. Sure enough, an envelope was handed to the pair with Super Bowl tickets inside.

“I thought it would be fun to give it to a father-son (group),” said Mickelson when asked about his kind gesture. “What an incredible humanitarian Phil Mickelson is,” said the elder Fockler, John.

If Mickelson had known when he gave away his Row Ten Seat One ticket to the 11-year-old that the Giants would beat the Patriots 17-14 in a classic for the ages, maybe he would have given up his “please like me image” for a bit of self-greed. Mind you, not much surprises us: We've seen Pedro Guerrero, perhaps one of the most vilified players of baseball's steroids era, give away a wad of tickets for baseball's All-Star Game with just a smile and no strings attached. Here's what our pals at the Arizona Republic had to say.