Phil Mickelson — Getty ImagesWelcome to Teeing Off, where Devil Ball editor Shane Bacon and national columnist Jay Busbee take a day's topic and smack it all over the course. Suggest a future topic by hitting us on Twitter at@shanebacon and @jaybusbee. Today we talk about Phil Mickelson's chances of actually winning the U.S. Open before his career ends.

Busbee: Sixth verse, same as the first. Just last night, we were reminded of Phil Mickelson's eternal torment in the U.S. Open--six runner-up finishes, more than anyone else in the entirety of human history--and we've got to wonder: is there any chance this guy's ever going to win one?

Bacon: There are plenty of factors that are working against Phil's bid to win this tournament that obviously doesn't want any part of his name on the trophy. First, it's that jerk Father Time. The oldest winner of the U.S. Open was Hale Irwin at 45, and Phil just turned 43 so it isn't like he has a ton of chances left to snag the toughest tournament in the world. Sure, he's put

Justin Rose — Getty ImagesRemember when Adam Scott won the Masters and this incredible photo was taken of him of his green jacket as rain was falling at Augusta National? Well Justin Rose has his own winning photo and it's the one you see above.

David Cannon of Getty Images snapped the shot of Rose reading all the newspaper clippings with his win, and it doesn't hurt that the paperweight he's using happens to be the U.S. Open trophy he won on Sunday at Merion.

A cool shot, a good dude and one I'm assuming will be framed at some point in the Rose household.

Getty ImagesWhile thoughts on the U.S. Open are still wrapping up, we are just a few weeks away from the third major championship of 2013.

The British Open kicks off on July 18, and goldodds.com has released the favorites for the Claret Jug. Tiger Woods, who just came off his worst finish at a major, leads everyone at 7-to-1, with Rory McIlroy coming in at 12-to-1 and the two major winners of 2013 both landing at 20-to-1.

It's pretty interesting that Tiger is such a high favorite considering how he just played at last week's U.S. Open. Woods' final score of 13-over par is his highest score ever at a major championship as as professional. On top of that, it has now been five years and counting since Woods last won a major so it's a pretty crazy number to give the man even if he has four PGA Tour wins this season.

The rest of the odds are after the jump, but give us your early favorite to win the one major held outside the United States.

BRITISH OPEN
MUIRFIELD - GULLANE, EAST LOTHIAN, SCOTLAND
JULY 18-21, 2013

ODDS TO WIN:
TIGER WOODS 7/1
RORY McILROY 12/1
ADAM SCOTT 20/1
JUSTIN ROSE 20/1
LEE WESTWOOD 25/1
LUKE DONALD 25/1
PHIL MICKELSON 25/1
SERGIO GARCIA 30/1
JASON DAY 30/1
CHARL SCHWARTZEL 30/1
GRAEME McDOWELL 30/1
ERNIE ELS 30/1
BRANDT SNEDEKER 30/1
DUSTIN JOHNSON 30/1
PADRAIG HARRINGTON 40/1
LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN 40/1
RICKIE FOWLER 40/1
MATT KUCHAR 40/1
JASON DUFNER 40/1
HUNTER MAHAN 40/1
IAN POULTER 40/1
HENRIK STENSON 50/1
THORBJORN OLESEN 50/1
NICOLAS COLSAERTS 50/1
WEBB SIMPSON 50/1
MARTIN KAYMER 60/1
KEEGAN BRADLEY 60/1
BUBBA WATSON 60/1
JIM FURYK 60/1
BILLY HORSCHEL 60/1
MATTEO MANASSERO 60/1
FRANCESCO MOLINARI 60/1

Justin Rose is now a major championship winner, but you have to go all the way back to 1998 when we first got a glimpse of how talented he could be.

Rose, 17 at the time, was playing as an amateur at the British Open, and playing extremely well, heading into the final round in fifth place alone. Rose had his magical moment on the 72nd hole at Royal Birkdale, holing a shot for birdie from the rough to finish T-4, winning low amateur honors thanks to that Sunday 69.

The now 32-year-old turned pro the day after that performance, and now, 15 years later, he is a major champion.

• Justin Rose played one of those final rounds that only works at the U.S. Open, making five birdies and five bogeys to post a round of even-par 70 on a golf course that wasn't budging a bit. Rose's 1-over total was good enough for a two-shot victory and a first major championship win.

• We all knew it was Phil Mickelson's U.S. Open to lose heading into Sunday, and while he fought as hard as he could, it just wasn't enough, and a missed birdie putt on the 16th all but ended it for Phil. This is now his sixth runner-up finish at the U.S. Open, the most of any player in the history of the event.

• Tiger Woods left Merion with another disappointing major championship, finishing 13-over par, his highest total at the U.S. Open in his professional career. Tiger's feel was way off all week, missing short putts and hitting chips fat all over Merion, and we will have to wait until the British Open to see if Woods can add another major title to his résumé.

Any winning round is the round of the day,

Phil Mickelson is a guy known for being cool, calm and collected on the golf course. He usually walks around with a big grin on his face, giving that famous thumbs-up move to any fan that will look his way.

Early in his final round at the U.S. Open, Phil was not happy, and it turned out it was where the tees were set on the third hole. A par-3 that is said to play just 256 yards, Mickelson remarked after his tee shot on No. 4 to someone with the USGA that he couldn't even reach the green from where they placed the tees (check the 30 second mark in the above video).

"That was terrible," Phil said. "274 (yards)? We can't even reach it."

Mickelson did make a double-bogey on the hole, and while he followed it up with a great tee shot on the par-5 4th hole en route to a birdie he was still thinking about that previous hole as he went on with his round.

If Phil Mickelson goes on to win this 2013 U.S. Open, it will be that second shot on the par-4 10th hole that will be the one he will remember for the rest of his life.

Sitting slightly in the rough, Mickelson pulled a wedge from 76 yards and went right at the pin in typical Phil fashion and the ball looked like it was on a mission to disappear.

The eagle put Mickelson back in the lead as everyone is trying to win this crazy U.S. Open at Merion, but that shot will go down as one of the best of Mickelson's storied career.

To say it's been a tough year for Rory McIlroy would be an understatement. The two-time major winner headed into 2013 with plenty of hype and expectations, but it has been completely forgettable to this point.

That trend continued this week at Merion, where McIlroy played very mediocre golf over the first three rounds, heading into Sunday with no real shot at competing for this title and was hoping just to put up a good score and finish in the top-10.

That didn't happen, and everything really came unraveled on the 11th hole. After having to go left-handed earlier in his round, McIlroy found the water on the 11th and took out his frustration on his wedge, eventually making a quadruple-bogey on the par-4.

That club, of course, is now out of play, and Rory will be forced to take on the rest of this final round with just 13 clubs, but that appears to be the least of his worries at this point. I guess if you look at the bright side of this, you can say