Open Championship - Update: Phil Mickelson Holds One Stroke Lead After Round 2

Despite wind and rain Phil Mickelson says the pressure is off going into the weekend. He's already tasted from the Claret Jug. Mickelson's closest pursuer, however Henrik Stenson, doesn’t have the same advantage. He never won The Open Championship, he’s never won any major in 41 starts. Entering the weekend in solo second, one stroke behind Mickelson, Stenson knows it may be difficult trying to avoid pressing for his first major win. “What does he have – five majors?” Stenson said of Mickelson. “Yeah, it’s going to be easier (for him) in that way. It’s always harder to push the first one over the line, I would imagine, than the fifth one. Outside of the last two Open Championship winners, Zach Johnson (5th) and Rory McIlroy (T15), no other player inside the top 20 on the leaderboard has won The Open. Mickelson, at age 46, would be the fourth oldest winner of a major should he seal the deal this weekend. But he says his experience, not his age, will be an advantage. Especially the experience of winning the Open three years ago, his last career win. “I don’t feel the pressure like probably a lot of players do to try to win the Claret Jug because I’ve already won it, and that takes a lot of pressure off me,” Mickelson said. “The desire to capture that Claret Jug puts a lot of pressure on. The fact that I’ve done it relieves some of that. Which player has the edge going into weekend play? Send your picks to the Pro Golf Tour.