This feels like a transcendent player fading gently into the twilight of his career. History says that’s what happens when PGA Tour pros — even the best golfers ever — reach their mid-40s, and Phil Mickelson turns 45 in June.

So does this week’s Humana Challenge outside Palm Springs unofficially launch Mickelson’s farewell tour?

via Kroichick on golf: Mickelson nears age where greatness fades – SFGate.