WATCH: Phil Mickelson leaves everyone at The 2024 Open stunned with an impressive shot for par

Phil Mickelson was competing in the 2024 Open Championship on Sunday, having made the cut at the Royal Troon Golf Club. Even though he made it to the weekend, Mickelson never found himself in contention this week as he remained in the middle half of the leaderboard.

He did show glimpses of vintage Mickelson throughout the week, including on the 11th hole on the final day. His tee shot on the Par-4 11th hole found the native area with thick grass. Usually, golfers take a shot or two to recover, resulting in a bogey. But Mickelson used his experience and skills to save par.

Phil decided to play a runner shot with wood, as getting elevation and distance with iron was challenging due to the thickness of the rough. He successfully executed this shot by playing a 143-yard runner onto the fairway and made an impressive recovery from a vexing lie.

After this shot, Mickelson needed to get an up-and-down from 61 yards to save par. The 54-year-old golfer played his approach shot to around 13 feet from the pin and eventually made the putt on the next shot to save par.

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A look back at Phil Mickelson's performance at the 2024 Open Championship

Phil Mickelson had an average outing in the 2024 Open Championship at the Royal Troon Golf Club by his standards. The LIV Golfer carded +11 for the tournament in four rounds and remained T60 after completing his final round at the time of writing.

The left-handed golfer did not have an under-par round throughout the week, as his best score was +1 on day three. Mickelson managed to remain in the middle half of the leaderboard as he did not have poor rounds like Rory McIlroy or Tiger Woods, who carded totals of +11 and +14, respectively, after the first two rounds.

Phil Mickelson watches the putt at the Royal Troon Golf Club at The Open Championship - Third Round. Image via USA Today.

Mickelson's highest-scoring round came on the final day as he carded +5 for the day with two birdies, five bogeys, and a double bogey. His iron play was slightly out of touch in the final round, while he struggled with his putter in the first three rounds.

The 54-year-old was coming into this event with good memories as he finished runner-up on this course in the 2016 Open Championship. He carded -17 for the event that year and finished three strokes behind the leader, Henrik Stenson, who carded -20 and won his first major championship event.

The conditions for that week at Royal Troon were easier as the winning score was -20. This week, around 10 golfers have remained under par, showing the challenging nature of the conditions. The leader Billy Horschel carded -4 for the event going into the final round.