Mickelson Refuses to Sign Autograph, Gives Super Bowl Tickets Instead

This is sufficiently awesome. It's sometimes fun to give Phil Mickelson the business, what with the man boobs and the freaky perma-smile, but there's no denying that he's the world's second-best golfer (no matter what Ian Poulter might say ... and then retract), and generally considered a swell guy.

And he's even sweller in the eyes of the Fockler family. Instead of following Mickelson during the final round of the FBR Open, Mickelson's caddie, Bones Mackay, gave John Fockler and his son, Drew, two tickets to the Super Bowl.

So not only did the Focklers get to see arguably the most exciting Super Bowl ever, they also were spared the pain of watching their favorite player turn a 63 into a 67 before losing the tournament to J.B. Holmes in a playoff. So everybody wins (well, except Phil) and Dana Jacobson didn't once drop an f-bomb. A pretty cool story all around.