Phil Mickelson Plays Colonial, Since He Was in Dallas Filming Entourage Anyway

Will Brinson — 2008-05-22T15:00:00 00:00

I'm too big a fan of Phil Mickelson to admonish him for spending time on superfluous celebrity stuff. Not to mention, he's still second in the world, second in FedEx Cup points and fifth in scoring average through 40 plus rounds.

So if he wants to take two days to film an episode of Entourage -- and just happen to play in the Colonial while he is in Dallas -- it's fine by me.

Getting Phil Mickelson to squeeze golf into his acting schedule was quite a coup for Colonial's title sponsor, Crowne Plaza.

His face has been featured prominently in ads during golf telecasts. And before arriving at Colonial, he spent two days on the set of Entourage , taping an episode of the popular HBO show.

'It's edgy; the language is a little rough,' Mickelson said. 'But I just love watching that show.'

If Ari Gold (who has really gone downhill since PCU and the early seasons of the show) buzzed me up because Vinnie Chase and crew wanted to have a plot that involved the hardcore and fastpaced life of a sports blogger, you better believe I would be all over it. As for what happens in the episode, Phil was pretty much vague.

'It was two days of shooting kind of a golf scene where Ari is trying to get Vinnie in a movie,' he said. 'I don't know what I can say or can't say.'

I'm going to go out on a limb and say it involves some women, drugs, Turtle-based shenanigans and somewhere along the lines, some sort of party. Or maybe, just maybe they drink beer while they play golf.

H/T: Stamos

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Phil Mickelson Plays Colonial, Since He Was in Dallas Filming Entourage Anyway