1.   Mickelson was hailed as the wonder boy of American golf.

2.   An Englishman is more likely to set off rockets and fireworks on the Fourth of July than win this true American golf tournament.

3.   And that theme is that American golf just got Grand Slammed.

4.   But considering his success, should the American golf pros fear Maruyama?

5.   For American golf, a dream year this most definitely is not.

6.   He feels proprietary toward American golf.

7.   Hitting the golf ball farther, and farther, and farther, continues to be the mesmeric mantra of American golf.

8.   Listen to how he planned to spend his first-ever night as a frontrunner at an American golf tournament.

9.   Only last year, American golf was dead in the water hazard, and there were alligators in there.

10.   Ross is considered the father of American golf architecture.