Chris DiMarco had "the best seat in the house'' for Phil Mickelson's winning birdie putt. Here's how he viewed three key birdies coming down the stretch:

On No. 14, his approach released to the back fringe and stuck, while Mickelson's snuggled up a foot from the hole.

"That's when you could start to tell it was Phil's time," DiMarco said.

On No. 16: "He made that putt on 16, which was a great putt, to tie it," DiMarco said. "It was by far the loudest I've ever been in. The only thing I can remember like that was when (Jack) Nicklaus won in '86, and I was watching on TV then."

On No. 18, DiMarco's approach to the green fell short in the bunker, and his first attempt failed to get out.

"On 18, I was just trying to get out of his way," DiMarco said.

His second bunker shot released and settled just inches behind Mickelson's mark.

"Having Chris' ball end up three inches behind mine so I didn't have to guess on the read - I knew exactly what it was - that was a good break," Mickelson said.

DiMarco shrugs it off.

"Everybody thinks I gave him the line, but that's overrated a little bit," DiMarco said. "You could see it was his time. I could at least. If you look at pictures of me standing over there, I knew he was going to make the putt.''

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