BOTTLE OF £40,000 WINE DRUNK FROM THE OPEN CHSHIP TROPHY

MICKELSON'S JOYOUS YEAR WITH JUG

FROM THE GOLF CHANNEL WEBSITE

By Ryan Lavner

RandA chief exec Peter Dawson gets the Open Championship trophy back from 2013 Muirfield winner, Phil Mickelson.

Phil Mickelson once famously took the Masters' Green Jacket for a spin in the Krispy Kreme drive-thru. 
The most interesting thing he did after taking home the Claret Jug last July? Well, it turns out one of his friends emptied a bottle of 1990 Romanee-Conti – a $40,000 wine – into the oldest trophy in golf.
“One of the things that I stressed is that we have to treat the claret jug with reverence and respect that it deserves - and only put good stuff in it,” he said with a laugh today at Hoylake.

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Video: Mickelson on celebrating with claret jug (Click here for full interview)

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Mickelson said he didn’t know what the wine was when he drank it, but it apparently was well worth the price tag. 
It was all part of Lefty’s joyous year with the jug, as he shared the trophy with everyone from his friends and family to those at his corporate outings and home clubs.
“I think the reason this brought out a little bit more emotion was everybody had a chance to share in it,” he said.
 “Everybody has a chance to drink out of the jug or hold it and take pictures with it.
“There’s really not much you’re going to do with the (green) jacket, other than pull on the lapels. I think that’s why it was a bit more emotional.”

 JUSTIN ROSE NOW No. 3 IN WORLD

Justin Rose will enter this week's Open Championship at Royal Liverpool as the third-ranked golfer in the world after his victory Sunday at the Scottish Open.
Rose, who climbed three spots from sixth in the latest Official World Golf Ranking, has won two straight events, the Scottish and the Quicken Loans National. He was ranked 10th after a T-12 finish at the U.S. Open in June.
He was last ranked third after a T-12 showing at the 2013 Travelers Championship, which came a week after his U.S. Open victory at Merion. Rose has never been ranked higher than third.
Adam Scott and Henrik Stenson still hold the top two spots, respectively, while Bubba Watson (fourth), Matt Kuchar (fifth) and Jason Day (sixth) all dropped a spot.
Tiger Woods, who will play this week at Royal Liverpool, is seventh.