Rickie Fowler made three bogeys on the first six holes and was never a factor.
World No. 31 Rickie Fowler finished on eight under after a stunning six-under-par 67.
Among those who crashed and burned were 20-year-old Ryo Ishikawa (78) and 23-year-old Rickie Fowler (76).
John Daly, Mark Calcavecchia and, among today's stars, Rickie Fowler, Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson all play fast.
"Disappointing for everyone to not see that one go in on the last, " said one of Mickelson's playing partner's Rickie Fowler.
On the subject of pink, Rickie Fowler is another proponent his pink Pumas, in particular, have caused ripples in traditional golf circles.
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Rickie Fowler and Jason Dufner, who supposedly started the 2013 season by playing in the first group, only made it through eight holes.
When he joined the PGA Tour, Rickie Fowler hit the links in shocking monochromatic outfits of orange, green and purple always accompanied by a matching flat-billed cap.
He tied for first (with Rickie Fowler) in putting and was one of only two players (Lee Westwood was the other) with no three-putts for the week.
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Last year he left more people scratching their heads when he and fellow PGA Tour players Ben Crane, Rickie Fowler and Hunter Mahan launched boy band Golf Boys.
Woods and Rickie Fowler were walking off the green Sunday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational when they looked over a rules official, who told them it was time to stop.
Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker, who won four points out of four in the Presidents Cup last year, were together for the second day running, playing with 21-year-old Rickie Fowler and Jim Furyk.
The Englishman was two shots behind a group of four tied for second, including last weekend's Quail Hollow winner Rickie Fowler, Texas Open champion Ben Curtis, 2007 Masters victor Zach Johnson and Scotland's Martin Laird.
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Quail Hollow champion Rickie Fowler also shot 69 to be third on five-under 211, one ahead of Woods, while Japan's Ryo Ishikawa was tied for fifth on 213 with Sweden's Henrik Stenson and American Jonathan Byrd.
Eleven players were separated by four shots going into the final round, a group that included Charles Howell III, Keegan Bradley, Justin Rose and Rickie Fowler, who surged into the picture with a birdie-eagle finish for a 69.
Other pairings included Masters champion and world number two Phil Mickelson with Rickie Fowler, the youngest player in the US team at 21, Jim Furyk and Jeff Overton, Stewart Cink and Matt Kuchar and Bubba Watson and Dustin Johnson.
And unlike professional tennis that has very few if any young American stars on the cusp of a major championship, several top American player such as Bubba Watson, Rickie Fowler, and Dustin Johnson have each been quite competitive in major championships and are knocking on the doorstep.
Watson paused several times to compose himself before allowing that out of respect for Augusta National and the traditions of the Masters, he didn't involve the green jacket in any of his free-spirited antics, like playing barefoot, or in the famous Golf Boys videos he does with fellow pros Ben Crane, Rickie Fowler and Hunter Mahan.
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