re: Phil Mickelson will arrive in Philadelphia at 4:30 AM ET tomorrow; tees off 7:11

Yeah, a narrative is going to get pushed either way but it really isn't a big deal. People are making the (partial) mistake of equating it with the toll that doing this would do to "normal" people.

The day to day life of being Phil Mickelson is probably pretty chill so I'm sure he was able to squeeze in a two or three hour nap today if he wanted, then when he walks directly onto his private jet, he'll go into the aft bedroom and sleep in a (relatively) nice bed for the five hour flight over then walk directly to a waiting private car after taking a nice hot shower in the executive lounge and go play his game. And since he starts first, he finishes first and it's back to the nice hotel!

Is it better than sleeping in his own bed at home? No. But it's not as grueling and crazy as it is being implied.