Amy Mickelson makes appearance at Augusta | Golf News and Tour Information [Video]

AUGUSTA, Ga. — You always figured no Phil Mickelson major win could ever be more emotional than his first, when he sank an 18-foot birdie putt in the 2004 Masters to finally end a string of frustration in golf’s biggest events.

This Sunday evening at the Masters had none of the same final-hole drama, but it did have a far more poignant scene, with Mickelson holing out for birdie to clinch his fourth major title, and then wrapping his wife, Amy, in an embrace outside the scoring hut.

Diagnosed with breast cancer last May, Amy Mickelson had not been seen at a tournament since the 2009 Players Championship; though she had traveled to Augusta with her husband, she hadn’t been to the golf course until Sunday.

When Mickelson clinched the win, he first hugged caddie Jim Mackay and was congratulated by playing partner Lee Westwood, but it was the embrace …