His bogey-free final round included birdies at holes No. 3, 7, 13 and 15.
Berger aced his last real test at the 17th, recovering from a drive under a tree by hitting a brilliant punch shot to the center of the green, then two-putting for his par.
Spain's Rafa Cabrera Bello and Americans Stewart Cink and Ben Crane lead the event at 9 under, one ahead of Luke List and Chad Campbell so while the players ahead of him are fine players, one a major champion, none have won in quite some time, adding to Jones' chances tomorrow.
At one point, there were nine players tied for the lead at 8-under before Berger finally emerged from the pile.
"We hear a lot about the young guns and about the Justin Thomases and Jordan Spieths, but I feel like I kind of get forgotten a little bit". "I'm one for one defending titles, so that's a pretty good stat". Playing out of the penultimate twosome, he mustered six (of 14) fairways and 11 greens in regulation, losing 0.554 strokes tee-to-green and 1.770 on-the-green.
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The leaderboard was a jumbled mess through much of the final round. "I won't win the golf tournament if I do that", he said. "The pro-am Wednesday has nothing to do with how firm it was today and I can only imagine how hard it will be tomorrow".
Three dropped shots in the first five holes had him on the backfoot early on, though birdies at eight and nine, plus a level-par back nine saw him card at one-over par round of 71.
The US Open kicks off at Erin Hills in Wisconsin on Thursday.
"The good news is that my physical game is there and I should be able to find the mental toughness here soon", Mickelson said.
Following a win at the St. Jude Classic yet again, the Plantation, Fla., native is planning to use this victory as more of a relaxer than anything.
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