Phil mickelson hits from the 11th tee at Spyglass Hill. Mickelson fired a 70 in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am on Saturday in Pebble Beach, Calif.

Pebble Beach, Calif. ? The weather is getting worse. Phil Mickelson feels he is getting better.

Mickelson shot a 2-under 70 on Saturday at Spyglass Hill in the most miserable conditions of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, giving him a share of the lead with Kevin Sutherland and a great chance to put to rest any notion of a U.S. Open hangover.

Sutherland got into the final group for the second time in three weeks with a birdie on his final hole at Poppy Hills for a 67 and joined Mickelson atop the leaderboard at 14-under 202.

John Mallinger, a 27-year-old rookie, had a 68 at Poppy and was one shot behind.

Mickelson is perfecting his swing by the day, and what helped this week was the perfect rotation of courses. He played Pebble Beach on Friday, the only day the wind didn’t blow much, and shot 67.

Sutherland opened with a 72 at Pebble Beach on Thursday. Jim Furyk had to take on rain that fell sideways in 20 mph gusts at Pebble Beach on Saturday, and it was costly. He hit a fairway metal for his second shot on the par-4 10th over the cliffs and took double bogey, and wound up with a 76 to fall six strokes back.