Phil Mickelson

Philip Alfred "Phil" Mickelson (born June 16, 1970) (nicknamed "Lefty" for having a left-handed swing despite being right-handed), is an American professional golfer who won The Masters in 2004.

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Career summary

Born in San Diego, California and raised in Arizona (graduating from ASU), Mickelson began playing golf at a very young age. In 1990, Mickelson became the first left-hander to win the U.S. Amateur title. By 1991, he had won his first PGA TOUR tournament at the Northern Telecom Open as an amateur, becoming the first to do so since Scott Verplank at the 1985 Western Open.

Mickelson continued to win many PGA tournaments, winning at the Byron Nelson Golf Classic and the World Series of Golf in 1996, the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in 1998, the Colonial in 2000 and the Greater Hartford Open in 2001 and again in 2002. However, despite his victories (21 as of 2004), he had yet to win a major tournament until his victory at The Masters in '04. Before the victory, he was considered to be the best golfer in the world who had not won a Major, often having been accused of "choking" in such events.

His Masters win made him only the third golfer with a left-handed swing to win a Major, the others being New Zealander Sir Bob Charles who won the British Open in 1963 and Canadian Mike Weir who won the Masters in 2003. Mickelson is also one of only 5 golfers (Al Geiberger, Chip Beck, David Duval, Annika Sörenstam) to have ever shot 59 in competition, and is the only left-hander among them. His 59 came at the PGA Grand Slam of Golf at Poipu Bay Golf Course on November 24, 2004. However, it does not count in the record books because the Grand Slam of Golf does not count as an official event, so there are only 4 golfers to record "official" 59s.

PGA Tour career summary table

YearMajorsOther winsPGA TOUR winsEarnings ($)Rank
1991011see noteN/A
1992000171,71490
1993022628,73522
1994011748,31615
1995011655,77728
19960441,697,7992
19970221,225,39011
19980221,837,2466
19990001,722,68114
20000444,746,4572
20010224,403,8332
20020224,311,9712
20030001,623,13738
20041125,784,8233

Being a very popular golfer as well as a successful one, Mickelson is able to earn far more from endorsements than he does in prize money. In 2004, Forbes Magazine estimated his annual income at $20 million.

Note:Mickelson won as an amateur in 1991 and therefore did not receive any prize money.

Results in major championships

Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Masters Tournament DNP T46 DNP T34 DNP T7 3 CUT T12 T6
U.S. Open T29 T55 CUT DNP T47 T4 T94 T43 T10 2
British Open DNP T73 DNP DNP CUT T40 T40 T24 79 CUT
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP T6 3 CUT T8 T29 T34 T57
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Masters Tournament T7 3 3 3 1 10
U.S. Open T16 T7 2 T55 2 T33
British Open T11 T30 T66 T59 3
PGA Championship T9 2 T34 T23 T6

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.

PGA Tour wins

Major championship shown in bold.

See also

Golfers with most PGA Tour wins

External links

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