Phil Mickelson is an American professional golfer. He is a regular for LIV Golf with 45 PGA Tour wins, including six major championships.
“My family has reduced the effect of my career on my self-esteem. When I’m with them, they make me feel special no matter how I play.”
- One of the greatest golfers in history
- PGA : 45 events on the PGA Tour
- Rank : 2 (February 11, 2001)
- Parents : Mary Santos and Philip Mickelson
- Spouse : Amy McBride (d. 1996)
- Children : Amanda, Sophia and Evan
- Name : Philip Alfred Mickelson
Phil Mickelson Biography
Son of Mary Santos and Philip Mickelson, a Navy fighter pilot who later worked for commercial airlines. He with Portuguese, Swedish and Sicilian ancestry. His maternal grandfather, Alfred Santos, was a caddy at Pebble Beach Golf Links, where he took Phil golfing as a child. He grew up in Scottsdale, Arizona.
He began playing golf under the instruction of his father before he started school, who took him out two or three times a week.
He graduated from the University of San Diego High School in 1988 and studied psychology at Arizona State University in Tempe on a golf scholarship.
Mickelson was born on June 16, 1970 in San Diego, California. He is currently 51 years old.
The professional golfer’s height is 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) and he weighs 91 kg (200 lb).
Philip was inspired by his father’s swing and techniques that had him playing left handed instead of showing his natural right handed play. Consequently, him becoming famous by the nickname “Lefty”.
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He had eight amateur victories; five Major championships; a Players championship; a World Golf championship, three Tour Champ/FedEx Cup events and 32 other PGA titles. In addition to nine European Tour victories including five Major Championships, two World Golf Championships and two other European Tour titles.
On March 4, 2018, he achieved his third WGC championship at the WGC-Mexico Championship , with a final round score of 66 and a total score of -16, becoming the oldest winner of a WGC event, at 47 years.Mickelson captained Team USA at the 2018 Ryder Cup , held in Paris from September 28-30. On November 23, 2018, Mickelson won The Match$9,000,000 Capital One Winner Takes All vs.
Tiger Woods at Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las VegasIn 2019, Mickelson won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am , defeating Paul Casey by three hits.
The win was Mickelson’s 44th career PGA Tour title and fifth at Pebble Beach. In December 2019, Mickelson announced that he would play in the 2020 Saudi ArabiaInternational Golf Tournament missing the Waste Management Phoenix Open for the first time since 1989.
This decision was criticized for being lured by millions of dollars in winnings while ignoring abuses against golfers . human rights in the nation. Mickelson finished the February 2020 event tied for third place.He finished third at the 2020 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and tied for second at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational .
Eliminated from the FedEx Cup Playoffs after The Northern Trust at TPC Boston in August 2020. On the PGA Tour Champions he won the Charles Schwab Series at Ozarks National. In October 2020, he won the Dominion Energy Charity Classic in Virginia.
In February 2021, he battled to become the first player in PGA Tour champions history to win his first three tournaments on tour, though at the Cologuard Classic he finished in a T-20 position scoring 4 under pair.
In May 2021, he held a 54-hole lead in the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in South Carolina, leading Brooks Koepka by one shot with a day to play. He shot a final round 73 to capture the tournament, defeating Koepka and Louis Oosthuizen by two strokes, becoming the oldest major champion on the PGA Tour, at 50.
During May 2021, Phil Mickelson was the PGA Tour winner. Championship, the oldest to win a big after almost 30 years of career, 55 wins (six majors), and more than 750 million dollars earned between advertising contracts and prizes.
Winner of 45 events on the PGA Tour, including six major championships: three Masters titles (2004, 2006, 2010), two PGA Championships (2005, 2021), and one Open Championship (2013).
With his victory at the 2021 PGA Championship, he became the oldest major championship winner in history at the age of 50.
Phil Mickelson Net Worth
Phil Mickelson’s net worth is $300 million as of 2022 . From his long career in golf, the player has collected about 800 million dollars. Between that, he earned over $96 million in his PGA career alone. Previously, his annual earnings were around $80 to $100 million from actively playing golf.
He still earns $50 million a year, mostly from endorsement deals. The golf legend ranks second on the PGA Tour’s all-time money list.
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He was winning three times at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, where he went 4 under 32 through the front nine, giving the top of the standings its name.
At the FedEx St. Jude Classic, he had four shots in the final round, followed by a birdie on the 10th hole. For the second year in a row, he was in ninth place three shots behind Berger’s winner.
In addition, he withdrew from the US Open to attend his daughter’s high school graduation, and just a week later, his caddy Jim Bones Mackey left with a mutual agreement.
He was missing the cut at both the Open Championship and the PGA Championship.
On September 6, Mickelson was titled as the Captain’s Choice for the Presidents Cup as he maintained a streak of 23 consecutive US teams.
As a teenager he began to play as an amateur winning three NCAA championships and three Haskins Awards. In 1992 he equaled Ben Crenshaw ‘s record for NCAA individual championships and won 16 tournaments. He was the first left-handed golfer to win the ” US Amateur ” title and the second college golfer to win the ” All American Amateur ” title four years in a row.
His biggest triumph as an amateur was his first win at a PGA Tour event in 1991 , at the age of 20. Steve Loy, his trainer at the time, caddyed for him that day and later became his business manager and guide. He was the fourth amateur to win a PGA Tour.After graduating from Arizona State University in 1992, he turned to professional golf.
Phil Mickelson Awards And Honors
He received the 1996 Golf Digest Byron Nelson Award and two 2004 ESPY Awards for Best Male Golfer. He was inducted into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.
Phil Mickelson Career
Waived from professional golf qualification due to his 1991 PGA Tour victory, he hired Jim “Bones” Mackay as a caddy in 1992 and participated in several PGA tours in the years that followed.
He won the World Series of Golf (1996), the Colonial National Invitation (2000), and the Greater Hartford Open (2001 and 2002).In 2000, he ended Tiger Wood ‘s winning streak of six straight wins on the PGA tour by winning the Buick Invitational .
He finally managed to overcome the bad luck of the elders in 2004, when he won the 68th Masters Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia at the age of 33. He became the third left-handed golfer to win this tournament in golf history.
He captured his second major title at the PGA Championship at Baltusrol in 2005 and ranked second in the 2007 Official World Golf Rankings after winning the Masters in 2006, his third major title.
At the 2006 US Open at Winged Foot he tied for second place, one stroke behind Geoff Ogilvy . In 2007, he won the Deutsche Bank Championship, two shots ahead of Tiger Woods. The following year he won the Crowne Plaza Invitational in Cologne, ahead of Tim Clark and Rod Pampling .He won his first World Golf Championship at the WGC–CA Championship in 2009, one stroke ahead of Nick Watney .
He had previously won the Northern Trust Open at Rivera, placing him at number two on the PGA Tour wins list, with 35 wins. Despite multiple interruptions in his golfing career due to his wife’s and his mother’s cancer treatment, he maintained his ranking behind Tiger Woods, winning the Tour Championship and theWGC – HSBC Championship in 2009.
The following year, he was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis. However, he managed to win at the Shell Houston Open , placing him at number three on the world ranking list, while Tiger Woods fell to number seven. After two hernia operations in 2016, he wins the Career Builder Challenge and is named captain for the 2017 Presidents Cup .
Phil Mickelson Wife
Married to Amy McBride, diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009, causing Phil to suspend his PGA Tour schedule indefinitely.
They had three children, Amanda, Sophia and Evan.
He was investigated for insider trading with shares of Clorox and Dean Foods, although no wrongdoing could be proven against him.
