Phil Mickelson Biography
Phil Mickelson is a professional golfer from the United States who has won 45 PGA Tour tournaments, including six major championships. He has three Masters victories, two PGA Championships, and one Open Championship to his name. Mickelson became the oldest major championship winner in history when he won the PGA Championship in 2021. Because of his left-handed playing technique, he is known as Lefty.
How old is Phil Mickelson? – Age
He is 53 years old as of 16 June 2023. He was born in 1970 in San Diego, California, United States. His real name is Philip Alfred Mickelson.
Phil Mickelson Family
Philip Alfred Mickelson was born in San Diego, California, on June 16, 1970, to parents Philip Mickelson Sr., an airline pilot and former navy aviator, and Mary Santos. He grew up there as well as in Scottsdale, Arizona. Mickelson is descended from Portuguese, Swedish, and Sicilian ancestors. Alfred Santos (also Mickelson’s middle name) was a caddy at Pebble Beach Golf Links when Phil was a youngster and took him to play golf.
Phil Mickelson Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $400 million.
Phil Mickelson Masters
Tiger Woods won his first major event on the PGA Tour in 2004, when he won the Masters with an 18-foot birdie putt. Following Sir Bob Charles and Mike Weir, he became the third golfer with a left-handed swing to win a major. Due to a voicemail message he left for a Callaway Golf executive, he was released from his contract with Titleist/Acushnet Golf prior to the Ryder Cup in 2004. Mickelson was mocked and scrutinized for changing his equipment close the Ryder Cup matches, which resulted in a 1-3-0 record in the 2004 Ryder Cup.
Mickelson set a lifetime low for an 18-hole round in November 2004 when he shot 59 in the PGA Grand Slam of Golf at Poipu Bay Golf Course in Hawaii. The next year, he won his second major at Baltusrol, finishing with a 4-under-par total of 276, one stroke ahead of Steve Elkington and Thomas Bjrn.
McKibbenson earned his third major triumph at the Masters in the spring, defeating runner-up Tim Clark by two shots. This victory catapulted him to second position in the Official World Golf Ranking, trailing only Woods, Vijay Singh, and Retief Goosen. Mickelson’s Ryder Cup performance was marred by a lack of emphasis on his practice routines and equipment adjustments.
Phil Mickelson Weight Loss
According to Golf Digest, Phil stated that he shed 25 pounds.The actor said he “stopped eating food,” which he described as “a big help” to the process. While it’s unclear what he meant by it, the publication speculated that he had previously practiced intermittent fasting and had gone five days without eating.
His new diet had an unanticipated negative effect: muscular mass reduction.
Phil Mickelson U.S. Open
Mickelson entered the final round of the US Open at Merion leading by one stroke after rounds of 67-72-70 (1) over the first three days, but he began the final round by three-putting the third and fifth holes for double-bogeys, dropping out of the lead. He reclaimed the lead on the par-4 10th hole with an eagle putt from the rough. However, a blunder at the short par-3 13th caused him to overshoot the green and make bogey, dropping him one behind leader Justin Rose. After another bogey on the 15th, he just missed a birdie putt on the 16th that would have equaled Rose.
Mickelson was unable to score a birdie on the 17th, and after a blocked drive on the 18th, he was unable to hole his shot from short of the green, resulting in a bogey. Mickelson finished in a tie for second place with Jason Day, two shots behind Justin Rose. It was Mickelson’s sixth runner-up result at the US Open, an event record and second only to Jack Nicklaus’ seven runner-up finishes at The Open Championship.
Phil Mickelson Tiger Woods
At the US Open, Mickelson was teamed alongside Tiger Woods and Bubba Watson. He pushed hard to make the cut and came in T-65th. He competed in the Greenbrier Classic after having a few weeks off. Putting issues led to a second consecutive missed cut at the Greenbrier and a third missed cut in the 2012 Open Championship, as he shot 73-78 (11 over par). At the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, he tied for 43rd place. He then tied for 36th place in the PGA Championship.
Mickelson finished T38 at The Barclays to begin the 2012 FedEx Cup Playoffs, +1 for the tournament. He was tied for first place with Tiger Woods, Zach Johnson, and five other players. He began employing the claw putting grip on the greens in this competition.
He finished the following event, the Deutsche Bank Championship, with a 14, tying for fourth place with Dustin Johnson. Mickelson shot a 16 in the first three rounds of the BMW Championship, with one of those rounds being an 8, 64. On the final day, Mickelson recorded a 2, 70 to tie for second with Lee Westwood, two strokes behind leading and back-to-back champion Rory McIlroy. He finished tied for 15th at the Tour Championship. He went on to post a 3-1 record at the Ryder Cup, but the USA team lost.