Phil Mickelson

World No. Trump — spends his winter weekends on fairways that bear his name in Jupiter and about 15 miles south in West Palm Beach.

Jupiter is, quite literally, the golf capital of the world. The following week, Mickelson won his fifth major title on July 21 at the Open Championship often referred to as the British Open Muirfield Golf Links in Scotland ; the Open Championship is the oldest of the four major tournaments in professional golf.

This was the first time in history that anyone had won both the Scottish Open and The Open Championship in the same year. Mickelson later said: "I played arguably the best round of my career, and shot the round of my life.

The range of emotions I feel are as far apart as possible after losing the U. But you have to be resilient in this game.

Mickelson missed the cut at the Masters for the first time since He failed to contend at the U. Open at Pinehurst in his first bid to complete the career grand slam.

Mickelson shot rounds of to finish solo second, one shot behind world number one Rory McIlroy. Prior to the Masters , Mickelson's best finish in was a tie for 17th.

At the Masters, Mickelson shot rounds of to finish tied for second with Justin Rose , four shots behind champion Jordan Spieth. The second-place finish was Mickelson's tenth such finish in a major, placing him second all time only to Jack Nicklaus in that regard.

At The Open Championship , Mickelson shot rounds of and was eight shots behind, outside the top forty. In the final round, Mickelson birdied the 15th hole to move to 10 under and within two of the lead.

After a missed foot 3. The out of bounds drive lead to a triple bogey 7 that sent Mickelson tumbling out of contention.

Later in the year, it was announced that Mickelson would leave longtime swing coach Butch Harmon, feeling as though he needed to hear a new perspective on things.

The two worked together heavily in the offseason to get Mickelson's swing back. He shot rounds of to finish in a tie for third place at under-par.

It was only Mickelson's fifth top-five finish since his win at the Open Championship. The third-place finish was Mickelson's highest finish in his first worldwide start of a calendar year since he won the same event to begin the season.

Mickelson lipped out a five-foot birdie putt to force a playoff on the 72nd hole. He entered the final round with a two stroke lead, his first hole lead since the U.

Open and was seeking to end a winless drought dating back 52 worldwide events to the Open Championship.

The round set a new course record and matched the previous major championship record for lowest round. Mickelson had a foot 4.

In the third round, Mickelson shot a one under 70 for a total of 11 under par to enter the final round one shot back of Stenson. Despite Mickelson's bogey-free 65 in the final round, Stenson shot 63 to win by three shots.

Mickelson finished 11 strokes clear of 3rd place, a major championship record for a runner up. Mickelson's total set a record score for a runner up in the British Open, and only trails Mickelson's at the PGA Championship as the lowest total by a runner up in major championship history.

In the fall of , Mickelson had two sports hernia surgeries. Those in the golf community expected him to miss much time recovering, however his unexpected return at the CareerBuilder Challenge was a triumphant one, leading to a T finish.

The following week, at the Waste Management Phoenix Open , which he has won three times, he surged into contention following a Saturday He played his first nine holes in 4-under 32 and sending his name to the top of the leaderboard.

However, his charge faltered with bogeys at 11, 12, 14, 15, and a double bogey at the driveable 17th hole.

He stumbled with a final round 71, still earning a T finish, for his sixth straight top finish on tour.

Mickelson came close to winning again at the FedEx St. Jude Classic where he had finished in second place the previous year to Daniel Berger. He started the final round four strokes behind leaders but he quickly played himself into contention.

Following a birdie at the 10th hole he vaulted to the top of leaderboard but found trouble on the 12th hole.

His tee shot carried out of bounds and his fourth shot hit the water so he had to make a long putt to salvage triple-bogey.

He managed to get one shot back but he finished three shots behind winner Berger, in ninth place, for the second straight year.

Two weeks later he withdrew from the U. Open to attend his daughter's high school graduation. A week later his longtime caddie Jim Bones Mackay left Mickelson in a mutual agreement.

On September 6, days after posting his best finish of the season of T6 at the Dell Technologies Championship , Mickelson was named as a captain's pick for the Presidents Cup.

Mickelson birdied two of his last four holes and had a lengthy putt to win outright on the 72nd hole, but tied with Justin Thomas. He defeated Thomas on the first extra hole of a sudden-death playoff with a par.

After Thomas had flown the green, Mickelson had a birdie to win the playoff which lipped out. Thomas however could not get up and down for par, meaning Mickelson claimed the championship.

He also became the oldest winner of a WGC event, at age In the third round of the U. Open , Mickelson incurred a two-stroke penalty in a controversial incident on the 13th hole when he hit his ball with intent while it was still moving.

His former coach Butch Harmon thought Mickelson should have been disqualified. Mickelson needed four extra holes to beat Woods, which he did by holing a four-foot putt after Woods missed a seven-foot putt on the 22nd hole.

Jude Invitational. Mickelson was the first player over 50 to finish in the top five of a World Golf Championship event. He was the 20th player to win their debut tournament on tour.

As a competitor, Mickelson's playing style is described by many as "aggressive" and highly social. Mickelson has also been characterized by his powerful and sometimes inaccurate driver , but his excellent short game draws the most positive reviews, most of all his daring "Phil flop " shot in which a big swing with a high-lofted wedge against a tight lie flies a ball high into the air for a short distance.

Mickelson is usually in the top 10 in scoring, and he led the PGA Tour in birdie average as recently as Although ranked second on the PGA Tour's all-time money list [81] of tournament prize money won, Mickelson earns far more from endorsements than from prize money.

After being diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis in , Mickelson was treated with Enbrel and began endorsing the drug. Walters' lawyer said his client would appeal the verdict.

In December , Mickelson announced via Twitter that "after turning down opportunities to go to the Middle East for many years" he would play in Saudi International golf tournament and would miss Waste Management Phoenix Open for the first time since However, his decision to visit and play in Saudi Arabia was criticized for getting lured by millions of dollars and ignoring the continuous human rights abuse in the nation.

He does not have both clubs in the bag, due to the USGA only permitting 14 clubs during play. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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But this year he finds himself in the top 25 in driving distance and improved dramatically in the strokes gained off-the-tee category.

The truth of the matter is that most of them are on some golf-specific workout regimen. Phil has been on record that he has been working out with the help of the Titleist Performance Institute TPI since He credits his regimen for helping lengthen his career and keeping him mostly injury free.

For the past several years his driver club head speed has been respectable, here are his averages:. Those are excellent numbers for a man in his late forties.

The problem is that the newest generation of golfers routinely averages well over mph and into the mph region. Phil has ranked almost dead last in strokes gained off the tee in those years with a combination of shorter driving distance and accuracy issues.

If you want to win on tour these days, that combination makes it a much harder task. I think it's more than whether or not you win or lose.

It's having that opportunity on that final round, final nine, to come down the stretch with a chance to win. A great shot is when you pull it off.

A smart shot is when you don't have the guts to try it. The two started dating when he was a senior in college. Amy was his junior at school and she was a cheerleader for the local NBA team.

They have three children, Amanda, Sophia, and Evan. His wife Amy was diagnosed with breast cancer in the year Collin Morikawa. Marital Status:.