Phil Mickelson From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Phil Mickelson Mickelson (right) with Tim Finchem at The Players Championship awards ceremony Personal information Full name Philip Alfred Mickelson Nickname Lefty Born June 16, 1970 (1970-06-16) (age 38) San Diego, California Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st) Nationality United States Residence Rancho Santa Fe, California Career College Arizona State University Turned professional 1992 Current tour(s) PGA Tour (joined 1992) Professional wins 42 Number of wins by tour PGA Tour 35 (13th all time) Other 7 Best results in Major Championships (Wins: 3) The Masters Won: 2004, 2006 U.S. Open 2nd/T2: 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006 Open Championship 3rd: 2004 PGA Championship Won: 2005 Philip Alfred Mickelson (born June 16, 1970) is an American professional golfer. He is one of the leading players of his generation, having won three major championships and a total of 35 events on the PGA Tour. He has reached a career high world ranking of 2nd in multiple years. He is nicknamed "Lefty" for his left-handed swing, even though he is otherwise right-handed. Contents [hide] 1 Career summary 1.1 Early years through college 1.2 PGA Tour pro 1.3 Three majors 1.4 Disaster at Winged Foot 1.5 2006 to present 2 Amateur wins (7) 3 PGA Tour wins (35) 4 Other wins (7) 5 Major Championships 5.1 Wins (3) 5.2 Results timeline 6 Results in World Golf Championship events 7 PGA Tour career summary 8 United States national team appearances 9 Equipment 10 See also 11 References 12 External links [edit] Career summary [edit] Early years through college Mickelson was born in San Diego, California and raised there and in Arizona. He swings a golf club left-handed, which he learned by watching his right-handed father swing and mirroring it. He is right-handed otherwise.[1] He graduated from the University of San Diego High School in 1988, then attended Arizona State on a golf scholarship, where he graduated in 1992. During his time at Arizona State, he became the face of amateur golf in the United States, capturing three NCAA individual championships and three Haskins Awards (1990, 1991, 1992) as the outstanding collegiate golfer. He was the second collegiate golfer to earn first-team All-American honors all four years. In addition, in 1990, he became the first left-hander to win the U.S. Amateur title. Perhaps his greatest achievement, though, came in 1991 when he won his first PGA Tour tournament, the Northern Telecom Open. He did so as an amateur, becoming only the fourth in PGA history to accomplish this feat and the first since Scott Verplank, who won the 1985 Western Open in Chicago. [edit] PGA Tour pro Mickelson continued to win many PGA Tour tournaments, including 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 National Invitation in 2000 and the Greater Hartford Open in 2001 and again in 2002. He also won the Buick Invitational in 2000, defeating Tiger Woods and ending his streak of consecutive tournament victories at six. After his win, Mickelson said, "I didn't want to be the bad guy. I wasn't trying to end the streak per se. I was just trying to win the golf tournament."[2] Mickelson also shot a round of 59 at the PGA Grand Slam of Golf at Poipu Bay Golf Course on November 24, 2004. Mickelson was known for his powerful full swing but even more so for his superlative short game, 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. Despite these accomplishments, for many years Mickelson was often described as the "best golfer never to win a major." Mickelson often played well in majors: in the five-year span between 1999 and 2003 he had six second-place or third-place finishes. But victory always eluded him, for reasons that were ascribed to taking too many risky shots, missing too many short putts, or a general lack of what it takes to close out a big tournament. Undaunted, Mickelson continued to refine his game and his course strategy and psychology. Mickelson shares a record for the most second-place finishes in the U.S. Open with four (along with Bobby Jones, Sam Snead, and Jack Nicklaus). According to a Sports Illustrated feature entitled "The Fortunate 50", Mickelson is the second-highest paid athlete in the world, behind Tiger Woods. In 2007, Mickelson earned $62 million, $53 million of it from endorsements. The same article estimated that he earned $51 million in 2006. In January 1994 Mickelson made a short cameo appearance in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman in the episode named "Witness". [edit] Three majors His first major championship win came at the 2004 Masters, where he won with a 18-foot final hole birdie putt, defeating Ernie Els in a Sunday back-nine duel in which the stars traded birdies and eagles back and forth. In addition to getting the "majors monkey" off his back, this 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. (Like Mickelson, Weir is a right-hander who plays left-handed.) Just prior to the 2004 Ryder Cup, Mickelson was dropped from his long standing contract with Titleist/Acushnet Golf when he took heat for a voicemail message he left for a Callaway Golf executive. In it, he praised their driver and golf ball and thanked them for their help in getting some equipment for his brother. This memo was played to all of their salesmen and eventually found its way back to Titleist. He was then let out of his multi-year deal with Titleist 16 months early and signed on with Callaway golf, his equipment sponsor to this day. He endured a great deal of ridicule and scrutiny from the press and fellow Ryder Cup members for his equipment change so close to the crucial Ryder Cup matches. He faltered horribly at the 2004 Ryder Cup going 1-3-0, but refused to blame the sudden change in equipment or his practice methods for his performance.[3] The following year, in a Monday final round, Mickelson captured his second career major championship with his victory at the 2005 PGA Championship at Baltusrol. On the 18th hole, Mickelson hit one of his trademark soft pitches from deep greenside rough to within a foot and a half of the cup, and then made his birdie to finish at a 4-under-par total of 276, one shot ahead of Steve Elkington and Thomas Bjørn. Mickelson captured his third major championship the following spring by winning the 2006 Masters. He won his second Green Jacket after shooting a 3 under par final round, winning by 2 strokes over his nearest rival Tim Clark. This win propelled him to 2nd place in the Official World Golf Rankings (his career best), behind Tiger Woods and ahead of Vijay Singh and Retief Goosen. [edit] Disaster at Winged Foot At the 2006 U.S. Open at Winged Foot, Mickelson finished second to Geoff Ogilvy after one of the most memorable final hole collapses in major championship golf. Coincidentally, Scottish golfer Colin Montgomerie also had a similar collapse on the 18th handing victory to Ogilvy. Mickelson, then leading by a stroke with one hole to play, chose to hit driver on the final (72nd) hole of the tournament, and hit it well left of the fairway. This decision was widely criticized since he had only hit two of thirteen fairways previously in the round. The ball bounced off a corporate hospitality tent and settled in an area of trampled down grass that was enclosed with trees. He decided to aggressively go for the green with his second shot rather than play it safe and pitch out into the fairway. His ball then hit a tree, with the following shot plugging into the greenside bunker. He was unable to get up and down from there, resulting in double bogey and costing him any chance of winning the championship outright or getting into a playoff (a bogey would have gotten him a playoff with Ogilvy), and also ending his bid to join Ben Hogan and Tiger Woods as the only players to win three consecutive professional majors (he had two heading into Winged Foot). Reflecting on his performance afterwards Mickelson admitted: "I still am in shock that I did that. I just can't believe I did that. I'm such an idiot".[4] [edit] 2006 to present Mickelson teeing off on the last hole of his 2007 Players Championship win.Demonstrating grace after even the toughest defeats, showing appreciation to legions of his fans and always honoring the traditions and history of the game has made Mickelson one of the most popular players ever to play on the Tour. During the third round of the 2006 Ford Championship at Doral, Mickelson gave $200 to a spectator after his wayward tee shot at the par-5 10th broke the man's watch.[5] Mickelson has also shown other signs of appreciation. In 2007, after hearing the story of retired NFL player Conrad Dobler and his family on ESPN explaining their struggles to pay medical bills, Mickelson volunteered to pay for Conrad's daughter Holli's college education at Miami University in Ohio.[6] Frustrated with his driving accuracy, Mickelson made the decision in April 2007 to leave longtime swing coach Rick Smith. He currently works with Butch Harmon, a former coach of Tiger Woods. On May 13, 2007, Mickelson came from a stroke back on the final round to shoot a three-under 69 to win The Players Championship with an 11-under-par 277. This Mother's Day win was his first without his wife and children present. In the 2007 U.S. Open at Oakmont, after shooting 11 over par after 2 rounds, Mickelson missed the cut (by a stroke) for the first time in 31 majors, since the 1999 British Open at Carnoustie. He had been hampered by a wrist injury that was incurred while practicing in the thick rough at Oakmont a few weeks before the tournament. On September 3, 2007, Mickelson won the Deutsche Bank Championship which is the second FedEx Cup playoff event. On the final day he was paired with Tiger Woods who ended up finishing 2 strokes behind Mickelson in a tie for second. It was the first time Mickelson was able to best Woods while paired together on the final day of a tournament. The next day Mickelson announced that he would not be competing in the third FedEx Cup playoff event. His withdrawal stemmed from a disagreement with PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem over issues Mickelson would not explain. Mickelson has spent over 550 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings, the most by anyone not ranked number one.[7][8] In a recent Men's Vogue article, Mickelson recounted his effort to lose 20 pounds with the help of sports trainer Sean Cochran. "Once the younger players started to come on tour, he realized that he had to start working out to maintain longevity in his career," Cochran said.[9] Mickelson's regimen consisted of increasing flexibility and power, eating five smaller meals a day, aerobic training, and carrying his own golf bag.[10] Mickelson, paired with Tiger Woods, struggled mightily at the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. He even notched a quadruple bogey.[11] He won for the first time in 2009 by defending his title at the Northern Trust Open at Riviera Country Club. He finished one stroke ahead of Steve Stricker. It was Mickelson's 35th win on tour, allowing him to surpass Vijay Singh for all time wins at the current time on the PGA Tour. Mickelson was inducted into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame in 2008 as his heritage is Italian on his mother's side. [edit] Amateur wins (7) 1981 Junior World Golf Championships (Boys 9-10) 1989 NCAA Division I Championship 1990 NCAA Division I Championship, U.S. Amateur, Porter Cup 1991 Western Amateur 1992 NCAA Division I Championship [edit] PGA Tour wins (35) Legend Major Championships (3) FedEx Cup Event (1) Other PGA Tour (31) No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of Victory Runner(s) up 1. Jan. 13, 1991 Northern Telecom Open (as an amateur) -16 (65-71-65-71=272) 1 stroke Tom Purtzer 2. Feb. 21, 1993 Buick Invitational of California -10 (75-69-69-65=278) 7 strokes Jay Don Blake, Jay Haas, Greg Twiggs 3. Aug. 22, 1993 The International 11-7-11-16 = 45 8 points Mark Calcavecchia 4. Jan. 9, 1994 Mercedes Championships -12 (70-68-70-68=276) Playoff Fred Couples 5. Jan. 22, 1995 Northern Telecom Open -19 (65-66-70-68=269) 1 stroke Jim Gallagher, Jr. 6. Jan. 14, 1996 Nortel Open -14 (69-66-71-67=273) 2 strokes Bob Tway 7. Jan. 27, 1996 Phoenix Open -15 (69-67-66-67=269) Playoff Justin Leonard 8. May 15, 1996 GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic -15 (67-65-67-66=265) 2 strokes Craig Parry 9. Aug. 25, 1996 NEC World Series of Golf -6 (70-66-68-70=274) 3 strokes Billy Mayfair, Steve Stricker, Duffy Waldorf 10. Mar. 23, 1997 Bay Hill Invitational -16 (72-65-70-65=272) 3 strokes Stuart Appleby 11. Aug. 3, 1997 Sprint International 14-13-12-9 = 48 7 points Stuart Appleby 12. Jan. 11, 1998 Mercedes Championships -17 (68-67-68-68=271) 1 stroke Mark O'Meara, Tiger Woods 13. Feb. 1, 1998 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am -14 (65-70-67=202) 1 stroke Tom Pernice, Jr. 14. Feb. 13, 2000 Buick Invitational -18 (66-67-67-70=270) 4 strokes Shigeki Maruyama, Tiger Woods 15. Apr. 2, 2000 BellSouth Classic -11 (67-69-69=205) Playoff Gary Nicklaus 16. May 21, 2000 MasterCard Colonial -12 (67-68-70-63=268) 2 strokes Stewart Cink, Davis Love III 17. Nov. 5, 2000 The Tour Championship -13 (67-69-65-66=267) 2 strokes Tiger Woods 18. Feb. 11, 2001 Buick Invitational -19 (68-64-71-66=269) Playoff Frank Lickliter, Davis Love III 19. Jul. 1, 2001 Canon Greater Hartford Open -16 (67-68-61-68=264) 1 stroke Billy Andrade 20. Jan. 20, 2002 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic -30 (64-67-70-65-64=330) Playoff David Berganio, Jr. 21. Jun. 23, 2002 Canon Greater Hartford Open -14 (69-67-66-64=264) 1 stroke Jonathan Kaye, Davis Love III 22. Jan. 25, 2004 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic -30 (68-63-64-67-68=330) Playoff Skip Kendall 23. Apr. 11, 2004 The Masters -9 (72-69-69-69=279) 1 stroke Ernie Els 24. Feb. 6, 2005 FBR Open -17 (73-60-66-68=267) 5 strokes Scott McCarron, Kevin Na 25. Feb. 13, 2005 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am -19 (62-67-67-73=269) 4 strokes Mike Weir 26. Apr. 6, 2005 BellSouth Classic -8 (74-65-69=208) Playoff Arjun Atwal, Rich Beem, Brandt Jobe, José María Olazábal 27. Aug. 15, 2005 PGA Championship -4 (67-65-72-72=276) 1 stroke Thomas Bjørn, Steve Elkington 28. Apr. 2, 2006 BellSouth Classic -28 (63-65-67-65=260) 13 strokes Zach Johnson, José María Olazábal 29. Apr. 9, 2006 The Masters -7 (70-72-70-69=281) 2 strokes Tim Clark 30. Feb. 11, 2007 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am -20 (65-67-70-66=268) 5 strokes Kevin Sutherland 31. May 13, 2007 The Players Championship -11 (67-72-69-69=277) 2 strokes Sergio García 32. Sept. 3, 2007 Deutsche Bank Championship -16 (70-64-68-66=268) 2 strokes Arron Oberholser, Brett Wetterich, Tiger Woods 33. Feb. 17, 2008 Northern Trust Open -12 (68-64-70-70=272) 2 strokes Jeff Quinney 34. May 25, 2008 Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial -14 (65-68-65-68=266) 1 stroke Tim Clark, Rod Pampling 35. Feb 22, 2009 Northern Trust Open -15 (63-72-62-72=269) 1 stroke Steve Stricker PGA Tour playoff record (7-3) No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result 1. 1994 Mercedes Championship Fred Couples Won with par on second playoff hole 2. 1996 Phoenix Open Justin Leonard Won with birdie on third playoff hole 3. 2000 BellSouth Classic Gary Nicklaus Won with birdie on first playoff hole 4. 2000 GTE Byron Nelson Classic Davis Love III, Jesper Parnevik Lost on second playoff hole (Parnevik won with birdie on third playoff hole) 5. 2001 Buick Invitational Frank Lickliter, Davis Love III Won with double bogey on third playoff hole (Love was eliminated on second playoff hole) 6. 2002 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic David Berganio, Jr. Won with birdie on first playoff hole 7. 2004 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic Skip Kendall Won with birdie on first playoff hole 8. 2005 BellSouth Classic Arjun Atwal, Rich Beem, Brandt Jobe, José María Olazábal Won with birdie on fourth playoff hole (Olazábal was eliminated on third playoff hole. Atwal and Jobe were eliminated on first playoff hole) 9. 2007 Nissan Open Charles Howell III Lost to par on third playoff hole 10. 2008 FBR Open J. B. Holmes Lost to birdie on first playoff hole [edit] Other wins (7) 1993 Tournoi Perrier Paris (Challenge Tour) 1997 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Fred Couples and Tom Lehman) 2000 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Notah Begay III and Rocco Mediate) 2001 Tylenol Par-3 Shootout at Treetops Resort 2004 TELUS Skins Game, PGA Grand Slam of Golf 2007 HSBC Champions (co-sanctioned by European Tour, Asian Tour, Sunshine Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia) [edit] Major Championships [edit] Wins (3) Year Championship 54 Holes Winning Score Margin Runner(s)-up 2004 The Masters Tied for lead -9 (72-69-69-69=279) 1 stroke Ernie Els 2005 PGA Championship Tied for lead -4 (67-65-72-72=276) 1 stroke Thomas Bjørn, Steve Elkington 2006 The Masters (2) 1 shot lead -7 (70-72-70-69=281) 2 strokes Tim Clark [edit] Results timeline Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 The Masters DNP T46 LA DNP T34 DNP T7 3 CUT T12 T6 U.S. Open T29 LA T55 LA CUT DNP T47 T4 T94 T43 T10 2 The Open Championship DNP T73 DNP DNP CUT T40 T41 T24 79 CUT PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP T6 3 CUT T8 T29 T34 T57 Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 The Masters T7 3 3 3 1 10 1 T24 T5 U.S. Open T16 T7 2 T55 2 T33 T2 CUT T18 The Open Championship T11 T30 T66 T59 3 T60 T22 CUT T19 PGA Championship T9 2 T34 T23 T6 1 T16 T32 T7 LA = Low Amateur DNP = did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10. [edit] Results in World Golf Championship events Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Accenture Match Play Championship R16 R64 DNP R64 R16 QF R16 R16 R32 R32 R16 CA Championship T40 DNP NT1 T23 T38 DNP T29 DNP T23 T20 Bridgestone Invitational 2 T4 T8 T9 T23 T43 T51 T54 T46 T4 1Cancelled due to 9/11 DNP = Did not play QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play "T" = tied NT = No Tournament Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10. [edit] PGA Tour career summary Year Wins (Majors) Earnings ($) Rank 1991 1 see note N/A 1992 0 171,714 90 1993 2 628,735 22 1994 1 748,316 15 1995 1 655,777 28 1996 4 1,697,799 2 1997 2 1,225,390 11 1998 2 1,837,246 6 1999 0 1,722,681 14 2000 4 4,746,457 2 2001 2 4,403,833 2 2002 2 4,311,971 2 2003 0 1,623,137 38 2004 2 (1) 5,784,823 3 2005 4 (1) 5,699,605 3 2006 2 (1) 4,256,505 6 2007 3 5,819,988 2 2008 2 5,118,875 3 2009* 1 1,304,290 5 Career* 35 (3) 51,827,191 3 * Complete through March 1, 2009. Note: Mickelson won as an amateur in 1991 and therefore did not receive any prize money. 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. According to estimates by Fortune Magazine Mickelson's income for 2007 was over $51 million, with $47 million coming from endorsements. [edit] United States national team appearances Amateur Walker Cup: 1989, 1991 (winners) Eisenhower Trophy: 1990 Professional Presidents Cup: 1994 (winners), 1996 (winners), 1998, 2000 (winners), 2003 (tie), 2005 (winners), 2007 (winners) Ryder Cup: 1995, 1997, 1999 (winners), 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 (winners) Alfred Dunhill Cup: 1996 (winners) [edit] Equipment As of the 2009 Buick Invitational Driver: Callaway FT-9 Tour Authentic (7.5 degree) Fairway Wood: Callaway Big Bertha Diablo (14 degree) Hybrids:Callaway Big Bertha Diablo Hybrid (20 degree) Irons: Callaway X-Prototype Blades (4-PW) Wedges: Callaway X-Forged (54, 60, 64) Putter: Odyssey White Hot XG #9 prototype Ball: Callaway Tour ix [edit] See also Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Phil Mickelson Golfers with most PGA Tour wins Golfers with most major championship wins [edit] References ^ Personal section of PGA Tour official media guide ^ The Gigantic Book of Golf Quotations, ed. Jim Apfelbaum. 2007. ^ Barr, Adam (2004-09-07). "Business Edge: Mickelson, Callaway Sign Endorsement Deal". The Golf Channel. http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15110&dv=6616763&select=14242. Retrieved on 2007-11-20. ^ Maisel, Ivan (2006-06-25). "Open will be remembered for Mickelson's collapse". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/usopen06/columns/story?columnist=maisel_ivan&id=2490710. Retrieved on 2007-11-20. ^ SportsTicker (2006-03-04). "Tips appreciated". SI.com. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/golf/03/04/lefty.doral/?section=si_latest. Retrieved on 2007-11-20. ^ Verdi, Bob, Golf World (2007-02-14). "Mickelson gives to Dobler family". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/columns/story?columnist=verdi_bob&id=2756572. Retrieved on 2007-11-20. ^ 69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking ^ "Players who have reached the Top Ten in the Official World Golf Ranking since 1986" (PDF). European Tour Official Guide 09 (38th ed.). PGA European Tour. 2009. p. 558. http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?pagegid={00387D2B-9D40-40B9-B2AC-C46939A8370B}. Retrieved on 2009-01-16. ^ How Phil Mickelson regained his stride ^ Phil Mickelson's weight loss workout ^ Quadruple bogey sinks Mickelson's hopes [edit] External links Phil Mickelson's official web site Profile on the PGA Tour's official site Results for the last two years from the Official World Golf Rankings site [show]v · d · eThe Masters champions 1934 Horton Smith • 1935 Gene Sarazen • 1936 Horton Smith • 1937 Byron Nelson • 1938 Henry Picard • 1939 Ralph Guldahl • 1940 Jimmy Demaret • 1941 Craig Wood • 1942 Byron Nelson • 1943-45 Cancelled due to World War II • 1946 Herman Keiser • 1947 Jimmy Demaret • 1948 Claude Harmon • 1949 Sam Snead • 1950 Jimmy Demaret • 1951 Ben Hogan • 1952 Sam Snead • 1953 Ben Hogan • 1954 Sam Snead • 1955 Cary Middlecoff • 1956 Jack Burke, Jr. • 1957 Doug Ford • 1958 Arnold Palmer • 1959 Art Wall, Jr. • 1960 Arnold Palmer • 1961 Gary Player • 1962 Arnold Palmer • 1963 Jack Nicklaus • 1964 Arnold Palmer • 1965 Jack Nicklaus • 1966 Jack Nicklaus • 1967 Gay Brewer • 1968 Bob Goalby • 1969 George Archer • 1970 Billy Casper • 1971 Charles Coody • 1972 Jack Nicklaus • 1973 Tommy Aaron • 1974 Gary Player • 1975 Jack Nicklaus • 1976 Raymond Floyd • 1977 Tom Watson • 1978 Gary Player • 1979 Fuzzy Zoeller • 1980 Severiano Ballesteros • 1981 Tom Watson • 1982 Craig Stadler • 1983 Severiano Ballesteros • 1984 Ben Crenshaw • 1985 Bernhard Langer • 1986 Jack Nicklaus • 1987 Larry Mize • 1988 Sandy Lyle • 1989 Nick Faldo • 1990 Nick Faldo • 1991 Ian Woosnam • 1992 Fred Couples • 1993 Bernhard Langer • 1994 José María Olazábal • 1995 Ben Crenshaw • 1996 Nick Faldo • 1997 Tiger Woods • 1998 Mark O'Meara • 1999 José María Olazábal • 2000 Vijay Singh • 2001 Tiger Woods • 2002 Tiger Woods • 2003 Mike Weir • 2004 Phil Mickelson • 2005 Tiger Woods • 2006 Phil Mickelson • 2007 Zach Johnson • 2008 Trevor Immelman [show]v · d · ePGA champions Matchplay era 1916 Jim Barnes · 1917-18 Cancelled due to World War I · 1919 Jim Barnes · 1920 Jock Hutchison · 1921 Walter Hagen · 1922 Gene Sarazen · 1923 Gene Sarazen · 1924 Walter Hagen · 1925 Walter Hagen · 1926 Walter Hagen · 1927 Walter Hagen · 1928 Leo Diegel · 1929 Leo Diegel · 1930 Tommy Armour · 1931 Tom Creavy · 1932 Olin Dutra · 1933 Gene Sarazen · 1934 Paul Runyan · 1935 Johnny Revolta · 1936 Denny Shute · 1937 Denny Shute · 1938 Paul Runyan · 1939 Henry Picard · 1940 Byron Nelson · 1941 Vic Ghezzi · 1942 Sam Snead · 1943 Cancelled due to World War II · 1944 Bob Hamilton · 1945 Byron Nelson · 1946 Ben Hogan · 1947 Jim Ferrier · 1948 Ben Hogan · 1949 Sam Snead · 1950 Chandler Harper · 1951 Sam Snead · 1952 Jim Turnesa · 1953 Walter Burkemo · 1954 Chick Harbert · 1955 Doug Ford · 1956 Jack Burke, Jr. · 1957 Lionel Hebert Strokeplay era 1958 Dow Finsterwald · 1959 Bob Rosburg · 1960 Jay Hebert · 1961 Jerry Barber · 1962 Gary Player · 1963 Jack Nicklaus · 1964 Bobby Nichols · 1965 Dave Marr · 1966 Al Geiberger · 1967 Don January · 1968 Julius Boros · 1969 Raymond Floyd · 1970 Dave Stockton · 1971 Jack Nicklaus · 1972 Gary Player · 1973 Jack Nicklaus · 1974 Lee Trevino · 1975 Jack Nicklaus · 1976 Dave Stockton · 1977 Lanny Wadkins · 1978 John Mahaffey · 1979 David Graham · 1980 Jack Nicklaus · 1981 Larry Nelson · 1982 Raymond Floyd · 1983 Hal Sutton · 1984 Lee Trevino · 1985 Hubert Green · 1986 Bob Tway · 1987 Larry Nelson · 1988 Jeff Sluman · 1989 Payne Stewart · 1990 Wayne Grady · 1991 John Daly · 1992 Nick Price · 1993 Paul Azinger · 1994 Nick Price · 1995 Steve Elkington · 1996 Mark Brooks · 1997 Davis Love III · 1998 Vijay Singh · 1999 Tiger Woods · 2000 Tiger Woods · 2001 David Toms · 2002 Rich Beem · 2003 Shaun Micheel · 2004 Vijay Singh · 2005 Phil Mickelson · 2006 Tiger Woods · 2007 Tiger Woods · 2008 Pádraig Harrington [show] Phil Mickelson in the Ryder Cup [show]v · d · eUnited States Ryder Cup team – 1995 Fred Couples · Ben Crenshaw · Brad Faxon · Jay Haas · Peter Jacobsen · Tom Lehman · Davis Love III · Jeff Maggert · Phil Mickelson · Corey Pavin · Loren Roberts · Curtis Strange · Lanny Wadkins (non-playing captain) [show]v · d · eUnited States Ryder Cup team – 1997 Fred Couples · Brad Faxon · Jim Furyk · Scott Hoch · Lee Janzen · Tom Lehman · Justin Leonard · Davis Love III · Jeff Maggert · Phil Mickelson · Mark O'Meara · Tiger Woods · Tom Kite (non-playing captain) [show]v · d · eUnited States Ryder Cup team – 1999 David Duval · Jim Furyk · Tom Lehman · Justin Leonard · Davis Love III · Jeff Maggert · Phil Mickelson · Mark O'Meara · Steve Pate · Payne Stewart · Hal Sutton · Tiger Woods · Ben Crenshaw (non-playing captain) [show]v · d · eUnited States Ryder Cup team – 2002 Paul Azinger · Mark Calcavecchia · Stewart Cink · David Duval · Jim Furyk · Scott Hoch · Davis Love III · Phil Mickelson · Hal Sutton · David Toms · Scott Verplank · Tiger Woods · Curtis Strange (non-playing captain) [show]v · d · eUnited States Ryder Cup team – 2004 Chad Campbell · Stewart Cink · Chris DiMarco · Fred Funk · Jim Furyk · Jay Haas · Davis Love III · Phil Mickelson · Kenny Perry · Chris Riley · David Toms · Tiger Woods · Hal Sutton (non-playing captain) [show]v · d · eUnited States Ryder Cup team – 2006 Chad Campbell · Stewart Cink · Chris DiMarco · Jim Furyk · J. J. Henry · Zach Johnson · Phil Mickelson · Vaughn Taylor · David Toms · Scott Verplank · Brett Wetterich · Tiger Woods · Tom Lehman (non-playing captain) [show]v · d · eUnited States Ryder Cup team – 2008 Chad Campbell · Stewart Cink · Ben Curtis · Jim Furyk · J. B. Holmes · Anthony Kim · Justin Leonard · Hunter Mahan · Phil Mickelson · Kenny Perry · Steve Stricker · Boo Weekley · Paul Azinger (non-playing captain) Persondata NAME Mickelson, Philip Alfred ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lefty SHORT DESCRIPTION Professional golfer DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1970 PLACE OF BIRTH San Diego, California DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Mickelson" Categories: American golfers | Swedish-Americans | Arizona State Sun Devils men's golfers | PGA Tour golfers | Winners of men's major golf championships | People from Arizona | People from San Diego, California | 1970 births | Living people | PGA Tour left-handed golfers