Mickelson, Philip
Alfred, 1970-, American golf pro, b. San Diego, Ca.,
Arizona State Univ. (BA, 1992) . Mickelson began playing golf with his
father before starting school, learning by mirroring his father's strokes,
thus playing left-handed although he is naturally right-handed. Attending
Arizona State Univ., he won three NCAA individual championships and three
Haskins Awards for outstanding college golfer (1990-92). He also won the
U.S. Amateur title (1990) and his first PGA Tour event, the Northern Telecom
Open (1991), while still an amateur. He went professional after graduation
and soon established himself as a major force on the PGA tour, although
failing to win his first major tournament until the Masters (2004; he would
win that title again in 2006 and 2010). One of golf's most successful
players, he has won 45 PGA tour events, including the 2021 PGA Championship,
the oldest winner of that event in its history. The only major tournament he
has failed to win is the U.S. Open, although he has finished six times as a
runner-up, a record for that event. Among his honors are induction into the
World Golf Hall of Fame (2012)
See One Magical Sunday: (But Winning Isn’t Everything)
(2005, with D.T. Phillips), Secrets of the Short Game
(2009, with G. Yocom and T.R. Reinman); study by D. Magee (2005).
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