Tiger Woods vs. Phil Mickelson

Lore & Background

Mickelson is one of 17 players in golf history to win at least three of the four majors. He has won every major except the U.S. Open, in which he has finished runner-up a record six times. In 2022, he became the only golfer who has won three different majors to join the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour, leaving his PGA Tour membership of 30 years. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2012.

Reader's Guide

Mickelson's first major championship win came in his thirteenth year on the PGA Tour in 2004, when he secured victory in the Masters with an 18 ft birdie putt on the final hole. He captured his second major at the 2005 PGA Championship at Baltusrol, and his third major title the following spring at the 2006 Masters. With his win at the 2021 PGA Championship, he became the oldest major championship winner in history at age 50 years, 11 months, and 7 days.

Did You Know?

• Mickelson is naturally right-handed but learned golf by mirroring his right-handed father's swing, playing left-handed.
• He won his first PGA Tour event as an amateur at the 1991 Northern Telecom Open in Tucson.
• Mickelson shares the record for most individual NCAA championships (three) alongside Ben Crenshaw.
• He shot a career-low 59 at the 2004 PGA Grand Slam of Golf in Hawaii.