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Phil Mickelson

Philip Alfred Mickelson (born June 16, 1970) is an American

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
professional golf

Golf

Golf is a sport in which players using many types of Golf club including wood , iron , and putter , attempt to hit golf ball into each hole on a golf course in the lowest possible number of strokes....
er. He is one of the leading players of his generation, having won three major championships

Men's major golf championships

The men's major golf championships, often referred to simply as "the majors", are the four most prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf....
and a total of 35 events on the PGA Tour

PGA Tour

Official World Golf Rankings

The Official World Golf Rankings is a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers. They were introduced in 1986 and are endorsed by the four Men's major golf championships and the six professional golf tours which make up the International Federation of PGA Tours, namely the PGA Tour, the European Tour, the Asian Tour...
of 2nd in multiple years. He is nicknamed "Lefty" for his left-handed

Left-handed

Left-handedness is the preference for the left hand over the right for everyday activities such as Penmanship. Most left-handedness people exhibit some degree of ambidexterity....
swing, even though he is otherwise right-handed

Right-handed

Someone who is right-handed will prefer to use this hand for everyday activities, such as Penmanship, maintaining Hygiene, cooking and so forth....
.

elson was born in San Diego, California

San Diego, California

San Diego is the second largest city in California and the List of United States cities by population, located along the Pacific Ocean on the West Coast of the United States of the Western United States....
and raised there and in Arizona

Arizona

The State of Arizona is a U.S. state located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix, Arizona....
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Philip Alfred Mickelson (born June 16, 1970) is an American

United States

Golf

Men's major golf championships

The men's major golf championships, often referred to simply as "the majors", are the four most prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf....
and a total of 35 events on the PGA Tour

PGA Tour

Official World Golf Rankings

Left-handed

Right-handed

Someone who is right-handed will prefer to use this hand for everyday activities, such as Penmanship, maintaining Hygiene, cooking and so forth....
.

Career summary

Early years through college

Mickelson was born in San Diego, California

San Diego, California

Arizona

The State of Arizona is a U.S. state located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix, 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. He graduated from the University of San Diego High School

University of San Diego High School

The University of San Diego High School , also known as The University High School , and affectionately known as "Uni", was a Catholic, co-educational, college preparatory secondary school located in San Diego, California....
in 1988, then attended Arizona State

Arizona State University

Arizona State University is the largest public university research university in the United States under a single administration, with total student enrollment of 67,082 as of fall 2008....
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

United States

NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships

The National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Golf Championships, played in late May or early June, is the top annual competition in U.S....
individual championships and three Haskins Award

Haskins Award

The Haskins Award is presented annually by the Haskins Commission to honor the most outstanding collegiate golfer in the United States. The award is named in memory of the late Fred Haskins, former golf teaching professional at the Columbus Country Club....
s (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

PGA Tour

The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the main professional golf tours in the United States. It is headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, a suburb of Jacksonville, Florida....
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

Scott Verplank

Scott Rachal Verplank is an United States professional golfer golfer.Verplank was born in Dallas, Texas. He was a leading member of the W.T. White High School Golf Team and a regular at Brookhaven Country Club in Dallas....
, who won the 1985 Western Open

Western Open

The Western Open, a professional golf tournament, was first played in 1899. At the time of its 2006 playing, the Western Open was the 3rd oldest active PGA Tour tournament, after the The Open Championship and U.S....
in Chicago.

PGA Tour pro

Mickelson continued to win many PGA Tour tournaments, including the Byron Nelson Golf Classic and the World Series of Golf

WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

The WGC-Bridgestone Invitational is one of the annual World Golf Championships for male professional golfers. It is sanctioned and organized by the International Federation of PGA Tours and the prize money is official money on both the PGA Tour and the PGA European Tour....
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

Buick Invitational

The Buick Invitational is a PGA Tour professional golf tournament played in the San Diego, California area in the early part of the Tour season, known as the "West Coast Swing." The tournament was originally known as the San Diego Open, and was noted for having singer-actor Andy Williams as a celebrity host during much of its existence....
in 2000, defeating Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods

Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time....
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." Mickelson also shot a round of 59 at the PGA Grand Slam of Golf

PGA Grand Slam of Golf

The PGA Grand Slam of Golf is the world's most exclusive golf tournament. It is an annual off-season golf tournament contested by the year's winners of the four Men's major golf championships of regular men's golf, which are the Masters Tournament, the U.S....
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

Flop shot

A flop shot is a shot in golf in which the player uses a lofted club, such as a sand wedge or a lob wedge, rotates the club head to an open position, and strikes down on the ball....
" 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

Bobby Jones (golfer)

Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones Jr. was one of the greatest golfers to compete on a national and international level. He participated only as an amateur, primarily on a part-time basis, and chose to retire from competition at age 28....
, Sam Snead

Sam Snead

Samuel Jackson Snead was an American golfer who was one of the top players in the world for most of 4 decades. He and two others of the greatest golfers of all time, Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson, were born within six months of each other in 1912....
, and Jack Nicklaus

Jack Nicklaus

Jack William Nicklaus , also known as "The Golden Bear", is one of the most successful professional golfers of all time. Nicklaus currently holds the record for the most victories in major championships....
).

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

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman is a live-action United States television program based on the Superman comic books. Lois & Clark aired on American Broadcasting Company from September 12, 1993 to June 14, 1997, and starred Dean Cain as Superman/Clark Kent and Teri Hatcher as Lois Lane....
in the episode named "Witness".

Three majors

His first major championship

Men's major golf championships

The men's major golf championships, often referred to simply as "the majors", are the four most prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf....
win came at the 2004 Masters, where he won with a 18-foot final hole birdie putt, defeating Ernie Els

Ernie Els

Theodore Ernest "Ernie" Els is a South African golfer who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. A former Official World Golf Rankings, he is known as "The Big Easy", for his imposing physical stature along with his fluid, seemingly effortless golf swing....
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 Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
er Sir Bob Charles who won the British Open

The Open Championship

The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four men's major golf championships in men's golf. It is the only major held outside the USA and is administered by the R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico....
in 1963 and Canadian

Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
Mike Weir

Mike Weir

Michael Richard Weir, Order of Canada, Order of Ontario is a Canada professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He spent over 100 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 2001 and 2005....
who won The Masters in 2003. (Like Mickelson, Weir is a right-hander who plays left-handed.)

Just prior to the 2004 Ryder Cup

Ryder Cup

The Ryder Cup is a golf trophy, donated by Samuel Ryder, which is awarded biennially in an event called the "Ryder Cup Matches" between teams from Europe and the United States of America....
, 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

Callaway Golf

Callaway Golf Company is an United States sporting goods company based in Carlsbad, California, specializing in golf. They manufacture a full range of golf equipment, including wood , iron , wedges, putter and golf balls, and also license the Callaway brand name for apparel, footwear, timepieces and accessories....
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

Titleist

Titleist is a brand name owned by the Acushnet Company, headquartered in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, which produces golf equipment. Acushnet is best known for its Titleist golf balls, but also produces Golf club and other equipment and accessories under the brands Cobra Golf, FootJoy and Pinnacle in addition to 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

2004 Ryder Cup

The 35th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 17?19 at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan.The European team won the competition by a margin of 18? to 9? points, the winning putt being made by Colin Montgomerie, who maintained his record of never losing in any of his seven Ryder Cup singles matche...
going 1-3-0, but refused to blame the sudden change in equipment or his practice methods on his performance.

The following year, in a Monday final round, Mickelson captured his second career major championship with his victory at the 2005 PGA Championship

2005 PGA Championship

The 2005 PGA Championship was the 87th PGA Championship, played from August 11 to August 15, 2005 at the Baltusrol Golf Club Lower Course in Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey....
at Baltusrol

Baltusrol Golf Club

The Baltusrol Golf Club is a 36-Golf course#Anatomy of a golf course country club located in Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey, Union County, New Jersey, New Jersey....
. 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

Steve Elkington

Stephen John Elkington is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He spent over 50 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings from 1995 to 1998....
and Thomas Bjørn

Thomas Bjørn

Thomas Bj?rn is a Denmark golfer who plays on the European Tour.Bj?rn played on the Challenge Tour from 1993 to 1995. He then made an immediate impact on the European Tour in his first season, finishing tenth on the 1996 Order of Merit....
. 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

Tim Clark

Timothy Henry Clark is a South African golfer.Clark was born in Durban, South Africa. He took up golf at the age of three and was taught to play by his father....
. This win propelled him to 2nd place in the Official World Golf Rankings

Official World Golf Rankings

Tiger Woods

Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time....
and ahead of Vijay Singh

Vijay Singh

Retief Goosen

Retief Goosen is a South African professional golfer who has been in the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for over 250 weeks between 2001 and 2007....
.

Disaster at Winged Foot

At the 2006 U.S. Open

U.S. Open (golf)

The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual Open Golf Tournaments of the United States. It is the second of the four men's major golf championships in golf and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the PGA European Tour....
at Winged Foot, Mickelson finished second to Geoff Ogilvy

Geoff Ogilvy

Geoff Charles Ogilvy is an Australian professional golfer best known for winning the 2006 U.S. Open Golf Championship and three World Golf Championships events....
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

Ben Hogan

William Ben Hogan was an United States professional golfer, and is generally considered one of the greatest golfers in the history of the game....
and Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods

Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time....
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".

2006 to present

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.

Mickelson has also shown other signs of appreciation. In 2007, after hearing the story of retired NFL player Conrad Dobler

Conrad Dobler

Conrad Francis Dobler is a retired American football offensive lineman in the National Football League.Dobler was drafted out of the University of Wyoming in the 1972 NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals....
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

Miami University

Miami University is a coeducational public university founded in 1809 and is one of the eight original Public Ivys. The University is located in the college town of Oxford, Ohio with its primary focus on educating undergraduates....
in Ohio.

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

Butch Harmon

Claude "Butch" Harmon, Jr. is one of the world's best known golf instructors. He is the son of 1948 Masters Tournament champion Claude Harmon and has been in the golf industry since 1965....
, a former coach of Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods

Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time....
.

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

The Players Championship

The Players Championship is an annual golf tournament on the PGA Tour.The inaugural event in 1974 was played at Atlanta Country Club in Marietta, Georgia before moving to Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas in 1975 and Inverrary Country Club in Ft....
with an 11-under-par 277. This Mother's Day

Mother's Day

Mother's Day was created as a day for each family to honor their mother, celebrated on various days in many places around the world. It complements Father's Day, the celebration honoring fathers....
win was his first without his wife and children present.

In the 2007 U.S. Open at Oakmont

Oakmont Country Club

Oakmont Country Club is a prestigious "top five" country club and the "oldest top-ranked golf course in the U.S.". It is located in the Pittsburgh suburbs of Plum, Pennsylvania and Oakmont, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States....
, 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

The Open Championship

Carnoustie

Carnoustie is a town and former police burgh in the subdivisions of Scotland of Angus, Scotland. It is situated at the mouth of the Barry, Angus Burn on the North Sea coast....
. 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

Deutsche Bank Championship

The Deutsche Bank Championship is a PGA Tour golf tournament that occurs every year on Labor Day weekend. The tournament began in 2003 and is held at the Tournament Players Club of Boston in Norton, Massachusetts....
which is the second FedEx Cup

FedEx Cup

The FedEx Cup is a championship trophy for the PGA Tour. It is the first time that men's professional golf will have playoffs. Announced in November 2005, it was first awarded in 2007 after a NASCAR-like Playoff format#Total points series....
playoff event. On the final day he was paired with Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods

Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time....
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

FedEx Cup

Tim Finchem

Timothy W. Finchem is the current Commissioner of golf's PGA Tour.Finchem was born in Ottawa, Illinois. He took the position on June 1, 1994 succeeding Deane Beman....
over issues Mickelson would not explain.

Mickelson has spent over 550 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings

Official World Golf Rankings

The Official World Golf Rankings is a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers. They were introduced in 1986 and are endorsed by the four Men's major golf championships and the six professional golf tours which make up the International Federation of PGA Tours, namely the PGA Tour, the European Tour, the Asian Tour...
, the most by anyone not ranked number one.

In a recent Men's Vogue

Men's Vogue

Men's Vogue is a twice yearly men's magazine that covers fashion, design, art, culture, sports and technology....
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. Mickelson's regimen consisted of increasing flexibility and power, eating five smaller meals a day, aerobic training, and carrying his own golf bag.

Mickelson, paired with Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods

Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time....
, struggled mightily at the 2008 U.S. Open

2008 U.S. Open Golf Championship

The 2008 United States Open Golf Championship was the 108th U.S. Open , played from June 12 to June 16 2008 at Torrey Pines Golf Course, north of San Diego, California....
at Torrey Pines

Torrey Pines Golf Course

Torrey Pines Golf Course is a municipal public golf course owned by the city of San Diego, California. It sits on the coastal cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean in the community of La Jolla south of Torrey Pines State Reserve....
. He even notched a quadruple bogey.

He won for the first time in 2009 by defending his title at the Northern Trust Open at Riviera Country Club

Riviera Country Club

The Riviera Country Club is a country club with a championship golf course. It is located in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, within the city limits of Los Angeles, California....
. He finished one stroke ahead of Steve Stricker

Steve Stricker

Steven Charles Stricker is an United States professional golfer.Stricker was born in Edgerton, Wisconsin. A 1990 graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Stricker turned professional in 1990 and has won four times on the PGA Tour....
. It was Mickelson's 35th win on tour, allowing him to surpass Vijay Singh

Vijay Singh

Vijay Singh , nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a Fijian Professional golfer golfer who was Chronological list of World Number One male golfers in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005....
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.

Amateur wins (7)

1981 Junior World Golf Championships
Junior World Golf Championships

The Junior World Golf Championships are held in San Diego, California, USA each year, currently in July. They include tournaments for six age groups ranging from under-6 to 15?17 and for both boys and girls....
(Boys 9-10)
1989 NCAA Division I Championship
NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships

The National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Golf Championships, played in late May or early June, is the top annual competition in U.S....
1990 NCAA Division I Championship
NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships

The National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Golf Championships, played in late May or early June, is the top annual competition in U.S....
, U.S. Amateur, Porter Cup
Porter Cup

The Porter Cup is an annual amateur golf tournament. It is played at the Niagara Falls Country Club in Lewiston, New York. It was first played in 1959....
1991 Western Amateur
Western Amateur

The Western Amateur is a leading annual golf tournament in the United States for male amateur golfers. It is organized by the Western Golf Association....
1992 NCAA Division I Championship
NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships

The National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Golf Championships, played in late May or early June, is the top annual competition in U.S....

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 1991 PGA Tour The 1991 PGA Tour season was played from January 3 to November 3. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Billy Andrade, Mark Brooks , Fred Couples, Andrew Magee, Corey Pavin, Nick Price, Tom Purtzer, and Ian Woosnam won the most tournaments, two, and there were 14 first-time winners....	Northern Telecom Open (as an amateur)	-16 (65-71-65-71=272)	1 stroke	Tom Purtzer Tom Purtzer Thomas Warren Purtzer is an United States professional golfer who has won tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.Purtzer was born in Des Moines, Iowa....
2.	Feb. 21, 1993 1993 PGA Tour The 1993 PGA Tour season was played from January 7 to October 31. The season consisted of 43 official money events. Nick Price won the most tournaments, four, and there were seven first-time winners....	Buick Invitational of California	-10 (75-69-69-65=278)	7 strokes	Jay Don Blake Jay Don Blake Jay Don Blake is an United States professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Blake was born in St. George, Utah where he attended Dixie High School, graduating in 1977.... , Jay Haas Jay Haas Jay Dean Haas is an United States professional golfer.Haas was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended Wake Forest University and was a member of the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships team of the middle 1970s with Curtis Strange and Bob Byman that Golf World has called "the greatest college team of all time".... , Greg Twiggs Greg Twiggs Gregory Wofford Twiggs is an United States professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Twiggs was born in Los Angeles, California and grew up in southern California....
3.	Aug. 22, 1993 1993 PGA Tour The 1993 PGA Tour season was played from January 7 to October 31. The season consisted of 43 official money events. Nick Price won the most tournaments, four, and there were seven first-time winners....	The International The International The International may refer to:Politics:The International Workingmen's Association, more commonly referred to as the First International*, an international organisation of communists, anarchists and revolutionary socialists, founded in 1864...	11-7-11-16 = 45	8 points	Mark Calcavecchia Mark Calcavecchia Mark John Calcavecchia is an United States professional golfer.Calcavecchia was born in Laurel, Nebraska. He attended the University of Florida and earned All-Southeastern Conference honors in 1979....
4.	Jan. 9, 1994 1994 PGA Tour The 1994 PGA Tour season was played from January 6 to October 30. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Nick Price won the most tournaments, six, and there were 10 first-time winners....	Mercedes Championships	-12 (70-68-70-68=276)	Playoff	Fred Couples Fred Couples Frederick Stephen Couples is an United States professional golfer and former Chronological list of World Number One male golfers who competes on the PGA Tour....
5.	Jan. 22, 1995 1995 PGA Tour The 1995 PGA Tour season was played from January 5 to October 29. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Lee Janzen and Greg Norman won the most tournaments, three, and there were seven first-time winners....	Northern Telecom Open	-19 (65-66-70-68=269)	1 stroke	Jim Gallagher, Jr. Jim Gallagher, Jr. James Thomas "Jim" Gallagher, Jr. is an United States professional golfer and sportscaster.Gallagher was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. His father, a career club pro, started him in golf at age 6....
6.	Jan. 14, 1996 1996 PGA Tour The 1996 PGA Tour season was played from January 4 to October 28. The season consisted of 44 official money events . Phil Mickelson won the most tournaments, four, and there were 13 first-time winners....	Nortel Open	-14 (69-66-71-67=273)	2 strokes	Bob Tway Bob Tway Robert Raymond Tway IV is an United States professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments including eight PGA Tour victories. He spent 25 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings in 1986-87....
7.	Jan. 27, 1996 1996 PGA Tour The 1996 PGA Tour season was played from January 4 to October 28. The season consisted of 44 official money events . Phil Mickelson won the most tournaments, four, and there were 13 first-time winners....	Phoenix Open	-15 (69-67-66-67=269)	Playoff	Justin Leonard Justin Leonard Justin Charles Garrett Leonard is an United States professional golfer.Leonard was born in Dallas, Texas. He attended Lake Highlands High School and graduated in 1990....
8.	May 15, 1996	GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic	-15 (67-65-67-66=265)	2 strokes	Craig Parry Craig Parry Craig David Parry has been one of Australia's premier golfers since turning professional in 1986, and has 23 career victories, two of those wins being events on the PGA Tour; the 2002 WGC-NEC Invitational and the 2004 Ford Championship at Doral....
9.	Aug. 25, 1996 1996 PGA Tour The 1996 PGA Tour season was played from January 4 to October 28. The season consisted of 44 official money events . Phil Mickelson won the most tournaments, four, and there were 13 first-time winners....	NEC World Series of Golf	-6 (70-66-68-70=274)	3 strokes	Steve Stricker Steve Stricker Steven Charles Stricker is an United States professional golfer.Stricker was born in Edgerton, Wisconsin. A 1990 graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Stricker turned professional in 1990 and has won four times on the PGA Tour.... , Duffy Waldorf Duffy Waldorf James Joseph "Duffy" Waldorf, Jr. is an United States professional golfer.Waldorf was born in Los Angeles, California. He attended UCLA where he was on the golf team from 1982-1985....
10.	Mar. 23, 1997 1997 PGA Tour The 1997 PGA Tour season was played from January 9 to November 2. The season consisted of 45 official money events. Tiger Woods won the most tournaments, four, and there were six first-time winners....	Bay Hill Invitational Bay Hill Invitational The Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard is a PGA Tour golf tournament. It is played each March at the Bay Hill Club and Lodge, a private golf resort in Orlando, Florida which has been owned by Arnold Palmer since 1976 and where he has his winter home....	-16 (72-65-70-65=272)	3 strokes	Stuart Appleby Stuart Appleby Stuart Appleby is an Australian professional golfer....
11.	Aug. 3, 1997 1997 PGA Tour The 1997 PGA Tour season was played from January 9 to November 2. The season consisted of 45 official money events. Tiger Woods won the most tournaments, four, and there were six first-time winners....	Sprint International Sprint International Sprint International may refer to:* Sprint Corporation, telecommunications company* The International , golf tournament...	14-13-12-9 = 48	7 points	Stuart Appleby Stuart Appleby Stuart Appleby is an Australian professional golfer....
12.	Jan. 11, 1998 1998 PGA Tour The 1998 PGA Tour season was played from January 8 to November 1. The season consisted of 45 official money events. David Duval won the most tournaments, four, and there were eight first-time winners....	Mercedes Championships	-17 (68-67-68-68=271)	1 stroke	Mark O'Meara Mark O'Meara Mark Francis O'Meara is an United States professional golfer who was a prolific tournament winner on the PGA Tour and around the world from the mid 1980s to the late 1990s.... , Tiger Woods Tiger Woods Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time....
13.	Feb. 1, 1998 1998 PGA Tour The 1998 PGA Tour season was played from January 8 to November 1. The season consisted of 45 official money events. David Duval won the most tournaments, four, and there were eight first-time winners....	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am	-14 (65-70-67=202)	1 stroke
14.	Feb. 13, 2000 2000 PGA Tour The 2000 PGA Tour season was played from January 6 to November 12. The season consisted of 49 official money events. Tiger Woods won the most tournaments, nine, and there were nine first-time winners....	Buick Invitational Buick Invitational The Buick Invitational is a PGA Tour professional golf tournament played in the San Diego, California area in the early part of the Tour season, known as the "West Coast Swing." The tournament was originally known as the San Diego Open, and was noted for having singer-actor Andy Williams as a celebrity host during much of its existence....	-18 (66-67-67-70=270)	4 strokes	Shigeki Maruyama Shigeki Maruyama Shigeki Maruyama is a Japanese golfer.Maruyama was born in Chiba, Chiba. He attended Nihon University and turned professional in 1992. He is known for his ever-present smile on the golf course which has given rise to his nickname of the "Smiling Assassin".... , Tiger Woods Tiger Woods Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time....
15.	Apr. 2, 2000 2000 PGA Tour The 2000 PGA Tour season was played from January 6 to November 12. The season consisted of 49 official money events. Tiger Woods won the most tournaments, nine, and there were nine first-time winners....	BellSouth Classic BellSouth Classic The AT&T Classic was a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour. AT&T was the last title sponsor of the tournament. The tournament was founded in 1967 as the Atlanta Classic although previous events dating to 1934 are included in the PGA Tour's past winners list....	-11 (67-69-69=205)	Playoff
16.	May 21, 2000	MasterCard Colonial	-12 (67-68-70-63=268)	2 strokes	Stewart Cink Stewart Cink Stewart Ernest Cink is an United States professional golfer. He spent 39 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings from 2004 to 2008.... , Davis Love III Davis Love III Davis Milton Love III is an United States professional golfer.Love was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before turning professional in 1985....
17.	Nov. 5, 2000 2000 PGA Tour The 2000 PGA Tour season was played from January 6 to November 12. The season consisted of 49 official money events. Tiger Woods won the most tournaments, nine, and there were nine first-time winners....	The Tour Championship The Tour Championship The Tour Championship was historically the final event of golf PGA Tour season. Since 2007, it has been the final event of the FedEx Cup, the competition for the first official championship trophy for the PGA Tour season....	-13 (67-69-65-66=267)	2 strokes	Tiger Woods Tiger Woods Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time....
18.	Feb. 11, 2001 2001 PGA Tour The 2001 PGA Tour season was played from January 3 to November 4. The season consisted of 47 official money events and two events were cancelled due to the September 11, 2001 attacks....	Buick Invitational Buick Invitational The Buick Invitational is a PGA Tour professional golf tournament played in the San Diego, California area in the early part of the Tour season, known as the "West Coast Swing." The tournament was originally known as the San Diego Open, and was noted for having singer-actor Andy Williams as a celebrity host during much of its existence....	-19 (68-64-71-66=269)	Playoff	Frank Lickliter Frank Lickliter Franklin Ray Lickliter II is an United States professional golfer. He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.Lickliter was born at a hospital in Middletown, Ohio; his hometown is Franklin, Ohio.... , Davis Love III Davis Love III Davis Milton Love III is an United States professional golfer.Love was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before turning professional in 1985....
19.	Jul. 1, 2001 2001 PGA Tour The 2001 PGA Tour season was played from January 3 to November 4. The season consisted of 47 official money events and two events were cancelled due to the September 11, 2001 attacks....	Canon Greater Hartford Open	-16 (67-68-61-68=264)	1 stroke	Billy Andrade Billy Andrade William Thomas "Billy" Andrade is an United States golfer.Andrade was born in Bristol, Rhode Island. He attended Wake Forest University where he helped lead the Demon Deacons to the 1986 NCAA Championship....
20.	Jan. 20, 2002 2002 PGA Tour The 2002 PGA Tour season was played from January 3 to November 4. The season consisted of 49 official money events. Tiger Woods won the most tournaments, five, and there were 18 first-time winners....	Bob Hope Chrysler Classic Bob Hope Chrysler Classic The Bob Hope Classic is a professional golf tournament played each January in California's Coachella Valley. Part of the PGA Tour early season West Coast Swing, this tournament is well known for its celebrity pro-am, as well as having five daily 18-hole rounds of competition vs....	-30 (64-67-70-65-64=330)	Playoff
21.	Jun. 23, 2002 2002 PGA Tour The 2002 PGA Tour season was played from January 3 to November 4. The season consisted of 49 official money events. Tiger Woods won the most tournaments, five, and there were 18 first-time winners....	Canon Greater Hartford Open	-14 (69-67-66-64=264)	1 stroke	Jonathan Kaye Jonathan Kaye Jonathan Andrew Kaye is a professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.Kaye was born in Denver, Colorado. He made his PGA Tour debut in 1993.... , Davis Love III Davis Love III Davis Milton Love III is an United States professional golfer.Love was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before turning professional in 1985....
22.	Jan. 25, 2004 2004 PGA Tour The 2004 PGA Tour season was played from January 8 to November 7. The season consisted of 48 official money events. Vijay Singh won the most tournaments, nine, and there were 10 first-time winners....	Bob Hope Chrysler Classic Bob Hope Chrysler Classic The Bob Hope Classic is a professional golf tournament played each January in California's Coachella Valley. Part of the PGA Tour early season West Coast Swing, this tournament is well known for its celebrity pro-am, as well as having five daily 18-hole rounds of competition vs....	-30 (68-63-64-67-68=330)	Playoff	Skip Kendall Skip Kendall Jules I. "Skip" Kendall is an United States professional golfer.He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has had three Nationwide Tour victories, and finished runner-up in PGA Tour tournaments on 4 occasions....
23.	Apr. 11, 2004 2004 PGA Tour The 2004 PGA Tour season was played from January 8 to November 7. The season consisted of 48 official money events. Vijay Singh won the most tournaments, nine, and there were 10 first-time winners....	The Masters	-9 (72-69-69-69=279)	1 stroke	Ernie Els Ernie Els Theodore Ernest "Ernie" Els is a South African golfer who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. A former Official World Golf Rankings, he is known as "The Big Easy", for his imposing physical stature along with his fluid, seemingly effortless golf swing....
24.	Feb. 6, 2005 2005 PGA Tour The 2005 PGA Tour season was played from January 6 to November 6....	FBR Open FBR Open The FBR Open is a nationally televised golf tournament, a part of the PGA Tour, held at the Tournament Players Club of Scottsdale, Arizona around the last weekend in January....	-17 (73-60-66-68=267)	5 strokes	Scott McCarron Scott McCarron Scott Michael McCarron is an United States professional golfer.McCarron was born in Sacramento, California and graduated from Vintage High School .... , Kevin Na Kevin Na Kevin Sangwook Na is a South Korea-United States professional golfer currently playing on the PGA Tour.Na was born in Seoul, South Korea. His family emigrated to the United States when he was eight years old....
25.	Feb. 13, 2005 2005 PGA Tour The 2005 PGA Tour season was played from January 6 to November 6....	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am	-19 (62-67-67-73=269)	4 strokes	Mike Weir Mike Weir Michael Richard Weir, Order of Canada, Order of Ontario is a Canada professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He spent over 100 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 2001 and 2005....
26.	Apr. 6, 2005 2005 PGA Tour The 2005 PGA Tour season was played from January 6 to November 6....	BellSouth Classic BellSouth Classic The AT&T Classic was a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour. AT&T was the last title sponsor of the tournament. The tournament was founded in 1967 as the Atlanta Classic although previous events dating to 1934 are included in the PGA Tour's past winners list....	-8 (74-65-69=208)	Playoff	Arjun Atwal Arjun Atwal Arjun Atwal is an Indian professional golfer who has played on the Asian Tour and the European Tour and was the first Indian to become a member of the U.S.... , Rich Beem Rich Beem Richard Michael Beem is an United States professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.Beem was born in Phoenix, Arizona, grew up in El Paso, Texas, and played golf at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico.... , Brandt Jobe Brandt Jobe Brandt William Jobe is an United States professional golfer.Jobe was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He attended UCLA where he was a member of the 1988 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships winning team.... , José María Olazábal José María Olazábal Jos? Mar?a Olaz?bal is a Spain professional golfer who has enjoyed success on both the European Tour and the PGA Tour, and has won two Men's major golf championships....
27.	Aug. 15, 2005 2005 PGA Tour The 2005 PGA Tour season was played from January 6 to November 6....	PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four men's major golf championships in professional golf, and it is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August ....	-4 (67-65-72-72=276)	1 stroke	Thomas Bjørn Thomas Bjørn Thomas Bj?rn is a Denmark golfer who plays on the European Tour.Bj?rn played on the Challenge Tour from 1993 to 1995. He then made an immediate impact on the European Tour in his first season, finishing tenth on the 1996 Order of Merit.... , Steve Elkington Steve Elkington Stephen John Elkington is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He spent over 50 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings from 1995 to 1998....
28.	Apr. 2, 2006 2006 PGA Tour The 2006 PGA Tour was the last season of the PGA Tour before the major reorganization of the season brought about by the introduction of the FedEx Cup in 2007....	BellSouth Classic BellSouth Classic The AT&T Classic was a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour. AT&T was the last title sponsor of the tournament. The tournament was founded in 1967 as the Atlanta Classic although previous events dating to 1934 are included in the PGA Tour's past winners list....	-28 (63-65-67-65=260)	13 strokes	Zach Johnson Zach Johnson Zach Johnson is an American golfer, winner of the 2007 Masters Tournament.Zach Johnson may also refer to:* Zack "Jick" Johnson, one of the creators of Kingdom of Loathing... , José María Olazábal José María Olazábal Jos? Mar?a Olaz?bal is a Spain professional golfer who has enjoyed success on both the European Tour and the PGA Tour, and has won two Men's major golf championships....
29.	Apr. 9, 2006 2006 PGA Tour The 2006 PGA Tour was the last season of the PGA Tour before the major reorganization of the season brought about by the introduction of the FedEx Cup in 2007....	The Masters	-7 (70-72-70-69=281)	2 strokes	Tim Clark Tim Clark Timothy Henry Clark is a South African golfer.Clark was born in Durban, South Africa. He took up golf at the age of three and was taught to play by his father....
30.	Feb. 11, 2007 2007 PGA Tour The 2007 PGA Tour season ran from January 4, 2007 to November 4, 2007. The season consisted of 47 official money events. This included four Men's major golf championships and three World Golf Championships, which are also sanctioned by the European Tour....	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am	-20 (65-67-70-66=268)	5 strokes	Kevin Sutherland Kevin Sutherland Kevin John Sutherland is an United States professional golfer.Sutherland was born in Sacramento, California and graduated from Christian Brothers High School ....
31.	May 13, 2007	The Players Championship The Players Championship The Players Championship is an annual golf tournament on the PGA Tour.The inaugural event in 1974 was played at Atlanta Country Club in Marietta, Georgia before moving to Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas in 1975 and Inverrary Country Club in Ft....	-11 (67-72-69-69=277)	2 strokes	Sergio García Sergio García Sergio Garc?a is a Spanish professional golfer who plays on both the United States PGA Tour and the European Tour. He has spent much of his career in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings ....
32.	Sept. 3, 2007 2007 PGA Tour The 2007 PGA Tour season ran from January 4, 2007 to November 4, 2007. The season consisted of 47 official money events. This included four Men's major golf championships and three World Golf Championships, which are also sanctioned by the European Tour....	Deutsche Bank Championship Deutsche Bank Championship The Deutsche Bank Championship is a PGA Tour golf tournament that occurs every year on Labor Day weekend. The tournament began in 2003 and is held at the Tournament Players Club of Boston in Norton, Massachusetts....	-16 (70-64-68-66=268)	2 strokes	Arron Oberholser Arron Oberholser Arron Matthew Oberholser is an United States professional golfer.Oberholser was born in San Luis Obispo, California. He attended San Jose State University and turned professional in 1998.... , Brett Wetterich Brett Wetterich Brett Wetterich is an United States professional golfer.Wetterich was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and attended Oak Hills High School. He turned professional in 1994.... , Tiger Woods Tiger Woods Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time....
33.	Feb. 17, 2008 2008 PGA Tour The 2008 PGA Tour season ran from January 3 to November 9. The season consisted of 49 official money events. This included four Men's major golf championships and three World Golf Championships, which are also sanctioned by the European Tour....	Northern Trust Open	-12 (68-64-70-70=272)	2 strokes	Jeff Quinney Jeff Quinney Jeffrey Michael Quinney is an United States professional golfer.Quinney was born in Eugene, Oregon. He had a successful amateur career, winning the United States Amateur Championship in 2000, and represented the USA in the Walker Cup in 2001....
34.	May 25, 2008	Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial The Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial is a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It has been played annually in May in Fort Worth, Texas on the course at the Colonial Country Club ....	-14 (65-68-65-68=266)	1 stroke	Tim Clark Tim Clark Timothy Henry Clark is a South African golfer.Clark was born in Durban, South Africa. He took up golf at the age of three and was taught to play by his father.... , Rod Pampling Rod Pampling Rodney "Rod" Pampling is an Australian professional golfer.Pampling was born in Redcliffe, Queensland in Queensland. He turned professional in 1994....
35.	Feb 22, 2009	Northern Trust Open	-15 (63-72-62-72=269)	1 stroke	Steve Stricker Steve Stricker Steven Charles Stricker is an United States professional golfer.Stricker was born in Edgerton, Wisconsin. A 1990 graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Stricker turned professional in 1990 and has won four times on the PGA Tour....

PGA Tour playoff record (7-3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1.	1994	Mercedes Championship	Fred Couples Fred Couples Frederick Stephen Couples is an United States professional golfer and former Chronological list of World Number One male golfers who competes on the PGA Tour....	Won with par on second playoff hole
2.	1996	Phoenix Open	Justin Leonard Justin Leonard Justin Charles Garrett Leonard is an United States professional golfer.Leonard was born in Dallas, Texas. He attended Lake Highlands High School and graduated in 1990....	Won with birdie on third playoff hole
3.	2000	BellSouth Classic BellSouth Classic The AT&T Classic was a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour. AT&T was the last title sponsor of the tournament. The tournament was founded in 1967 as the Atlanta Classic although previous events dating to 1934 are included in the PGA Tour's past winners list....	Gary Nicklaus	Won with birdie on first playoff hole
4.	2000	GTE Byron Nelson Classic	Davis Love III Davis Love III Davis Milton Love III is an United States professional golfer.Love was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before turning professional in 1985.... , Jesper Parnevik Jesper Parnevik Jesper Bo Parnevik is a Sweden professional golfer. He spent 38 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings in 2000 and 2001.Parnevik was born in Stockholm, Sweden....	Lost on second playoff hole (Parnevik won with birdie on third playoff hole)
5.	2001	Buick Invitational Buick Invitational The Buick Invitational is a PGA Tour professional golf tournament played in the San Diego, California area in the early part of the Tour season, known as the "West Coast Swing." The tournament was originally known as the San Diego Open, and was noted for having singer-actor Andy Williams as a celebrity host during much of its existence....	Frank Lickliter Frank Lickliter Franklin Ray Lickliter II is an United States professional golfer. He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.Lickliter was born at a hospital in Middletown, Ohio; his hometown is Franklin, Ohio.... , Davis Love III Davis Love III Davis Milton Love III is an United States professional golfer.Love was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before turning professional in 1985....	Won with double bogey on third playoff hole (Love was eliminated on second playoff hole)
6.	2002	Bob Hope Chrysler Classic Bob Hope Chrysler Classic The Bob Hope Classic is a professional golf tournament played each January in California's Coachella Valley. Part of the PGA Tour early season West Coast Swing, this tournament is well known for its celebrity pro-am, as well as having five daily 18-hole rounds of competition vs....	David Berganio, Jr.	Won with birdie on first playoff hole
7.	2004	Bob Hope Chrysler Classic Bob Hope Chrysler Classic The Bob Hope Classic is a professional golf tournament played each January in California's Coachella Valley. Part of the PGA Tour early season West Coast Swing, this tournament is well known for its celebrity pro-am, as well as having five daily 18-hole rounds of competition vs....	Skip Kendall Skip Kendall Jules I. "Skip" Kendall is an United States professional golfer.He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has had three Nationwide Tour victories, and finished runner-up in PGA Tour tournaments on 4 occasions....	Won with birdie on first playoff hole
8.	2005	BellSouth Classic BellSouth Classic The AT&T Classic was a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour. AT&T was the last title sponsor of the tournament. The tournament was founded in 1967 as the Atlanta Classic although previous events dating to 1934 are included in the PGA Tour's past winners list....	Arjun Atwal Arjun Atwal Arjun Atwal is an Indian professional golfer who has played on the Asian Tour and the European Tour and was the first Indian to become a member of the U.S.... , Rich Beem Rich Beem Richard Michael Beem is an United States professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.Beem was born in Phoenix, Arizona, grew up in El Paso, Texas, and played golf at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico.... , Brandt Jobe Brandt Jobe Brandt William Jobe is an United States professional golfer.Jobe was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He attended UCLA where he was a member of the 1988 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships winning team.... , José María Olazábal José María Olazábal Jos? Mar?a Olaz?bal is a Spain professional golfer who has enjoyed success on both the European Tour and the PGA Tour, and has won two Men's major golf championships....	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 Nissan Open The Northern Trust Open, formerly known as the Nissan Open and originally known as the Los Angeles Open, is a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour....	Charles Howell III Charles Howell III Charles Gordon Howell III is an United States golfer.Howell was born and raised in Augusta, Georgia, the home town of the Masters Tournament....	Lost to par on third playoff hole
10.	2008	FBR Open FBR Open The FBR Open is a nationally televised golf tournament, a part of the PGA Tour, held at the Tournament Players Club of Scottsdale, Arizona around the last weekend in January....	J. B. Holmes J. B. Holmes John B. "J.B." Holmes is an United States professional golfer....	Lost to birdie on first playoff hole

Other wins (7)

1993 Tournoi Perrier Paris (Challenge Tour
Challenge Tour

The Challenge Tour is the second tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and as with on the main European Tour and the European Seniors Tour, some of the events are played outside of Europe....
)
1997 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge
Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge

The Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge is an unofficial golf event held every November at the Lake Las Vegas in Henderson, Nevada. The tournament is a unique stroke play event, and, as the name suggests, pits three-member teams from the PGA Tour, the LPGA Tour, and Champions Tour against each other for a purse of $900,000....
(with Fred Couples
Fred Couples

Frederick Stephen Couples is an United States professional golfer and former Chronological list of World Number One male golfers who competes on the PGA Tour....
and Tom Lehman
Tom Lehman

Thomas Edward Lehman is an United States professional golfer.Lehman was born in Austin, Minnesota but Alexandria, Minnesota is credited as his official Minnesota hometown....
)
2000 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge
Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge

The Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge is an unofficial golf event held every November at the Lake Las Vegas in Henderson, Nevada. The tournament is a unique stroke play event, and, as the name suggests, pits three-member teams from the PGA Tour, the LPGA Tour, and Champions Tour against each other for a purse of $900,000....
(with Notah Begay III
Notah Begay III

Notah Ryan Begay III is an United States professional golfer. He is the only full-blooded Native Americans in the United States professional tour golfer in the history of the game....
and Rocco Mediate
Rocco Mediate

Rocco Anthony Mediate is an United States professional golfer with golfers with most PGA Tour wins.Mediate was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania....
)
2001 Tylenol Par-3 Shootout at Treetops Resort
2004 TELUS Skins Game
TELUS Skins Game

The Telus Skins Game is Canada's annual summer golf classic, bringing many of the most legendary names in the game. It is currently sponsored by Telus and is officially known as the Telus World Skins Game, hosted at a different golf course each year within Canada....
, PGA Grand Slam of Golf
PGA Grand Slam of Golf

The PGA Grand Slam of Golf is the world's most exclusive golf tournament. It is an annual off-season golf tournament contested by the year's winners of the four Men's major golf championships of regular men's golf, which are the Masters Tournament, the U.S....
2007 HSBC Champions
HSBC Champions

The HSBC Champions is a men's professional golf 72-Golf#Anatomy of a golf course golf tournament contested annually since 2005 in November on a golf course architect by Nelson & Haworth at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, People's Republic of China....
(co-sanctioned by European Tour, Asian Tour
Asian Tour

The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf professional golf tours in Asia except for Japan, which has its own Japan Golf Tour, which is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours....
, Sunshine Tour
Sunshine Tour

The Sunshine Tour is a men's professional golf tour based in Southern Africa. For much of its history it was known either as the South African Tour or the FNB Tour, but it rebranded itself in an attempt to broaden its appeal....
and PGA Tour of Australasia
PGA Tour of Australasia

The PGA Tour of Australasia is a professional golf tour for men. Official events on the tour count for Official World Golf Rankings points. The tour was formed in 1973 as the PGA Tour of Australia and adopted its current name in 1991....
)

Major Championships

Wins (3)

Year	Championship	54 Holes
2004 2004 Masters Tournament The 2004 Masters Tournament was the 68th Masters Tournament held from April 8-April 11, 2004 at Augusta National Golf Club. Phil Mickelson won his first, long awaited major championship with a birdie on the 18th hole to defeat Ernie Els by one stroke....	The Masters	Tied for lead
1 stroke	Ernie Els Ernie Els Theodore Ernest "Ernie" Els is a South African golfer who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. A former Official World Golf Rankings, he is known as "The Big Easy", for his imposing physical stature along with his fluid, seemingly effortless golf swing....
2005 2005 PGA Championship The 2005 PGA Championship was the 87th PGA Championship, played from August 11 to August 15, 2005 at the Baltusrol Golf Club Lower Course in Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey....	PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four men's major golf championships in professional golf, and it is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August ....	Tied for lead
1 stroke	Thomas Bjørn Thomas Bjørn Thomas Bj?rn is a Denmark golfer who plays on the European Tour.Bj?rn played on the Challenge Tour from 1993 to 1995. He then made an immediate impact on the European Tour in his first season, finishing tenth on the 1996 Order of Merit.... , Steve Elkington Steve Elkington Stephen John Elkington is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He spent over 50 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings from 1995 to 1998....
2006 2006 Masters Tournament The 2006 Masters Tournament was the 70th Masters Tournament, played from April 6 to April 9, 2006 at Augusta National Golf Club. The course was lengthed significantly before the tournament making the course play 7,445 yards ....	The Masters (2)	1 shot lead
2 strokes	Tim Clark Tim Clark Timothy Henry Clark is a South African golfer.Clark was born in Durban, South Africa. He took up golf at the age of three and was taught to play by his father....

Results timeline

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Masters The Masters Tournament The Masters Tournament, also known as The Masters, or The U.S. Masters outside of the United States, is one of four Men's major golf championships in men's Professional golf tours....	DNP	T46 LA	DNP	T34	DNP	T7	3	CUT	T12	T6
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual Open Golf Tournaments of the United States. It is the second of the four men's major golf championships in golf and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the PGA European Tour....	T29 LA	T55 LA	CUT	DNP	T47	T4	T94	T43	T10	2
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four men's major golf championships in men's golf. It is the only major held outside the USA and is administered by the R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico....	DNP	T73	DNP	DNP	CUT	T40	T41	T24	79	CUT
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four men's major golf championships in professional golf, and it is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August ....	DNP	DNP	DNP	T6	3	CUT	T8	T29	T34	T57

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
The Masters The Masters Tournament The Masters Tournament, also known as The Masters, or The U.S. Masters outside of the United States, is one of four Men's major golf championships in men's Professional golf tours....	T7	3	3	3	1	10	1	T24	T5
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual Open Golf Tournaments of the United States. It is the second of the four men's major golf championships in golf and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the PGA European Tour....	T16	T7	2	T55	2	T33	T2	CUT	T18
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four men's major golf championships in men's golf. It is the only major held outside the USA and is administered by the R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico....	T11	T30	T66	T59	3	T60	T22	CUT	T19
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four men's major golf championships in professional golf, and it is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August ....	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.

Results in World Golf Championship events

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Accenture Match Play Championship WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship The WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship is one of the annual World Golf Championships for male professional golfers. It is a knockout tournament event and is staged in January or February each year....	R16	R64	DNP	R64	R16	QF	R16	R16	R32	R32	R16
CA Championship WGC-CA Championship The WGC-CA Championship is one of the three annual World Golf Championships tournaments for male professional golfers. It is sanctioned and organized by the International Federation of PGA Tours and the prize money is official money on both the PGA Tour and the European Tour....	T40	DNP	NT¹	T23	T38	DNP	T29	DNP	T23	T20
Bridgestone Invitational WGC-Bridgestone Invitational The WGC-Bridgestone Invitational is one of the annual World Golf Championships for male professional golfers. It is sanctioned and organized by the International Federation of PGA Tours and the prize money is official money on both the PGA Tour and the PGA European Tour....	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.

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.

United States national team appearances

Amateur

Walker Cup
Walker Cup

The Walker Cup is a golf trophy contested biennially in odd numbered years between teams comprising the leading amateur golfers of the United States and Great Britain and Ireland ....
: 1989, 1991 (winners)
Eisenhower Trophy
Eisenhower Trophy

The Eisenhower Trophy is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation. It is named for Dwight D....
: 1990

Professional

Presidents Cup
Presidents Cup

The Presidents Cup is a series of men's golf matches between a United States team and an International Team representing the rest of the world less Europe....
: 1994
1994 Presidents Cup

20 United States ? 12 InternationalThe 1st Presidents Cup Matches were held in 1994 between September 16 and September 18. They were played at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, USA....
(winners), 1996
1996 Presidents Cup

16? United States ? 15? InternationalThe 2nd Presidents Cup Matches were held in 1996 between September 13 and September 15. They were played at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, USA....
(winners), 1998
1998 Presidents Cup

International 20? - United States 11?The 3rd Presidents Cup Matches were held in 1998 between December 11 and December 13. They were played at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia....
, 2000
2000 Presidents Cup

United States 21? - International 10?The 4th Presidents Cup Matches were held in 2000 between October 19 and October 22. They were played at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, USA....
(winners), 2003
2003 Presidents Cup

United States 17 - International 17The 5th Presidents Cup Matches were held in 2003 between November 20 and November 23. They were played at the Links Course at Fancourt Hotel and Country Club Estate in George, Western Cape, South Africa....
(tie), 2005
2005 Presidents Cup

18? United States ? 15? InternationalThe 6th Presidents Cup Matches were held in 2005 between September 20 and September 25....
(winners), 2007
2007 Presidents Cup

United States 19? - International 14?The 7th Presidents Cup Matches were held in 2007 between September 27 and September 30. They were played at the Royal Montreal Golf Club in ?le Bizard, Quebec, Canada....
(winners)
Ryder Cup
Ryder Cup

The Ryder Cup is a golf trophy, donated by Samuel Ryder, which is awarded biennially in an event called the "Ryder Cup Matches" between teams from Europe and the United States of America....
: 1995
1995 Ryder Cup

The 31st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14? to 13? points to win back the Cup....
, 1997
1997 Ryder Cup

The 32nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, Spain, marking the first time the event was contested in continental Europe....
, 1999
1999 Ryder Cup

The 33rd Ryder Cup Matches, also known as the "Battle of Brookline", were held between September 24-26 at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts....
(winners), 2002
2002 Ryder Cup

The 34th Ryder Cup Matches were held between 27-29 September 2002, on the Brabazon Course at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, Warwickshire, England ....
, 2004
2004 Ryder Cup

The 35th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 17?19 at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan.The European team won the competition by a margin of 18? to 9? points, the winning putt being made by Colin Montgomerie, who maintained his record of never losing in any of his seven Ryder Cup singles matche...
, 2006
2006 Ryder Cup

The 36th Ryder Cup Matches were held 22?24 September 2006 at The Kildare Hotel and Golf Club, Straffan, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland. Team Europe won the competition by a score of 18? to 9? points, equalling their record winning margin of 2004 Ryder Cup....
, 2008
2008 Ryder Cup

The 37th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 19-21, 2008 at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Team USA won 16? - 11? to end the streak of three successive victories for Team Europe....
(winners)
Alfred Dunhill Cup
Alfred Dunhill Cup

The Alfred Dunhill Cup was a team golf tournament which ran from 1985 to 2000. It was for three man teams of professional golfers, one team representing each country, and was promoted as the "World Team Championship"....
: 1996 (winners)

Equipment

As of the 2009 Buick Invitational

Driver: Callaway FT-9 (8.5 degree)
Fairway Wood: Callaway Big Bertha Diablo (13 degree)
Hybrids:Callaway FT 2H and 4H (18 and 21 degrees)
Irons: Callaway X-Prototype Blades (5-PW)
Wedges: Callaway X-Forged (52, 56, 60, 64)
Putter: Odyssey White Hot XG #9
Ball: Callaway Tour ix Or Callaway Tour i

Phil Mickelson

Career summary

Early years through college

PGA Tour pro

Three majors

Disaster at Winged Foot

2006 to present

Amateur wins (7)

PGA Tour wins (35)

Other wins (7)

Major Championships

Wins (3)

Results timeline

Results in World Golf Championship events

PGA Tour career summary

United States national team appearances

Equipment

See also

External links