Career summary
Early years through college
Mickelson was born in San Diego, California, and was raised there and in Arizona. Although right-handed otherwise, he swings with his left hand, as he learned by watching his right-handed father swing and mirroring it. He graduated from the University of San Diego High School in 1988, then attended Arizona State University 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 event, the Northern Telecom Open. He did so as an amateur, becoming only the fourth player in PGA history to accomplish this feat, and the first since Scott Verplank, who won the 1985 Western Open.
PGA Tour pro
Mickelson turned pro in 1992 following his graduation. He was able to bypass the Tour's qualifying process (Q-School) because of his 1991 Tucson win. He 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." Mickelson also shot a round of 59 at the PGA Grand Slam of Golf at Poipu Bay Golf Course on November 24, 2004. Mickelson's game was characterized by his powerful but often not accurate full swing, but even more so for his sweet 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. Mickelson holds the record for the most second-place finishes in U.S. Open history with five.
According to a Sports Illustrated feature entitled "The Fortunate 50", Mickelson is the second-highest paid athlete in the world, behind only 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".
Since joining the PGA Tour, Mickelson's caddy has been Jim "Bones" Mackay. Mickelson has a lifetime exemption on the PGA Tour, for being a tour member for over 15 years and having 20 plus tour victories. Mickelson has spent over 600 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings and has been ranked in the final top 10 every year since 1996. Despite his success, Mickelson has never held the World #1 ranking at any time in his career.
2004–06: First three major wins
His first major championship win came at the 2004 Masters, where he won with an 18-foot final hole birdie putt, defeating Ernie Els in a Sunday back-nine duel in which the two 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 current equipment sponsor. 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.
The following year, in a Monday final round conclusion forced by weather, 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. Mickelson 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.
Winged Foot
At the 2006 U.S. Open at Winged Foot, Mickelson was part of a wild finish, in which he ended up in a tie for second place at +6 286, one shot behind champion Geoff Ogilvy at +5 285. On the 17th hole, Mickelson, with the lead at +3, missed the fairway to the left, and his drive finished inside a garbage can, from which he was granted a free drop; he bogeyed the hole, reducing his lead to one shot heading to the final hole. Finishing earlier than Mickelson, Scottish golfer Colin Montgomerie made double bogey from the middle of the fairway on the 18th, when par would have resulted in a +4 finish and his first major championship. Jim Furyk also disappointed at 18, missing a 5 foot putt for par that would have earned him a +5 finish, and a tie for the 72 hole lead. Ogilvy had a two-stroke lead in the middle of the round, only to fade away, and needed to chip in at 17 and hole a 6-footer at 18 to finish at 5 over par. Mickelson, standing on 18 tee at +4 and needing par for a one shot victory, 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, and did not advance more than 50 yards. His next shot plugged 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 in a row, heading into Winged Foot). The collapsing finishes by both Mickelson and Montgomerie were among the worst in major-championship golf, joining the final-hole triple-bogeys made by Sam Snead at the 1939 U.S. Open and Jean van de Velde at the 1999 British Open.
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 am such an idiot."
2006–08
Phil Mickelson at 2007 Barclays Singapore Open.
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 and his family on ESPN explaining their struggles to pay medical bills, Mickelson volunteered to pay tuition for Holli Dobler, Conrad Dobler's daughter, at Miami University 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, 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. The day before his withdrawal, Mickelson said during a television interview that PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem had not responded to advice he had given him on undisclosed issues.
In a Men's Vogue article, Mickelson recounted his effort to lose 20 pounds with the help of 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, struggled mightily at the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. On his 3rd shot at the par 5 13th, Mickelson's ball landed short of the green and rolled back down the hill. The same shot happened 3 times, leading to a quadruple bogey.
Mickelson was inducted into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.
2009
Mickelson 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; he surpassed Vijay Singh as the current PGA Tour wins leader. A month later, he won his 36th title on the tour, and his first World Golf Championship win at the 2009 WGC-CA Championship with a one stroke win over Nick Watney.
On May 20, 2009, it was announced that Mickelson's wife, Amy, was diagnosed with breast cancer, and Mickelson announced he would suspend his PGA Tour schedule indefinitely. His management company said that Amy Mickelson would begin treatment with major surgery as early as the following two weeks. Mickelson was to play the HP Byron Nelson Championship May 21-24, and defend his title May 28-31 at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. During the final round of the 2009 BMW PGA Championship, fellow golfer and family friend John Daly wore bright pink trousers in support of Mickelson's wife. Also, the next Saturday, at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, a "Pink Out" event was hosted and the PGA Tour players all wore pink that day, to support the Mickelson family.
On May 31, 2009, Mickelson announced that he would return to play on the PGA Tour in June at the St. Jude Classic and at the U.S. Open as he had heard from the doctors treating his wife that her cancer had been detected in an early stage.
On June 22, 2009, Mickelson shot a final round 70 at the 2009 U.S. Open and recorded his fifth runner up finish at the U.S. Open. He shared the lead after an eagle at the 13th hole, but fell back with bogeys on 15 and 17 and Lucas Glover captured the championship.
On July 6, 2009 it was announced that his mother, Mary Mickelson, was diagnosed with breast cancer and will have surgery at the same hospital where his wife was treated. After hearing the news of his mother now being diagnosed with breast cancer, Mickelson took another leave of absence from the Tour, missing The Open Championship.
On July 28, 2009, Mickelson announced he would again return to the PGA Tour in August at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, the week before the PGA Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota. In September, Mickelson won The Tour Championship for the second time in his career. He entered the final round four strokes off the lead, but shot a final round 65 to win the event by three strokes over Tiger Woods. With the win, Mickelson finished the season second behind Woods in the 2009 FedEx Cup standings.
On November 8, 2009, Mickelson won the WGC-HSBC Champions by one shot over Ernie Els in Shanghai.
2010: Third Masters win
On April 11, 2010, Mickelson won the 2010 Masters Tournament with a 16-under-par performance, giving him a three stroke win over Lee Westwood in Augusta, Georgia. The win marked the third Masters victory for Mickelson and his fourth major championship overall. Critical to Mickelson's win was a dramatic run in the third round on Saturday in which Mickelson, trailing leader Westwood by five strokes as he prepared his approach shot to the 13th green, proceeded to make eagle, then to hole-out for eagle from 141 yards at the next hole, the par 4 14th, then on the next, the par 5 15th, to miss eagle from 81 yards by mere inches. After tapping in for birdie at 15, Mickelson, at -12, led Westwood, at -11, who had bogeyed hole 12 and failed to capitalize on the par 5 13th, settling for par.
Westwood did recapture the one stroke lead by round's end, but the momentum carried forward for Mickelson into round 4, where he posted a bogey-free 67 to Westwood's 71, and no other pursuer was able to keep pace to the end, though K.J. Choi and Anthony Kim made notable charges. For good measure, Mickelson birdied the final hole and memorably greeted his waiting wife, Amy, with a prolonged hug and kiss.
For many fans, this close to the tournament was especially poignant given Amy's suffering from breast cancer for the preceding year, along with Mary Mickelson, Phil's mother. CBS Sports announcer Jim Nantz's call of the final birdie putt, "That's a win for the family," was seen by many as capturing the moment well.
Thanks to the dramatic return of Tiger Woods to competitive play after a scandal-ridden five month absence, to his close contention throughout for the lead (he finished tied with Choi for 4th at -11), and to Mickelson and others' memorably exciting play over the weekend, the 2010 Masters showed strong television ratings in the United States, ranking third all-time to Woods's historic wins in 1997 and 2001. Mickelson's win left him second only to Woods in major championships among his competitive contemporaries, moving him ahead of Ernie Els, Vijay Singh and Padraig Harrington, with three major championships each and each, like Mickelson, with dozens of worldwide wins.
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
Professional wins (46)
PGA Tour wins (38)
Legend
Major Championships (4)
World Golf Championships (1)
FedEx Cup Events (2)
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 45 pts (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 48 pts (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 Masters Tournament -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 4, 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 Masters Tournament -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 Sep 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
36 Mar 15, 2009 WGC-CA Championship -19 (65-66-69-69=269) 1 stroke Nick Watney
37 Sep 27, 2009 The Tour Championship -9 (73-67-66-65=271) 3 strokes Tiger Woods
38 Apr 11, 2010 Masters Tournament -16 (67-71-67-67=272) 3 strokes Lee Westwood
PGA Tour playoff record (7-3)
No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1994 Mercedes Championships 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]European Tour wins (7)
2004 Masters Tournament
2005 PGA Championship
2006 Masters Tournament
2008 HSBC Champions (2008 season, 2007 calendar year, co-sanctioned by Asian Tour, Sunshine Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia)
2009 WGC-CA Championship, WGC-HSBC Champions (Official event on the European Tour, and co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour, Asian Tour, Sunshine Tour, and PGA Tour of Australasia, but not an official PGA Tour event)
2010 Masters Tournament
Note: Majors and WGC-CA Championship are also PGA Tour wins
Challenge Tour wins (1)
1993 Tournoi Perrier Paris
Other wins (5)
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
Major championships
Wins (4)
Year Championship 54 Holes Winning Score Margin Runner(s)-up
2004 Masters Tournament 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 Masters Tournament (2) 1 shot lead -7 (70-72-70-69=281) 2 strokes Tim Clark
2010 Masters Tournament (3) 1 shot deficit -16 (67-71-67-67=272) 3 strokes Lee Westwood
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 2009
The Masters T7 3 3 3 1 10 1 T24 T5 5
U.S. Open T16 T7 2 T55 2 T33 T2 CUT T18 T2
The Open Championship T11 T30 T66 T59 3 T60 T22 CUT T19 DNP
PGA Championship T9 2 T34 T23 T6 1 T16 T32 T7 73
Tournament 2010
The Masters 1
U.S. Open
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
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
Accenture Match Play Championship R16 R64 DNP R64 R16 QF R16 R16 R32 R32
CA Championship T40 DNP NT1 T23 T38 DNP T29 DNP T23 T20
Bridgestone Invitational 2 T4 T8 T9 T23 T43 T51 T54 T46 T4
Tournament 2009 2010
Accenture Match Play Championship R16 DNP
CA Championship 1 T14
Bridgestone Invitational T58
HSBC Champions 1
1Cancelled due to 9/11
The HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009 (it is not an official money PGA Tour event). Mickelson won the event in 2007, before it became part of the WGC schedule.
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 3 5,332,755 3
2010* 1 (1) 1,842,719 5
Career* 38 (4) $57,698,375 3
* As of April 11, 2010
Note: Mickelson won as an amateur in 1991 and therefore did not receive any prize money.
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), 2009 (winners)
Ryder Cup: 1995, 1997, 1999 (winners), 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 (winners)
Alfred Dunhill Cup: 1996 (winners)
Equipment
As of the 2010 Masters
Driver: Callaway FT-9 Tour (7.5 degree)
Fairway Wood: Callaway Big Bertha Diablo (14 degree)
Hybrids: Callaway Prototype Hybrids (18 Degrees)
Irons: Callaway X-Forged (4); Callaway X-Prototype Blades (5-PW)
Wedges: Callaway JAWS (56, 60, 64)
Putter: Odyssey White Hot XG Blade PM
Ball: Callaway Tour ix
Endorsements
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. Major companies which Mickelson endorses are KPMG, ExxonMobil (Mickelson and wife Amy started a teacher sponsorship fund with the company), Barclays and Callaway Golf.
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