Philip Alfred Mickelson or Phil Mickelson was born June 16, 1970 in San Diego, California. Mickelson, nows 39 years of age, has an American professional golfer. He has won three major championships as The master in 2004, 2006 and PGA Championship in 2005. He won the PGA Tour total of 36 events and has reached a career high world ranking of 2nd in multiple years. He is nicknamed "Lefty" for his left-handed swing. He graduated from the University of San Diego High School in 1988, then attended Arizona State on a golf scholarship, where he graduated in 1992 and turned professional in this year.
Mickelson continued to win many PGA Tour tournaments but not won major championship, 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 5.
His first major championship win came at the 2004 Masters, this made him only the third golfer with a left-handed swing to win a major. The following year, Mickelson captured his second career major championship to finish total of 276 with his victory at the 2005 PGA Championship at Baltusrol. Mickelson captured his third major championship the following spring by winning the 2006 Masters. Mickelson won his second Green Jacket. This win propelled him to 2nd place in the Official World Golf Rankings behind Tiger Woods.
Since Mickelson turned professional to 2009 earning price money $ 54,391,412 and now, He is currently ranked #3 in the Official World Golf Rankings.
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