Phil Mickelson American Best Golfer

Full Name: Philip Alfred Mickelson

Nickname: Lefty

Birth Date: June 16, 1970

Height: 6ft 3in / 1,91m

Weight: 200lbs / 91kg

Birthplace: San Diego, CA

Residence: Rancho Santa Fe, CA

Nationality: American

Phil Mickelson was born on June 16, 1970 in San Diego. His parents previously had one child, a girl known as Tina. Phil’s younger brother Tim was to follow along with a few years later. Phil Mickelson Sr. ended up being a fighter pilot just before retiring from the Navy and eventually shifted to fly professional aircraft. Phil’s mother did work being a nurse and afterwards ran a served living service together with her husband. Phil's family eventually shifted to Arizona where Phil spent components of his youth. His parents presented him to the game of golf at the age of only 18 months. Although Phil is generally right-handed, he began to play golf left-handed by looking at his dad's golf move and reflecting it. His interest for the game started to be noticeable when he attempted to disappear from home at the age of three for the reason that his parents did not consider that he was the right age to join his father for a weekend break golf game at the nearby public course. He played his first full-round of golf just about 1 year later.

Phil Mickelson career started in serious when he was at Arizona State, exactly where he won three NCAA specific championships and grew to become only the second college golfer to make 1st team All-American awards all four years. He switched professional when he flipped 22 and is now one of the maximum paid players. Phil switched pro at the age of 22 right after finishing from the Arizona State University in 1992. Thus far in his professional career, Phil Mickelson has 36 competition wins, the final one coming in March 2009 at the WGC - CA Championship at Doral. After being named the greatest golfer in the world without having a major success for several years by the press, Phil won his initial main contest at the US Masters in 2004. Two more observed with the 2005 US PGA Championship at Baltusrol and the 2006 Masters.