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Facts You Might Not Have Known About Phil 'Lefty' Mickelson
Golf Monthly
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12/04/2025
American professional golfer who plays on the LIV Golf tour.
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Phil Mickelson is one of the most well-known names in golf. He's also one of the best left-handed
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golfers to ever play the game. He's been around for a long time now, but how much do you know
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about Phil Mickelson? We'll find out in this video. One thing we think we all know about Phil
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is that he's left-handed, but actually that's wrong. Phil Mickelson is actually right-handed.
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The only thing he does left-handed is play golf. He learned the game by mirroring his father,
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who was right-handed, and it's also worth noting that he started playing golf when he was just 18
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months old. Phil is only one of five players to win the US Amateur and NCAA Championship title in the
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same season, and this was when he was studying at Arizona State University. The only other players
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to do that are Bryson DeChambeau, Ryan Moore, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods. Phil was the last amateur
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to win a PGA Tour event. This was back at the 1991 Northern Telecom Open. Since then, he's gone on to
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win six majors and sits second on the PGA Tour's all-time money list. Speaking of majors, despite his
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six wins, Mickelson is yet to achieve golf's Grand Slam, as he's never won the US Open. He's finished
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runner-up at the US Open a whopping six times. Now, we all know Phil Mickelson can fly the golf ball
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a long way, but did you know that he can also fly a plane? Phil is an avid pilot and following the
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footsteps of his father, who was a Navy pilot. Despite his highly decorated career, Phil Mickelson has never
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been world number one. So, even with 45 PGA Tour wins, six majors, and 24 Ryder Cup and President's Cup
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appearances, Lefty has never been top of the world ranking. He honed his extensive and creative
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short game in the backyard of his family's San Diego house. Mickelson was born in Southern
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California, but was also raised in Scottsdale, Arizona. From Scottsdale, he then studied at
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Arizona State University, where other notable graduates include John Rahm and Paul Casey.
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His maternal grandfather, Alfred Santos, was a caddie at Pebble Beach and often took Phil to
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play golf as a child. Phil Mickelson is one of the most decorated players at the Masters.
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Alongside his three wins, he has a whopping 15 top 10 finishes. As a left-hander who shapes
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the ball both ways, the Augusta national set-up always favours Phil.
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So there you go, 10 facts you may or may not have known about Phil Mickelson, one of golf's
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greatest ever players. For more facts and stats on tour players, you can visit the Golf Monthly
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website.
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