Episode 1482
Phil Mickelson
Mon, 2021-May-24 03:38 UTC
Length - 2:19
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With 514,864 views on Sunday, 23 May 2021 our article of the day is Phil Mickelson.
Philip Alfred Mickelson (born June 16, 1970), nicknamed Lefty and Phil the Thrill, is an American professional golfer. He has won 45 events on the PGA Tour, including six major championships: three Masters titles (2004, 2006, 2010), two PGA Championships (2005, 2021), and one Open Championship (2013). With his win at the 2021 PGA Championship, Mickelson became the oldest major championship winner in history at the age of 50 years and 11 months old.
Mickelson is one of 12 players in the history of golf to win three of the four majors. He has won every major except the U. S. Open, which he has finished runner-up in a record six times. Mickelson has spent over 25 consecutive years in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking. He has spent over 700 weeks in the top-10, has reached a career-high world ranking of No. 2 several times and is a life member of the PGA Tour. Although naturally right-handed, he is known for his left-handed swing, having it learned by mirroring his right-handed father's swing. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2012.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 03:38 UTC on Monday, 24 May 2021.
For the full current version of the article, see Phil Mickelson on Wikipedia.
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