American professional golfer, Philip Alfred Mickelson has won 43 events on the PGA Tour, including five major championships: three Masters titles (2004, 2006, 2010), a PGA Championship (2005), and an Open Championship (2013). He is one of 16 players in the history of golf to win at least three of the four majors. He has won every major except the U.S. Open, where he has finished runner-up a record six times.
Early Life And Education Of Phil Mickelson
Phil Mickelson was born in the year 1970 on 16th of June and he is 45 years old at this time. He is a very successful professional golfer and he has been setting new records and breaking the old ones for a long time. He was born in San Diego, California in the United States of America.
He belongs to the ethnicity white and nationality American. The names of his parents are Phil Mickelson Sr and Mary Mickelson and he has always made his family very proud.
Even after being so popular and so successful he is still a very down to earth human being. He has two siblings and their names are Tina Mickelson and Tim Mickelson. He studied in the University of San Diego and got his degree from there in the year 1988.
Phil Mickelson's Career
He turned to professional golfing in the year 1992 and after that, there has been no turning back for him. Till date, he has won the Masters Tournament a whopping three times, first in the year 2004, then in 2006 and the last time in the year 2010.
He has a total of 51 professional wins in his bag. He also won the PGA Championship in the year 2005. In the year 2013, he was crowned champion in The Open Championship.
Mickelson won three NCAA individual championships and three Haskins Awards in 1990, 1991 and 1992 for being selected the Outstanding College Golfer of the year. Phil Mickelson has enjoyed a lot of success on and off the golf course. He won his first PGA tour event, the Northern Telecom Open, in 1991 while he was still an amateur.
Phil Mickelson's Net Worth And Salary
Phil Mickelson's net worth is $375 million at present. He has earned an incredible amount of salary from his career. Mickelson earned $50 million off the course from sponsors, appearance fees and course design in the year 2016. He has earned over $87 million in tournament prizes.
He is a very tall man as he has a height of 6 feet 3 inches which are around 1.91 meters. Interested readers can read more about him and his amazing biography from popular wiki sites such as Wikipedia and IMDb. He has been absolutely huge in the golf world and there is no denying it.
He is also active in social networking sites such as Twitter. He has a very impressive 76.5 thousand followers on Twitter and this proves how popular he has been in the site.
He has already tweeted on the site more than 6600 times and this proves his active involvement. His Twitter account is verified which means he is the one using the account.
Phil Mickelson's Personal Life
He married Amy Mickelson in the year 1996 and till now their relationship as husband and wife is going pretty smoothly. As the couple is going so well in their relationship, there is almost no chance of a divorce to occur in their lives.
The main secret of their strong relationship is of course trust and mutual understanding. He is not gay as he is married and has children. He has a total of three children and their names are Sophia Isabel Mickelson, Evan Samuel Mickelson and the last one is Amanda Brynn Mickelson. There have been no rumors of cheating from either side or marital problems till now.
by sanjeet, 10 Jul, 2015
