Phil Mickelson Personal Synopsis Mickelson grew up in San Diego, California, and began hitting golf balls with
golf clubs at 18 months. Although he's right-handed in everything else, he learned to play golf left-handed. According to Mickelson's website, at "age three, he tried to run away from home because his parents didn't think he was old enough to join his father for a weekend golf game with
taylormade burner superfast driver at the local public course." His junior career was a great one: Mickelson won 34 San Diego County junior titles, three NCAA Championships at Arizona State University, a U.S. Amateur title, and, as of this
callaway x-20 irons, is the last amateur to win a PGA Tour event (1991 Northern Telecom Open). Mickelson's first wins as a professional came in 1993, when he won twice. During the 1990s, he was one of only four golfers who love the
callaway ft-iz driver to win more than 12 times on the PGA Tour. He was among the most consistent players in the world during that time. He went winless in 2003, but bounced back in 2004 with one win early in the year, followed by his Masters victory. Mickelson also finished
callaway diablo edge irons second in the U.S. Open, third in the British Open and sixth in the PGA Championship. He won The Masters again in 2006, plus the '05 PGA, but infamously bungled the final hole to lose the 2006 U.S. Open. ishiner
