With a new coach and after a lot of tough work during the off-season the 45-year-old Californian is relaxed and back in contention on US PGA tourPhil Mickelson can lay legitimate claim to being the moment finest golfer of a generation. That standing,though, was routinely overlooked, and such was the all-conquering status of Tiger Woods for so long.
When Mickelson’s name is mentioned,too frequently it is in context of those pursuits of Woods that ended in useless, rather than in recognition of 42 PGA Tour victories, or five of which are major championships. Only eight players in the history of the game hold a superior winning record to Mickelson. It took Woods’s recent demise for Mickelson’s achievements to be more broadly appreciated.
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Source: theguardian.com