- One of only six players ever to win the Masters with a birdie on the final hole.
- Phil is the last amateur to win a PGA Tour event: the 1991 Norther Telecom Open in Tucson.
- Though he designed his first course in 2001, he formally opened Phil Mickelson Design in August of 2006, with initial plans to design four courses.
- Breaking his leg in a skiing accident in March of 1994, he used the 3 months off to gain his pilots license.
- More facts about Phil Mickelson
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