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PGA.com Bio and Statistics For Phil Mickelson
ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVIL PHIL MICKELSON NCAA CHAMPION IN 1989, 1990 AND 1992 WINNER OF 16 COLLEGIATE TOURNAMENTS
BEST AMATEUR EVER: One of only four players (David Duval and Bryce Molder of Georgia Tech and Gary Hallberg of Wake Forest) to be named first-team All-American for four years...won a school record 16 tournaments, including NCAA titles in 1989, 1990 and 1992...shot a collegiate career-low 63 in the first round of the 1992 NCAA Championships...a four-time first-team All-American from 1989-92...1990 Porter Cup medalist...Dave Williams Award Winner in 1992...first-team All-Pac-10 from 1989-92...Pac-10 Player of the Year three times (1990-92)...Pac-10 medalist in 1990...Haskins Award (coaches' vote) winner three times (1990-92)...Nicklaus Award Winner (tournament finishes) three times (1990-92)...U.S. Walker Cup member in 1989 and 1991...played in the U.S. World Amateur in 1990...the U.S. Amateur champion in 1990...the only player to win outright NCAA crowns in freshman and sophomore seasons...full name is Phil A. Mickelson...born June 16, 1970...parents are Phil and Mary Mickelson of San Diego...graduated from University of San Diego High School in 1988...a 1992 graduate of Arizona State with a degree in psychology. BACK-TO-BACK: Mickelson is the only player to win back-to-back NCAA men's golf titles since Scott Simpson of USC in 1976-77. Five others to accomplish the feat are: Ben Crenshaw of Texas (1971-72), Dick Crawford of Houston (1959-60), G.T. Dunlap of Princeton (1903-31), Fred Lampbrecht of Tulane (1925-26), Dexter Cummings of Yale (1923-24), 1991-92 (Senior): Became only the second golfer to win three NCAA titles with his 17-under performance at the 1992 NCAA Championships at the The Championship Course in Albuquerque, N.M....Ben Crenshaw (1971, '72 and '73) is the other...72-hole total of 217 tied an NCAA record...three-round total of 19-under 197 set an NCAA record...two round total of 16-under 128 set an NCAA record...63 in first round was a career-low.
1990-91 (Junior): Had a top-10 finish in all 11 tournaments...won both Haskins Award and Nicklaus Award...won Western Amateur Championship in August of 1991...became just the fourth amateur at the time to win a PGA event with his win at Tucso Northern Telecom Open...made cut at U.S. Open, Masters and British Open...fired rounds of 69 in the Masters and 67 in British Open...first lefthander to shoot a sub-par round at the Masters...low amateur U.S. Open and Masters, second-low amateur at British Open...paired with Michael Jordan in first round of 1991 Western Amateur in Benton Harbor, Mich...Mickelson shot a 67, Jordan an 85.
1989-90 (Sophomore): Joined Ben Crenshaw as only freshman to defend NCAA title...won 1990 U.S. Amateur and was medalist...shot a 64 in second round of Amateur...became only second golfer to win NCAA and U.S. Amateur titles in same year (Jack Nicklaus was the other in 1961)...won the U.S./Japan Intercollegiates, the UNLV Rebel Classic, the Pac-10 Championship and the NCAA title...first ASU player to earn Pac-10 Player of the Year since 1981...finished 1990 season with seven straight top-10 finishes...won 1990 Porter Cup and had a 63 in final round...19th at 1990 PGA Tucson Open.
1988-89 (Freshman): Won NCAA Championship as a frosh, one of just five people to accomplish the feat...member of 1989 U.S. Walker Cup squad...went 1-0-1 in singles and 0-1-1 in foursomes in Walker Cup...posted three tournament wins and 10 top-10 finishes in 14 appearances...won the Fresno State Classic, the Forest Hills Invitational and the NCAA Championships for his three tournament wins...competed in 1989 Phoenix Open.
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