Phil Mickelson Net Worth

 

Phil Mickelson is an Professional American golfer who was born June 16, 1970 in sunny San Diego, California.

His net worth has reached as high as $300 million in 2016 from his 42 wins on the PGA tour, including 3 masters, an Open Championship and a PGA Championship.

In his early years he would mimic his father playing golf right handed but play left handed (like a mirror image). Even though Phil is right handed, he only plays golf left handed because of this. His dad would teach him golf before starting school.

Phil got a golf scholarship to Arizona State University graduating in 1992. While he was at ASU, Mickelson got a lot of attention for being the best amateur golfer in the U.S. He won 3 NCAA Championships and 3 Haskins Awards. In 1990, he led the team to the NCAA Championship and won 16 tournaments during his college career.

Mickelson instantly turned pro after graduating in 1992 and he started winning PGA Tour tournaments right away. From 1992 to 2003 Phil won 6 championships and even broke Tiger Woods‘ streak of 6 tournament wins in a row.

Phil finally won his first Masters in 2004 where he was the champion with an 18 foot birdie putt on the last hole. Phil had an amazing 3 professional major wins in between 2004 and 2006 which all helped to his growing net worth.

In 2010, Mickelson won the Masters again allowing his net worth to reach $95 million. This was his 4th Professional Major Championship win.

In 2015, Forbes estimated that Phil Mickelson’s yearly income is about $51 million.