March 15, 2009 PHIL MICKELSON World Golf Championships-CA Championship
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With This Victory — March 15, 2009 PHIL MICKELSON World Golf Championships-CA Championship Earns 36th career PGA TOUR victory at the age of 38 years, 9 months and 3 days in his 372nd TOUR event as a professional, 390th overall TOUR event. Earns 550 FedExCup points and moves to second place in the standings, with 1,153 points. He is 51 points behind leader Geoff Ogilvy. Moves to No. 2 in the Official World Golf Ranking. WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS-CA CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES First World Golf Championships title in his 28th WGC start; 12th career WGC top-10. In seven CA Championship starts, this week’s win marks first top-10; previous best was T20 in 2008. While not a wire-to-wire victor, joins Geoff Ogilvy (2008) and Tiger Woods (2002, 2006) as players holding at least a share of the CA Championship lead after all four rounds. 2009 NOTES Moves to No. 1 in Presidents Cup standings Collects $1,400,000 to move into second place on the current PGA TOUR Money List with $2,704,290. CAREER NOTES Has now won 20 different PGA TOUR events. 13th season in career with multiple victories, and sixth season in a row dating back to 2004. Six consecutive seasons with multiple wins is most among any active player. Third time recording two PGA TOUR victories prior to the Masters Tournament: 2000 (Buick Invitational, BellSouth Classic) 2005 (AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, BellSouth Classic) 2009 (Northern Trust Open, WGC-CA Championship) Collects 36th career TOUR title and is tied for 12th all-time in PGA TOUR wins with Lloyd Mangrum. Marks the 23nd time (out of 31 stroke-play events) that he has won after holding at least a share of lead entering the final round (includes 90-hole events). Third victory in the state of Florida (1997 Bay Hill Invitational; 2007 PLAYERS Championship). With 99 putts, posted less than 100 putts for second time in career (99 putts at 1998 MCI Classic). 2009 PGA TOUR SUMMARY Tournaments entered—6; in money—5; top-10 finishes—3 BIRTHDATE: June 16, 1970 BIRTHPLACE: San Diego, CA RESIDES: Rancho Santa Fe, CA FAMILY: Wife, Amy; Amanda (6/21/99), Sophia (10/23/01), Evan (3/23/03) HEIGHT: 6-2 WEIGHT: 190 EDUCATION: Arizona State University (Psychology, 1992) TURNED PRO: 1992 JOINED PGA TOUR: 1992 PGA TOUR VICTORIES (36): 1991 Northern Telecom Open 1993 Buick Invitational of California, The International 1994 Mercedes Championships 1995 Northern Telecom Open 1996 Nortel Open, Phoenix Open, GTE Byron Nelson Classic, NEC World Series of Golf 1997 Bay Hill Invitational, Sprint International 1998 Mercedes Championships, AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am 2000 Buick Invitational, BellSouth Classic, MasterCard Colonial, THE TOUR Championship 2001 Buick Invitational, Canon Greater Hartford Open 2002 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, Canon Greater Hartford Open 2004 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, Masters Tournament 2005 FBR Open, AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, BellSouth Classic, PGA Championship 2006 BellSouth Classic, Masters Tournament 2007 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, THE PLAYERS Championship, Deutsche Bank Championship 2008 Northern Trust Open, Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial 2009 Northern Trust Open, World Golf Championships-CA Championship .