Phil Mickelson has reached another milestone in his long and storied career as the American celebrates 25 consecutive years inside the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.
The five-time Major winner has claimed 36 titles on the PGA Tour, three WGC victories and two further wins on the European Tour for a total of 46 victories.
Three of his five Major victories have come at the Masters at Augusta National, in 2004, 2006 and 2010, while he also triumphed at the 87th PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club in 2005.
The 48-year old’s most recent Major triumph came in the 142nd Open Championship in 2013.
Mickelson’s 25 years – 1305 consecutive weeks – inside the world’s top 50 signifies his remarkable consistency, with 166 top ten finishes in the 647 OWGR Eligible Tournaments in which he has competed worldwide.
Having first entered the World Rankings in 1988, Mickelson broke into the top 50 on November 28, 1993, when a runner-up finish to Tom Lehman in the Japan Golf Tour’s Casio World Open elevated him to 47th position in the world.
Between 1996 and 2014, he spent a total of 774 weeks inside the world’s top ten, while between 2001 and 2013 he spent a cumulative total of 269 weeks in second place; Tiger Woods having been number one in all of those weeks.
