Phil Mickelson plans to make push to compete at the highest level in 2025 season following DISAPPOINTING 2024 campaign
Phil Mickelson wants to play at the highest level and make a push in the 2025 season and will be working on some aspects of his game.
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In 2022, 6-time major champion Phil Mickelson shocked the world when he ended his 30-year stay on the PGA Tour and joined LIV Golf. Since then his game has declined a bit. The “Lefty” though has set his sights on making a push to compete at the highest level in the 2025 season.
The 54-year-old is one of the most decorated golfers. In his career, he has bagged 45 wins on the PGA Tour and has won three of the four major championships. However, he is yet to register a victory on the LIV Golf circuit.
This season, Mickelson once again struggled. In the 14 LIV Golf events he played in 2024, he managed to finish in the top 10 just once – T6 at LIV Golf Jeddah. As for the major championships, he missed the cut at the PGA Championship and the U.S. Open and finished T43 and T60 at the Masters Tournament and the Open Championship respectively.
The decline in form also led to talks about retirement. In May this year, the World Golf Hall of Famer claimed that his career was heading towards an end.
Appearing in the latest video of the Bryan Bros Golf YouTube channel along with PGA Tour star Wesley Bryan, Mickelson has now expressed his desire to make a push at the highest level.
I have not played the way I want to the last couple of years…I’m going to make a push to compete at the highest level and that means you know fine-tuning all aspects of my game including driving, including speed, including putting, and all that, and getting my short game back to a sharp high the highest level.
Phil Mickelson said on Bryan Bros Golf YouTube channel
🚨👀⛳️#NEW: Phil Mickelson says he will push to compete ‘at the highest level’ in 2025. Do you think he can? pic.twitter.com/sV7vlfF6WP
— NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF) December 30, 2024
Mickelson’s last victory came at the PGA Championship in 2021. This triumph made him the oldest major championship winner in the history of the game, as he finished two strokes ahead of Brooks Koepka and Louis Oosthuizen at the age of 50.
Phil Mickelson hilariously refuses to rank himself in all-time golf great lists
Despite his move to LIV Golf, Phil Mickelson is still considered as one of the greats of the game. There have several debates on whether he would rank among the all-time greats. During his appearance along with Wesley Bryan at the Bryan Bros Golf YouTube channel, the veteran golfer hilariously refused to rank himself in this list.
The American golfer had a great rivalry with Tiger Woods. During the prime years of Woods, Mickelson was one of the few people to beat him.
“Where do you have yourself on the all-time golfer list?” Bryan asked. Mickelson shook his head and refused to answer that.
I’m not going to fall for that. Not gonna fall for that one. Being baited!
Phil Mickelson said
During his rivalry with Woods, Mickelson managed to stay in the top 10 of the Official Golf World Rankings (OWGR) for several weeks. However, he was never able to climb up to the World No.1 position as Woods had locked in on that spot.
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