Phil Wins at Pebble Beach
February 12, 2007
Phil Mickelson, who fell apart late last year after taking the PGA tour by storm in early 2006 won his 30th career title at Pebble Beach in California.
The left-handed Mickelson pocketed $990,000 to exceed $40 million in career earnings with his win in Cali. This is a much better way for Phil to start the 2007 year which he needed to start brilliantly after breaking down in the US Open in which he was leading going into the final holes, only to lose in what many thought was poor poor course management.
But that’s in the past and this is a new year. With the Fed Ex Cup at stake it seems like there’s a whole new PGA tour, with people gunning for as many points as they can, the overall PGA tour victor will be decided by a new system, and Phil is creeping towards the top.
Phil didn’t just win Pebble Beach he crushed the competition. A field that in the top 10 included the likes of Davis Love III and Jim Furyk, two of the tops in the world. He didn’t win by 1 or 2 strokes, he won by a decisive 5 strokes shooting 20 under for the tournament.
We look forward to what has already been an exciting 2007 on the PGA tour.