In professional golf today, Phil Mickelson is probably the second biggest name. For many years of his career he has finished as the 2nd ranked player in the world, therefore, it makes perfect sense that he is the second biggest name.
Over the course of his career, he has won Major Championships, but the British Open has not been his favorite place to play. He has won the PGA Championship once and the Masters 3 times. There have been 4 different years where Mickelson finished with a second place finish at the U.S. Open. things are a little different, when it comes to the British Open.
When the 2010 British Open starts July 15, he’ll try to turn that around at the famed St. Andrew’s old course in Scotland.
At the British Open, the best finish that Mickelson has ever mustered was 3rd place. In 2004, he managed to take home a third place finish back. It is amazing to think that a golfer that has played professionally for 18 years and has won 38 PGA tour tournaments cannot manage to take home a finish better than 3rd place at one of golf’s biggest tournaments each year.
At this tournament we can look at Mickelson’s major history from 1999-2007, to demonstrate the difficulty for sports betting star, Mickelson. He did not miss a cut at a Major Championship until 2007 when he had sustained a wrist injury, starting in 1999. In 1999 the streak only began after Mickelson missed a cut at the British Open at Carnoustie.
The results that many other places have over the course of Mickelson’s great career, the British open simply has not brought him the results.