Phil Mickelson

Representing United States on LIV Golf, Phil Mickelson carries a 73 overall rating and an One-Trick Pony profile, built around short game graded A, which leads every other attribute on the card. One of the pool's rare left-handers.

• Power sits at B for Mickelson, a step below the pool average across the 2025–26 pool: 59 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. How far the ball goes off the tee — long hitters shorten every hole.
• Accuracy E — a genuine liability in the 2025–26 pool; nearly the whole pool rates higher. How often the ball finds the fairway and stays out of trouble.
• Iron Play C — a genuine liability in the 2025–26 pool; nearly the whole pool rates higher. Precision from the fairway into the green — the single biggest driver of low scores.
• At A, Mickelson's short game rating is top-tier (96th percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — only 4 players in the pool rate higher. Scrambling around the green — chips, pitches, and bunker shots that save par.
• At C, Mickelson's putting rating is well below the pool average (19th percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — 77 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Holing putts, especially the ones inside ten feet that turn pars into birdies.
• Course IQ sits at B+ for Mickelson, modestly above average across the 2025–26 pool: 36 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Course management and shot selection — playing the smart shot, not just the bold one.
• Nerve sits at A- for Mickelson, well above the pool average across the 2025–26 pool: 16 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Composure in contention — how a golfer performs with the tournament on the line.
• Consistency sits at D for Mickelson, well below the pool average across the 2025–26 pool: nearly the whole pool rates higher. How tightly a golfer's scores cluster around their average, round after round.
• At D, Mickelson's engine rating is well below the pool average (2nd percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — nearly the whole pool rates higher. Stamina and durability across a long season — fewer withdrawals, less late-year fade.

One-Trick Pony. Built around a single standout tool with a real gap to the weakest attribute. When that one strength is on, this profile can contend; when it isn't, there's not much to fall back on.

The closest attribute profiles in the 2025–26 pool belong to Bubba Watson (83% similar), Anthony Kim (81% similar) and Jason Day (81% similar) — three builds that would feel familiar to play.

• Bubba Watson,
• Anthony Kim,
• Jason Day

Of the 24 events on the schedule, Masters Tournament, AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and Genesis Scottish Open suit this build's attribute mix the best, based on how each course's demands line up with the card's strengths.

• Masters Tournament — Major
• AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am — Marquee
• Genesis Scottish Open — Tour event

At $1.2M (E tier), Phil Mickelson leaves $43.8M of the $45M Salary Cap budget for the other eight zones — room for 4 more S-tier chips, or 36 E-tier picks, or any mix in between. Good complementary picks to shore up the softer zones (accuracy, consistency and engine) include Scottie Scheffler ($10M), Jon Rahm ($10M) and Rory McIlroy ($10M).

• Scottie Scheffler ($10M),
• Jon Rahm ($10M),
• Rory McIlroy ($10M)

6 majors; age 56. Ratings on this card are editorial judgment, not official statistics — see the methodology page for how they are derived.

Every rating on this page is a 1–10 editorial judgment, not a live statistic — see how ratings and the season simulation work.