Phil Mickelson

Peak: 2005 — Phil Mickelson rates 89 overall in the legends pool, a Short-Game Wizard build with short game the clear peak at S+.

• Power sits at A+ for Mickelson, well above the pool average across the legends pool: 6 of the other 25 players in the pool rate higher. How far the ball goes off the tee — long hitters shorten every hole.
• Accuracy D — the clearest weak point in the profile in the legends pool; nearly the whole pool rates higher. How often the ball finds the fairway and stays out of trouble.
• Iron Play sits at A for Mickelson, a step below the pool average across the legends pool: 17 of the other 25 players in the pool rate higher. Precision from the fairway into the green — the single biggest driver of low scores.
• Short Game sits at S+ for Mickelson, top-tier across the legends pool: no one else in the pool rates higher. Scrambling around the green — chips, pitches, and bunker shots that save par.
• Putting A — on the stronger side of average in the legends pool; 8 of the other 25 players in the pool rate higher. Holing putts, especially the ones inside ten feet that turn pars into birdies.
• At A-, Mickelson's course iq rating is the clearest weak point in the profile (20th percentile of the legends pool) — 20 of the other 25 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, a mild soft spot across the legends pool: 18 of the other 25 players in the pool rate higher. Composure in contention — how a golfer performs with the tournament on the line.
• Consistency B+ — the clearest weak point in the profile in the legends pool; nearly the whole pool rates higher. How tightly a golfer's scores cluster around their average, round after round.
• At A-, Mickelson's engine rating is a step below the pool average (32nd percentile of the legends pool) — 17 of the other 25 players in the pool rate higher. Stamina and durability across a long season — fewer withdrawals, less late-year fade.

Short-Game Wizard. Scrambling is the identity here. A short-game wizard build keeps the scorecard clean even on the weeks the ball-striking isn't perfect.

On raw attribute shape, nobody in the legends pool matches this card more closely than Seve Ballesteros, Walter Hagen and Arnold Palmer, in that order of similarity.

• Seve Ballesteros,
• Walter Hagen,
• Arnold Palmer

Of the 24 events on the schedule, Masters Tournament, the Memorial Tournament and AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am 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
• the Memorial Tournament — Marquee
• AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am — Marquee

Legends aren't priced for Salary Cap — Phil Mickelson unlocks wholesale, gold-accented, alongside the rest of the Peak: 2005 pool inside Legends mode, where every build gets the same nine zones and no budget to manage.

2004–06: Masters ('04, '06) + PGA ('05); 45 PGA Tour wins, 6 majors, oldest major champion (2021 PGA at 50). Among the longest of the top players in his prime, perennially near the bottom in fairways hit. 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 1–11 editorial judgment, not a live statistic — see how ratings and the season simulation work.