'Terrific fun' David Walsh, Sunday Times  * *Â
 'Thoroughly engaging' Washington Post A frank and revealing
biography of legendary golf champion Phil Mickelson - who has led a
big, controversial life - as reported by longtime Sports
Illustrated writer and bestselling author Alan Shipnuck. Phil
Mickelson is one of the most compelling figures in sports. For more
than three decades he has been among the best golfers in the world,
and his unmatched longevity was exemplified at the 2021 PGA
Championship, when Mickelson, on the cusp of turning fifty-one,
became the oldest player in history to win a major
championship. In this raw and unauthorised biogÂraphy,
Shipnuck captures a singular life defined by thrilling victories,
crushing defeats and countless controversies. Mickelson is a
multi-faceted character, and all his warring impulses are on
display in these pages: he is a smart-ass who built an empire on
being the consummate professional; a loving husband dogged by
salacious rumours; a high-stakes gambler who knows the house always
wins but can’t tear himself away. Mickelson’s career and public
image have been defined by the contrast with his lifelong rival,
Tiger Woods. Where Woods is robotic and reticent, Mickelson is
affable and extroverted, an incorrigible showman. In their early
years together on Tour, Mickelson lacked Tiger’s laser focus and
discipline, yet as Tiger’s career has been curtailed by scandal,
addiction and a broken body, Phil sails on, still relevant on the
golf course and in the marketplace. Phil is the perfect marriage of
subject and author. Shipnuck delivers numerous revelations, from
the true scale of Mickelson’s massive gambling losses to the
secretive backstory of the Saudi golf league that Mickelson
championed. But Phil also celebrates Mickelson’s random acts of
kindness and generosity of spirit, to which friends and strangers
alike can attest. Shipnuck has covered Mickelson for his entire
career, allowing him to take readers inside the ropes with a
thrilling immediacy and intimacy. The result is the juiciest and
liveliest golf book in years - full of heart, humour and unexpected
turns.
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