Els showed amazing consistency in the Majors but lost to Phil Mickelson in the Masters when Mickelson birdied the 18th for the title, finished ninth in the U. S. Open after playing in the final group with friend and fellow countryman Retief Goosen and surprisingly losing in a playoff in the Open to the then unknown Todd Hamilton.

On 8 November 2009, Els almost ended his year-long slump by shooting a course-tying record 9-under 63 in the final round of the WGC-HSBC Champions to finish at 16-under par 272, a stroke back of Phil Mickelson who finished with a 17-under 271 total including a final round of 3-under 69.

In the 1999 U. S. Open at Pinehurst Resort, Stewart won his last major title, memorably holing a 15-foot par putt that defeated Phil Mickelson by a stroke on an exciting day's final round when Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh were also in contention for the trophy.

He stood in the middle of the 18th fairway in the final round having sunk a 50-foot birdie putt on the 17th green, which put him in the joint lead with Phil Mickelson.

Westwood earned a career-best second place at the 2010 Masters Tournament, leading by one shot going into the final day before being overtaken by eventual champion Phil Mickelson.

* 11 – 15 August: PGA Championship-Phil Mickelson wins his second major championship, scoring a birdie on the final hole to win the tournament by one stroke (- 4, 276 ) over Thomas Bjørn and Steve Elkington on the lower course of the Baltusrol Golf Club in New Jersey.

After posting a 64 ( the low round for any golfer in the tourney ) in the final round of the rain-shortened event, he wound up in a five-man sudden death playoff along with Rich Beem, José María Olazábal, Brandt Jobe and Phil Mickelson.

Verplank had held a joint 54-hole lead with Mickelson and even held the lead on his own at a number of stages during the final round, however his lack of competitive golf proved costly throughout the final few holes and he was unable to close out the victory.

* January 25-Phil Mickelson wins for the first time in 19 months, beating Skip Kendall on the first extra hole at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.

2004 was the start of the " Big Five Era ", which is used in describing the era in golf where Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh, Ernie Els, Retief Goosen and Phil Mickelson dominated the game of golf.

* July 18-Todd Hamilton wins The Open at Royal Troon, surprising many by beating Ernie Els in a playoff for the title, from a final-day leaderboard that also included recent major champions Mickelson, Goosen, Woods, and Mike Weir.

Past boys ' champions include Notah Begay III, Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson, Corey Pavin, Nick Price, Craig Stadler, David Toms and Tiger Woods.

1984 was a vintage year, with David Toms winning the 15 – 17 event, Ernest " Ernie " Els the 13 – 14s ( with Mickelson finishing second ), and Eldrick " Tiger " Woods the 9 – 10s ( despite still being age 8 ).

Other notable winners at Riviera include Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Hale Irwin, Tom Watson, Johnny Miller, Ben Crenshaw, Mark Calcavecchia, Fred Couples, Corey Pavin, Craig Stadler, Nick Faldo, Ernie Els, Mike Weir, and Phil Mickelson.

Ernie Els finished 3rd, with Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson finishing tied for 4th.

Phil Mickelson was second to Els that year.

MLB approved Moore's $ 800 million sale of the Padres to a group led by beer distributor Ron Fowler that included four heirs to the O ’ Malley family — who owned the Dodgers for five decades — and professional golfer and San Diego native Phil Mickelson.

The movie features cameos by PGA pros Gary McCord, Phil Mickelson, Craig Stadler, Johnny Miller, Lee Janzen and Billy Mayfair, as well as TV golf broadcasters Jim Nantz, Ken Venturi and Frank Chirkinian, all playing themselves.

He was followed by Phil Mickelson ( 1990 ), Tiger Woods ( 1996 ), and Ryan Moore ( 2004 ).

Aside from Brun's lyrical contributions, the band has featured lyrics by other members as well: ICS Vortex from Arcturus and ex-Dimmu Borgir, drummer Asgeir Mickelson, keyboardist Lars Nedland and more recently by current singer Vintersorg from Otyg and his eponymous band.

After the success of The Quick and the Dead, Friendly was recruited to work full-time for CBS by news executive Sig Mickelson.

The opera used a performing edition by noted musicologist and bel canto expert Randolph Mickelson that interpolated arias from the original Neapolitan and Venetian versions and even from other obscure Rossini operas ( as of course Rossini himself commonly did ).

Toms won the Compaq Classic of New Orleans by two strokes over Phil Mickelson for his fifth PGA Tour title.

That summer, Toms won the PGA Championship by one stroke ahead of Mickelson.

He wins both The Masters and the U. S. Open by three shots ( from Retief Goosen and Phil Mickelson, respectively ), becoming only the fifth player in history to win both in the same season.

* 11 – 15 August: PGA Championship-Phil Mickelson won his second major championship, taking the PGA at Baltusrol Golf Club by scoring a-4 276.

The course record of 62 is jointly held by Phil Mickelson and Luke Donald.

Under its first general manager, Phil Lasky, KPIX gained an early reputation for news coverage, being noted for originating national CBS coverage of the Japanese Peace Conference of 1951 ( the event which " officially " brought an end to World War II, similar to the function that the Treaty of Versailles served for World War I ), held in San Francisco ( for which Lasky was commended by then-CBS News president Sig Mickelson ), as well as local news coverage of the 1953 crash of an Australian airliner while on approach to San Francisco International Airport, and a powder explosion a few weeks afterward at an explosives plant in suburban Hercules.

He won the Nissan Open by defeating Phil Mickelson in a playoff.

Two months later, in August, Campbell consolidated his new status as one of the world's top contenders when he tied for 6th in the PGA Championship at Baltusrol, won by Phil Mickelson.

Meierhenry was appointed judge of the Second Circuit Court on December 16, 1988 by Governor George S. Mickelson and presiding judge of the Second Circuit Court in 1997.

Current local talk show hosts include Van Harden and Bonnie Lucas, co-hosts of the Van & Bonnie morning show ; followed by Jan Mickelson in the Morning ; and Simon Conway, originally from London, England, taking over the afternoon drive slot in April 2011.

Payne Stewart wins his second U. S. Open, and third major title in all, by a shot from Phil Mickelson.

In the 2004 tournament Phil Mickelson shot a 59 in the second round.

* 1993 – South Dakota governor George Mickelson and seven others are killed when a state-owned aircraft crashes in Iowa.

** South Dakota governor George Mickelson and seven others are killed when a state-owned aircraft crashes near Dubuque, Iowa.

Named the " Stanley R. Mickelson Complex " ( northwest of Grand Forks AFB ), the North Dakota ABM site received its complement of nuclear-tipped LIM-49 Spartan and Sprint Missiles during the following spring.

The George S. Mickelson Trail, which runs from Edgemont to Deadwood, runs through the city.

Later Ihsahn announced a solo project, much in the vein of Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise and Peccatum, featuring drummer Asgeir Mickelson of Borknagar and Vintersorg.

The numbers were so skewed that CBS's news boss in New York, Mickelson, decided the computer was in error and refused to allow the prediction to be read.

Other multiple winners include Arnold Palmer and Tiger Woods, with four each ; and Jimmy Demaret, Sam Snead, Gary Player, Nick Faldo and Phil Mickelson, with three each.

Arnold Palmer and Tiger Woods have each won four, and Jimmy Demaret, Gary Player, Sam Snead, Nick Faldo and Phil Mickelson have three titles to their name.

Although not ambidextrous, Phil Mickelson and Mike Weir are both right-handers who golf left-handed ; Ben Hogan was the opposite, being a natural left-hander who played golf right-handed.

** Masters Tournament – Phil Mickelson wins the first major of his career.

* U. S. Amateur-Phil Mickelson