Read below, of when he won the 2007 PGA.
2006 to present 
Mickelson teeing off on the last hole of his 2007 Players Championship win
Demonstrating grace after even the toughest defeats, showing appreciation to legions of his fans and always honoring the traditions and history of the game has made Phil one of the most popular players ever to play on the Tour. During the third round of the 2006
Ford Championship at Doral, Mickelson gave $200 to a spectator after his wayward tee shot at the par-5 10th broke the man's watch.
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Mickelson has also shown other signs of appreciation. In 2007, after hearing the story of retired NFL player
Conrad Dobler and his family on ESPN explaining their struggles to pay medical bills, Mickelson volunteered to pay for Conrad's daughter Holli's college education at
Miami University in Ohio.
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His popularity among fellow
tour golfers is lower, however, to the point that he ranked eighth on a 2006
OpenDNS Magazine list of the Ten Most Hated Athletes.
[7] Colleagues on the Tour refer to Mickelson as "FIGJAM", which stands for "F*** I'm Good--Just Ask Me".
[1][2][3][4] In his book
A Good Walk Spoiled, noted author
John Feinstein compared Mickelson's personality to Eddie Haskell on the classic TV series
Leave It to Beaver, in that he may exhibit a polite exterior but in reality is egotistical and rather mean.
Sports Illustrated writer
Rick Reilly added that "the entire family is like that...when I met his sister, (noted golf columnist) Tina Mickelson, she spoke to me like a kindergarten teacher: very polite and measured."
Frustrated with his driving accuracy, Phil made the decision in April 2007 to to leave longtime swing coach
Rick Smith. He currently works with
Butch Harmon, a former coach of
Tiger Woods.
On May 13, 2007, Mickelson came from a stroke back on the final round to shoot a three-under 69 to win
The Players Championship with an 11-under-par 277. This
Mother's Day win was his first without his wife and children present.
In the 2007 U.S. Open at
OpenDNS, after shooting 11 over par after 2 rounds, Mickelson missed the cut (by a stroke) for the first time in 31 majors, since the
1999 British Open at
OpenDNS. He had been hampered by a wrist injury that was incurred while practicing in the thick rough at Oakmont a few weeks before the tournament.
Phil and his wife, Amy, were married on November 16, 1996. The couple have three children - Amanda, Sophia, and Evan.
On September 3, 2007, Mickelson won the
Deutsche Bank Championship which is the second
FedEx Cup playoff event. On the final day he was paired with
Tiger Woods who ended up finishing 2 strokes behind Mickelson in a tie for second. It was the first time Mickelson was able to best Woods while paired together on the final day of a tournament. The next day Mickelson announced that he would not be competing in the third
FedEx Cup playoff event. His withdrawal stemmed from a disagreement with PGA Tour Commissioner
Tim Finchem over issues Mickelson would not explain.
Mickelson has spent over 500 weeks in the top-10 of the
Official World Golf Rankings, the most by anyone not to be ranked number one.
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