Q 01/05

In which California city was Phil Mickelson born and largely raised?

A) Los Angeles

B) San Diego

C) Sacramento

D) San Jose

Answer · why

B) San Diego

San Diego is home to Torrey Pines, where he won three times; after the course was redesigned in 2001 he said the local knowledge from his boyhood hour...

Q 02/05

What was the profession of Mickelson's father, Phil Sr.?

A) Golf club professional

B) Naval engineer

C) Airline pilot

D) Schoolteacher

Answer · why

C) Airline pilot

Airline pilot: Phil Sr. flew Navy jets before joining the airlines, and he turned the family's backyard into a practice green where his son honed his ...

Q 03/05

Why does the naturally right-handed Mickelson play golf left-handed?

A) A childhood arm injury

B) He mirrored his father's swing

C) A coach's experiment

D) His first clubs were left-handed

Answer · why

B) He mirrored his father's swing

He mirrored his father's swing, standing opposite him as a small boy and copying what he saw; Bob Charles, the first left-hander to win a major, was a...

Q 04/05

Mickelson's maternal grandfather Alfred Santos was a caddie at which course?

A) Torrey Pines

B) Riviera

C) Cypress Point

D) Pebble Beach

Answer · why

D) Pebble Beach

Pebble Beach opened in 1919 with young Al Santos among its caddies; Mickelson marks his ball there with a silver dollar his grandfather carried for de...

Q 05/05

Which university did Mickelson attend on a golf scholarship?

A) UCLA

B) Stanford

C) Arizona State

D) Oklahoma State

Answer · why

C) Arizona State

Arizona State: he won a PGA Tour event while still a student there, so on graduating in 1992 he skipped qualifying school and went straight onto the T...