Mickelson: 'Woods Is The Greatest Of All Time'

Lefty believes that Woods is the greatest golfer of all time and described his performance at the 2000 US Open as the single-greatest performance in history

Mickelson: 'Woods Is The Greatest Of All Time'
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Lefty believes that Woods is the greatest golfer of all time and described his 2000 US Open win as the single-greatest performance in history

Mickelson: 'Woods Is The Greatest Of All Time'

There are many debates over which golfer is the greatest of all time: Jack Nicklaus? Ben Hogan? Tiger Woods? Walter Hagen?

However, Phil Mickelson, who himself is without doubt one of the game's greatest players of all time, believes that Woods is the undisputed GOAT.

Speaking at 'The Match' press conference, where he and Woods will battle it out for $9m at Shadow Creek on Friday, Mickelson was asked what Woods' legacy will be.

Mickelson responded quite simply that Tiger is the greatest of all time.

"Greatest of all time,” Lefty said.

“That’s an easy one for me. I’ve seen him do things with a golf ball that’s never been done; the performance at the 2000 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach is the single-greatest performance in the history of the game of golf, and possibly all of sports, and he continued to play that way for a number of years.”

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Woods won the 2000 US Open at Pebble Beach by 15 strokes which is the largest winning margin in major history. It was his 1st US Open title and third major.

He has since gone on to win 14 majors in total, only second to Jack Nicklaus with 18.

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As well as that fascinating soundbite from Mickelson, he also bet $200,000 on himself to birdie the opening hole.

After initially suggesting $100,000 (which he declared was from his own pocket), Woods made him double it to $200,000.

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The Match takes place on Friday 23rd November between the pair who have won a combined 123 PGA Tour titles and 19 majors.

They will be playing for a winner-takes-all sum of $9m and the match will be broadcast on PPV.

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Elliott Heath
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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


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