Mickelson shows class at Pebble Beach

An impressive final round of 66 by a resurgent Phil Mickelson gave him a five shot victory at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

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Phil Mickelson silenced critics who had questioned his form with a complete performance that gave him the 30th PGA Tour win of his career at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

After three days of rain and wind at Pebble Beach the sun finally came out on Sunday and the Californian crowds were treated to a masterclass by Mickelson. Going into the final round there was much talk of this being the first time Mickelson had lead a tournament since his collapse in the US Open last year. There were no signs of nerves as Mickelson dominated proceedings.

A double bogey at the fifth and a bogey at the thirteenth were small blips on Mickelson?s impressive score card which included no fewer than nine birdies. Finishing on 20-under Mickelson tied Mark O'Meara?s tournament record and earned $990,000, taking him to over $40 million in career earnings.

Paul O'Hagan
Paul joined Golf Monthly in 2006 in a junior role and has since worked as senior staff writer and now as technical editor. He writes equipment and instruction content and tests the vast majority of golf clubs that are introduced every year.