{"id":1557145,"date":"2023-04-10T16:48:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T20:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1557145"},"modified":"2023-04-10T16:48:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T20:48:18","slug":"phil-mickelson-makes-massive-jump-official-world-golf-ranking-runner-up-finish-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/phil-mickelson-makes-massive-jump-official-world-golf-ranking-runner-up-finish-masters\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Mickelson Makes a Massive Jump in the Official World Golf Ranking With His Runner-Up Finish at the Masters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Coming into the 2023 Masters<\/a>, Phil Mickelson wasn't playing great golf. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Truth be told, since making the jump to LIV Golf<\/a> last year, he hasn't even come close to being worth the $200 million he was paid to leave the PGA Tour<\/a>. He's had just one top-10 finish. His average finishing position is 31.3. And in his final tuneup before Augusta, he nearly had his worst finish<\/a> yet, ending his weekend in Orlando in 41st. Remember, these are 48-player fields, folks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n So when Mickelson claimed he could go on a tear at the Masters, it was honestly an easy statement at which to laugh. Seriously, nobody could have thought Lefty would truly contend at the year's first major, even with his strong history at Augusta National. I know I didn't. In fact, I said Phil wouldn't even make the weekend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But I was wrong. Not only did Mickelson make the weekend, he put himself in the mix on Sunday with a historic final round and ultimately tied for second, a finish that bumped him up more than 350 spots in the Official World Golf Ranking. <\/p>\n\n\n\nPhil Mickelson jumped more than 350 spots in the Official World Golf ranking with a runner-up finish at the Masters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n