I began to investigate my options, as the COVID-19 pandemic has me furloughed from my job as a live audio engineer, and my income was basically nil. As a result, my transmission will need to be rebuilt at a cost of $4850. After 20 white-knuckle minutes of my car alternately slipping in and out of gear and a subsequent loss of power on hilly California terrain - twice of which happened in large intersections that almost got me rear-ended both times - I barely managed to get it back.Īfter towing my car to a trusted mechanic, they reported that my transmission fluid was black and thicker than normal, and the transmission itself also had significant mechanical damage. I immediately turn around to head back home. About 10 minutes later, my car slipped out of gear at a stop light. The result is the juiciest and liveliest golf book in years-full of heart, humor, and unexpected turns.On September 12, I started my car to go run an errand, and I immediately noticed a whirring sound that I had not heard from my car the previous evening. Shipnuck has covered Mickelson for his entire career and has been on the ground at Mickelson’s most memorable triumphs and crack-ups, allowing him to take readers inside the ropes with a thrilling immediacy and intimacy. But Phil also celebrates Mickelson’s random acts of kindness and generosity of spirit, to which friends and strangers alike can attest. Shipnuck has long been known as the most fearless writer on the golf beat, and he delivers numerous revelations, from the true scale of Mickelson’s massive gambling losses to the inside story of the acrimonious breakup between Phil and his longtime caddie, Jim “Bones” Mackay to the secretive backstory of the Saudi golf league that Mickelson championed to wield as leverage against the PGA Tour. Phil is the perfect marriage of subject and author. Yet as Tiger’s career has been curtailed by scandal, addiction, and a broken body, Phil sails on, still relevant on the golf course and in the marketplace. In their early years together on Tour, Mickelson lacked Tiger’s laser focus and discipline, leading Tida Woods to call her son’s rival “the fat boy,” among other put-downs. Where Woods is robotic and reticent, Mickelson is affable and extroverted, an incorrigible showman whom many fans love and some abhor because of the overwhelming size of his personality. Mickelson’s career and public image have been defined by the contrast with his lifelong rival, Tiger Woods.
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Mickelson is a multifaceted character, and all his warring impulses are on display in these pages: He is a smart-ass who built an empire on being the consummate professional a loving husband dogged by salacious rumors a high-stakes gambler who knows the house always wins but can’t tear himself away. In this raw, uncensored, and unauthorized biography, Alan Shipnuck captures a singular life defined by thrilling victories, crushing defeats, and countless controversies. For more than three decades he has been among the best golfers in the world, and his unmatched longevity was exemplified at the 2021 PGA Championship, when Mickelson, on the cusp of turning fifty-one, became the oldest player in history to win a major championship. A juicy and freewheeling biography of legendary golf champion Phil Mickelson-who has led a big, controversial life-as reported by longtime Sports Illustrated writer and bestselling author Alan Shipnuck.Phil Mickelson is one of the most compelling figures in sports.
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