Phil mickelson wife has cancer

Behind every successful man, there is a woman. While golfer Phil Mickelson has been a very polarizing figure of late, we can be adamant about his success at the golf course. Formerly known as Amy McBride, the mother of three grew up in a tennis-watching family and had no idea about golf. Amy attended Arizona State University and was two years junior to Phil.

The latter was already making waves around the golf community, having won his first PGA Tour event, the Northern Telecom Open, in Tucson as an amateur. It was Amy who had convinced Barkley to play a game of golf with Mickelson, which ultimately began a long lasting friendship between the two. After 24 years of marriage, I love when Charles calls Amy my girlfriend.

Even though she had little knowledge of the sport, Amy followed Phil to golf tournaments before the two eventually got married on November 16, She has been a presence by his side ever since, and her rare absence is only marked by important moments in the family. One of them occurred at the U. Amy did go into labor but decided not to inform Phil, who would go on to lose the tournament by merely one stroke.

He did get back to Amy in time, though, for the birth of their oldest child, Amanda.

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It was these battles that eventually bore fruit at the Masters Tournament, where Phil Mickelson won his third Green Jacket. The couple has also set up the Phil and Amy Mickelson Foundation, a private organization that raises money for charity. Being a cancer survivor herself, Amy has actively taken part in working at the organization.

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