Mickelson rallies to win HSBC Champions

Over the weekend, while you were sleeping off your Saturday night, Phil Mickelson knocked off two of the top players of the last decade en route to capturing the splashy HSBC Champions in Shanghai. Sign of great things to come, or meaningless victory in a faraway land? Great thing is, there's evidence for both Tiger's and Phil's camps!Phil fans can take heart in the fact that Mickelson...

Phil Mickelson made a birdie on the 17th hole to hold off the charging Ernie Els to win the World Golf Championship-HSBC Champions at Sheshan International Golf Club in Shanghai, China. Mickelson made a clutch par save on the 16th hole to bounce back from a whiffed flop shot before making his 10-foot birdie putt on [...]

After watching Phil Mickelson's hot streak continue with another win on Sunday, the 2010 season can't get here soon enough, writes ESPN.com's Jason Sobel.

Phil Mickelson staged a late rally to win the HSBC Champions by one stroke over South Africa's Ernie Els on Sunday.

Phil Mickelson made two clutch putts down the stretch Sunday and closed with a 3-under 69 to overcome a late charge by Ernie Els, who was in the lead until hitting into the water on the last hole and making bogey.

For golf fans, this day was probably inevitable. Phil Mickelson, the second best golfer in the world rankings and best golfer playing the game at this moment, played in the final group with Tiger Woods, number one in the rankings and number two as of today, and, to put it kindly, handed Tiger his ass. Yep. Mickelson took down Tiger with a putter that should probably be banned from...

Phil Mickelson surely earned some new fans in the Far East with his victory at the WGC-HSBC Champions on Sunday. But it was his interaction with the fans that "Lao Mi" will most be remembered for in China, writes ESPN.com's Dan Washburn.

With Phil Mickelson's impressive victory in the Tour Championship two months ago and his performance this past week in China, some believe Lefty will surpass Tiger Woods as the best player in the game in 2010.Nonsense. Lefty will find a way to make the wrong mistakes at the wrong time and remain how he will be forever defined: a tremendous player, even a Hall of Fame-caliber...

Phil Mickelson is clinging to a one-shot lead at the turn of the HSBC Champions, but not over Tiger Woods. In a shocking meltdown Sunday, Woods fell as many as six shots behind his chief rival and did not make a birdie until the ninth hole, giving him a 39 on the front nine of Sheshan International.

It's no secret that Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson haven't exactly been best buds. You can psychoanalyze that any way you like, but on its surface, the coldblooded, relentless Tiger couldn't be more different from the smiling, surfer-dude Phil. Still, the two are inextricably linked; we've written more than 180 posts mentioning both Tiger and Phil just since August 2008. (Hey, we...

Phil Mickelson has taken the 54-hole lead in the HSBC Champions with a 5-under 67, setting up a Sunday matchup with Tiger Woods in the final World Golf Championship of the year.

The back nine Saturday at the HSBC Champions changed names atop the leaderboard, as Phil Mickelson made three birdies over the last five holes for a 5-under 67 that took him from a two-shot deficit to a two-shot lead over Tiger Woods and Nick Watney in the final World Golf Championship of the year.

Our experts debate the impact of Phil Mickelson's big win in China, Tiger's meltdown and drug testing.

The last three tournaments that featured Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods were enough to get anyone excited about 2010, which very well could turn into a colossal battle between the world’s best two players, one that has been long overdue.