Tiger Woods vs Phil Mickelson Head-to-Head Record: Who Leads the Epic Rivalry

Published 01/10/2022, 5:30 PM EST

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are two of the top players currently on the PGA Tour. While Tiger is considered the greatest golfer of all time, Phil is not too far behind himself. However, while Woods has 82 PGA Tour and 15 major championship wins, while Mickelson has 45 PGA Tour and six majors in his career so far.

As two of the best, these two golfers have had a slight history together. Fans believe that there was a feud between the two earlier in their careers. However, both Phil and Tiger currently have a good equation and celebrate each other’s success. But what is their record when they are paired together? Let’s find out.

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Tiger Woods vs Phil Mickelson head-to-head results

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson have been playing on the PGA Tour for quite a while now. Phil joined the PGA Tour in 1992, while Tiger did so in 1996. However, they had contrasting careers. Tiger won a major in 1997 and has dominated the golfing world since. As for Phil, he occasionally chipped in with his brilliance and won his first major in 2004. However, when grouped on the PGA Tour, can you guess who has performed better?

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They have been together on 38 occasions, and Tiger has shot a lower round 19 times, while Phil 15 times and they have tied on four instances. Hence, this shows Tiger has had an upper hand in this head-to-head battle so far.

Breakdown of all 38 encounters between Tiger and Phil

Here are all the 38 occasions where Tiger and Phil were in the same group.

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Event and year	Round	Tiger Woods	Phil Mickelson
2020 Zozo Championship	Fourth	74	78
2018 Players Championship	Second	71	73
2014 PGA Championship	First	72	79
	Second	74	67
2013 Deutsche Bank Championship	First	74	69
	Second	67	71
2012 U.S. Open	First	68	63
	Second	70	71
2012 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am	First	69	76
	Fourth	75	64
2011 WGC-Cadillac Championship	Third	70	72
	Second	74	71
	First	70	73
2010 BMW Championship	Fourth	70	67
2009 Masters	Fourth	68	67
2008 U.S. Open	Second	68	75
	First	72	71
2007 Deutsche Bank Championship	Fourth	67	66
	Second	64	64
	First	72	70
2006 PGA Championship	Second	68	71
	First	69	69
2006 Ford Championship at Doral	Third	68	72
2005 Ford Championship at Doral	Fourth	66	69
2003 Buick Invitational	Fourth	68	72
2002 Tour Championship	Fourth	70	69
	First	71	70
2001 Masters	Fourth	68	69
2001 Players Championship	Third	66	72
2000 Tour Championship	First	68	67
2000 WGC-NEC Invitational	Third	67	69
2000 Buick Open	Third	67	65
1999 U.S. Open	Third	72	73
1998 Nissan Open	Second	73	76
	First	68	67
1997 Tour Championship	Second	68	72
1997 NEC World Series of Golf	Second	72	72
1997 PGA Championship	Fourth	75	75

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Amey Kulkarni is a Golf writer at EssentiallySports. He is currently pursuing his Bachelor’s degree in mass media from HR College, Mumbai. Before joining EssentiallySports he used to write articles on Golf and Cricket on his personal blog cricgolf.

Tiger Woods vs Phil Mickelson Head-to-Head Record: Who Leads the Epic Rivalry

Tiger Woods vs Phil Mickelson head-to-head results

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Breakdown of all 38 encounters between Tiger and Phil