Phil Mickelson says he is "looking forward to competing at Augusta" amid 6th place finish at LIV Golf Miami

Modified Apr 08, 2025 01:52 GMT

Golf: LIV Golf Miami - Final Round - Source: Imagn

Golf veteran Phil Mickelson will make his 32nd Masters appearance this week at the Augusta National. A 3-time winner of this prestigious Major championship, the 54-year-old recently spoke about competing at The Masters after he finished 6th at LIV Golf Miami.

Mickelson, the captain of HyFlyers GC, put up a brilliant performance to register a top-10 finish at last week's LIV Golf event which took place at the Trump National Doral Miami. After the competition ended, he was part of a press conference in which he revealed that he is looking forward to competing at Augusta.

Phil Mickelson said (via ASAP Sport):

"Yeah, I'm playing really well. I'm playing good golf. I'm driving it well. I'm hitting good iron shots, putting it well. I'm looking forward to competing at Augusta, a course I know very well, and feel like I have the game now and am hitting the shots to compete."

Phil Mickelson has started the 2025 season with some exceptional golf. So far, Mickelson has played in five LIV Golf events and performed well in each. Mickelson began the season with a T23 finish at LIV Golf Adelaide and followed it up with a third-place finish at LIV Golf Hong Kong.

Later, he competed in LIV Golf Singapore and scored 69-68-72 to finish at T19. As mentioned above, Mickelson's most recent outing was LIV Golf Miami, where he scored 69-73-73 to finish 6th.

How much did Phil Mickelson earn at LIV Golf Miami?

The 2025 edition of LIV Golf Miami had a total purse of $25 million. While the largest share of this purse went to the tournament winner Marc Leishman, Phil Mickelson earned $700,000 for his 6th place finish. Here is a detailed look at the payout for the event:

1 Marc Leishman -6 $4,000,000
2 Charl Schwartzel -5 $2,250,000
3 Sergio Garcia -4 $1,500,000
4 Carlos Ortiz -3 $1,000,000
5 Bryson DeChambeau -2 $800,000
6 Phil Mickelson -1 $700,000
T7 Harold Varner III E $562,500
T7 Patrick Reed E $562,500
T9 Cameron Smith 1 $409,167
T9 Danny Lee 1 $409,167
T9 Jon Rahm 1 $409,167
T12 Talor Gooch 2 $350,000
T12 Charles Howell III 2 $350,000
T14 David Puig 3 $343,750
T14 Tom McKibbin 3 $343,750
T14 Cameron Tringale 3 $343,750
T14 Dean Burmester 3 $343,750
T18 Anirban Lahiri 4 $250,000
T18 Brooks Koepka 4 $250,000
T18 Lucas Herbert 4 $250,000
T21 Matt Jones 5 $220,000
T21 Sebastian Munoz 5 $220,000
T21 Peter Uihlein 5 $220,000
T24 Caleb Surratt 6 $195,000
T24 Young-han Song 6 $195,000
T24 Luis Masaveu 6 $195,000
T27 Dustin Johnson 7 $182,500
T27 Sam Horsfield 7 $182,500
T29 Anthony Kim 8 $170,000
T29 Martin Kaymer 8 $170,000
T29 Paul Casey 8 $170,000
T33 Yubin Jang 9 $145,572
T33 Tyrrell Hatton 9 $145,572
T33 Brendan Steele 9 $145,572
T33 Bubba Watson 9 $145,572
T33 Ian Poulter 9 $145,572
T33 Joaquin Niemann 9 $145,572
T33 Louis Oosthuizen 9 $145,572
T39 Adrian Meronk 10 $135,333
T39 Thomas Pieters 10 $135,333
T39 Jason Kokrak 10 $135,333
42 Matthew Wolff 12 $130,000
43 Kjettrup 13 $128,000
T44 Graeme McDowell 14 $126,500
T44 Kevin Na 14 $126,500
46 Abraham Ancer 15 $125,000
T47 Richard Bland 16 $101,000
T47 Andy Ogletree 16 $101,000
T47 Henrik Stenson 16 $101,000
50 Branden Grace 17 $60,000
51 Lee Westwood 18 $60,000
52 Mito Pereira 19 $50,000
T53 Max Lee 21 $50,000
T53 Ben Campbell 21 $50,000

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Varun is a fan of golfer Scottie Scheffler due to the latter’s mindset, and he admires Roman Reigns’ ability to keep moving forward in life regardless of any obstacles. As a purist golf fan, he would love to compete at the Masters if given the opportunity, but is also happy with LIV Golf driving more eyeballs towards the sport. If he could go back in time and be a manager for someone in the WWE, it would have been Big Show.

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