Like many of his fellow golfers, Phil Mickelson lives a life of luxury thanks to the wealth he’s amassed over the years. The 54-year-old, who left the PGA Tour to join LIV Golf two years ago, is one of the wealthiest professional athletes on the planet.
Mickelson provided insight into his finances last year, claiming his net worth is in the low hundreds of millions of dollars. In response to a fan’s question on X (formerly Twitter), he wrote, “I’m almost a millionaire now. Thanks for asking.”
The veteran golfer still earns a huge amount of money through LIV Golf and has numerous sponsorship deals with Callaway, KPMG, ExxonMobil, and more.
Express Sport takes you through Mickelson’s luxurious lifestyle, starting with his impressive car collection…
mighty car collection
Mickelson owns several luxury cars, including a Bentley Continental GT with a top speed of 237 miles per hour. It produces 542 horsepower and can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in just over 3 seconds.
He also drives an Aston Martin Vanquish, which is considered one of the most popular sports cars on the market. According to Clutch Point, the car is the most expensive car in Mickelson’s garage, priced at £221,997.
The least expensive vehicle in Mickelson’s collection is a custom EV EZGO golf cart worth around £10,000. Powered by a 48-volt battery, it produces 11.4 horsepower and has plenty of space for a bag of clubs and other accessories.
love for airplanes
Mickelson loves to travel by plane and earned his pilot’s license after college so he could fly himself to events. He then bought his own Gulfstream V private jet, which he later sold and now uses Dubai-based company Vista Global as his private jet.
skull and asteroid
One of Mickelson’s strange hobbies is collecting dinosaur skulls, and he was once gifted the head of a Tyrannosaurus rex. He also loves meteorites and owns fragments of an asteroid that crashed into South America about 100 years ago.
He told Golf Digest, “Amy gave it to me last Christmas. It weighs about 300 pounds and is about the size of a basketball. I also have a little one that a friend gave me. A softball. It’s about the same size. There are many others.” There are more meteorites than dinosaurs. ”
taste of wine
Mickelson is an avid wine collector and has been known to drink expensive bottles out of trophies from golf events. After winning the British Open in 2013, he carried around a claret jug and used it as a cup for himself and his friends.
He told The Scotsman: “People who know this game and love this game are very excited about it. I really understand. I only feed them good food.” Course.
“There was nothing substandard there, but the best was the 1990 Romanée-Conti wine, which thankfully wasn’t my money. Priced at about $40,000. (30,857 pounds).”
Mickelson repeated the trick in 2021, chugging a bottle of Black Magic Cabernet Sauvignon from the Wanamaker trophy.
