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With four major wins and 39 total PGA Tour wins in his career, Phil Mickelson has erased any doubt as to whether he can be considered a great golfer. He is truly one of the greats now, and is still, at age 41, a force to be reckoned with in any tournament he enters. But for a long time, it wasn’t that way at all.

For years, despite being considered a star by winning a number of difficult Tour events, Phil carried the label of “best golfer never to win a major.” He finally broke through in 2004 with a dramatic Masters victory after a tense back-nine duel with Ernie Els. He won another major in 2005 at Baltusrol for the PGA Championship, but still battled the stigma of being second-best. Though he was winning majors, Phil’s success coincided with the peak of Tiger Woods’ career, in which Tiger put the number one world ranking far out of reach.

Phil also continues today the quest for his own personal holy grail, a U.S. Open title. He’s never won one, but fittingly holds the all-time record for second-place finishes in the event, with five. He has never been ranked number one.

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