Mickelson is the ninth player in PGA Tour history with 40 career wins

He finished up with a two-shot win over Wi, who four-putted for double bogey about the opening hole and never recovered.

             

Mickelson, who finished at 17-under 269, became merely the ninth player in PGA Tour history with 40 career wins. This was special for several reasons, along with the thrashing he gave Woods was but a small sector of computer.

His wife, Amy, flew up to the weekend and gave him a pep talk Friday while it's raining at Monterey Peninsula when Mickelson was going Ping K15 fairway wood nowhere. He ran off five birdies, got in to the tournament and grabbed a victory he didn't see coming.

Just as much as Woods covers his game staying close, Mickelson felt exactly the same way. His last win was the Houston Open last April, and even though he thought he was putting well, his scores didn't reflect it

"It's one of the more emotional victories personally than I've had, and the reason is I've had some doubt these last couple of Ping G15 Fairway Wood weeks, in the scores I've shot," Mickelson said. "Having these great practice sessions, I started to wonder if I'm going to be able to carry it towards the the game. Which means this provides me with lots of confidence and erases the doubt."

The very last shred of doubt came around the 14th, a diabolical green that turn birdies into bogeys without caution. Woods hit a wedge that took place the side from the green, requiring two chips to have about the green. He earned bogey.

"He erased all doubt and said, 'Let's get discount golf clubs aggressive to make birdie, we want one more here,' " Mickelson said. "It got me aggressive and into a positive mind-set."

Wi, who started the last round having a three-shot lead, birdied his last two holes for the 72 and his fifth runner-up finish on tour. It was the 3rd straight week how the winner began a final round no less than six shots behind a 54-hole leader opting for his first tour victory.

"I fought back and hung in there, as the four-putt about the first hole, I had been really shook up pretty badly and my strokes were pretty iffy at best," Wi said. "I hung in there all day. My time should come."