Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods shot same 10-year aggregate Masters score
An one of the weirdest statistical oddities in major history, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods were both 61 under during the 2000s at Augusta.
How's this for a statistical oddity: for 10 years at Augusta National, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson took the exact same number of strokes.
As Golfweek pointed out earlier this week, Woods and Mickelson took home six of the 10 available green jackets from 2001-2010. In doing so, they both hit the golf ball 2,819 times.
That's a total score of 61 under for each golfer. Crazy, right?
Here are their strokes by round.
Round 1
Woods: 720 (Even)
Mickelson: 708 (12 under)
Round 2
Woods: 701 (19 under)
Mickelson: 704 (16 under)
Round 3
Woods: 691 (29 under)
Mickelson: 703 (17 under)
Round 4
Woods: 707 (13 under)
Mickelson: 704 (16 under)
Mickelson was incredibly consistent throughout this stretch while Woods was an absolute killer on Saturdays. His only third round over par in this 10-year stretch was a 75 in 2004.
For their careers, Mickelson is 66 under at the tournament, while Woods is 84 under.
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