Before he was a five-time major winner, Phil Mickelson was arguably the greatest college golfer ever. At Arizona State, Mickelson won 16 of the 51 tournaments he played in, including three NCAA Championships, and he earned 43 top-10 finishes.

Here's a detailed look at Mickelson's college career (1988-92) and all of the tournaments and honors he won along the way.

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Three-time NCAA Champion

Mickelson is one of seven collegiate golfers to win back-to-back individual NCAA Championships and he became just the second player to win three individual titles in his college career. He won as a freshman, sophomore and senior, while setting NCAA two-round (16-under 128) and three-round records (19-under 197) in his final year of college. His 63 in the first round of the 1992 NCAA Championship was a career-low and his 72-hole total of 271 tied the NCAA record at the time.

Mickelson didn't just win, he won with all-time great scores.

Arizona State won the team title in 1990 and finished as the runner-up in 1992.

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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Dustin Johnson and Justin Rose — each two-time winners this year — share the lead in the chase for the 2018 PGA of America Player of the Year Award, one of the season-ending honors presented by the PGA of America for excellence by a PGA TOUR professional.

Johnson, who also leads the Vardon Trophy standings, matched Rose with 56 total points based upon victories, season money earnings and adjusted scoring averages. Justin Thomas, the 2017 PGA Player of the Year, is third overall with 54 points, followed by Open Champion Francesco Molinari with 46 and Bubba Watson with 44.

Since 1948, the PGA of America has honored the game’s best players with the PGA Player of the Year Award. It is presented to the top TOUR professional based on a point system for tournament wins, official money standings, and scoring average. Points for the 2017-18 season began with the Safeway Open on Oct. 5, and conclude Sept. 23, at the TOUR Championship.

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LPGA star Brittany Lincicome will beome the sixth women to play on the PGA Tour when she tees it up this week at the Barbasol Championship.

Lincicome, 32, accepted a sponsor's exemption into the opposite-field event, which is being played the same days as the Open Championship. Lincicome has 57 career top-ten finishes to go with eight career victories on the LPGA Tour. She is known for being one of the longest drivers in the women's game and currently ranks 10th in driving distance at 269.5 yards. Lincicome is coming off a second-place finish July 15 at the Marathon Classic where she lost in a playoff to Thidapa Suwannapura.

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As we look into the crystal ball, what does 2018 hold for the majors?

For starters, we'll have a chance to see Phil Mickelson (U.S. Open) and Jordan Spieth (PGA Championship) complete the career grand slam -- something only five players have done in the Masters era. Those players? Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Ben Hogan, Gary Player and Gene Sarazen. Pretty sweet company.

But the way we see it? There's probably not going to be a career slam completed in 2018. It's still going to be exiting though.

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Sit tight. It appears the Phil Mickelson vs. Tiger Woods made-for-TV $10 million dream match discussed earlier this month is coming soon.

Mickelson addressed the media after the first round of the Scottish Open on Thursday, July 12 on everything from an exact date of his rivalry match with Woods to the upcoming British Open to a misplayed ball that garnered him the spotlight roughly a month ago. While there isn't a date set for the Woods vs. Mickelson showdown just yet, he admitted the wheels were in motion and moving quickly.

“No, but hopefully in the next week or two," he said. "I think we’re close to having some stuff finalized.”

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