Phil Mickelson’s Father, Who Is a Former Navy Pilot, Once Taught His Son a Valuable Lesson That Impacted Him Deeply

Phil Mickelson is known for a lot of reasons among his fans. But his fans love him the most for him being a family man. The golfer has always been very expressive about his relationship with his wife and his parents. He once shared a story where his father punished Mickelson and his sister for disobeying him.

Phil Mickelson give details about his father’s ruthless punishment

Mickelson’s father was a pilot in the US Navy, which ensured that Lefty had a strict background during his childhood. He once talked about an incident when he and his sister disobeyed their father and got punished for it. Mickelson sat in a special “Phireside with Phil” chat with his old man discussing incidents from his childhood.

Mickelson introduced his dad on the show and said that he was “a man of very few words.” However, Mickelson didn’t give him a chance to speak either as he started to narrate a story about his childhood. It was about the time when Phil and Tina Mickelson were four and six years old.

It was Halloween and the siblings were craving to eat some of the candy they had collected from the neighborhood. But their old man denied their request as it was too close to dinner time for eating any candy. However, their dad’s denial was not enough to stop their quest to eat candy.

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Taking matters into their own hands, Phil and Tina snuck into the bedroom closet upstairs and started eating mouthfuls of candy. But it was not long before their father caught the two red-handed. “My dad came up and knew exactly what we were doing, caught us and took all the candy and burned it right here in this fireplace,” Mickelson said.

Does Mickelson have a pilot’s license like his father?

Mickelson’s father has been an inspiration for him to learn flying planes. The golfer was always intrigued by the idea of flying planes and even got his pilot’s license. Since then, Mickelson flew several small planes across the country.

He even flew to his daughter’s graduation ceremony. However, the golf legend refrains from flying his luxurious private jet and leaves it to the pros. Mickelson had no plans to join the Navy as a pilot but his love for planes is no less than a tribute to his old man.

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