Does Phil Mickelson bet on golf practice rounds?

Question

Phil Mickelson is a renown golfer and is addicted to golf betting. I was wondering, is it true that he bets on golf practice rounds?

Answer 1

Tales of golfers and their gambling exploits are legion, and PGA pro golfer Phil Mickelson has a more storied reputation than most. "Mickelson is ... known as a player who seldom -- if ever -- backs off from a challenge," wrote Don Wade in Wanna Bet? The Greatest True Stories About Gambling on Golf, "and that includes a bet." Wade recounts a 1998 incident in which Mickelson and his partner John Huston laid a side-bet against their opponents in a practice round on who could score the most birdies. Mickelson and Huston walked away with $27,000.