Phil Mickelson Hit It Over His Own Shoulder

2025 LIV Golf Virginia, final round, the par-4 17th. Phil Mickelson’s ball sat above his feet on a steep bank, the pin tucked behind him with no clear path to it. So at 54 years old, he opened the face of his wedge and hooked the ball high over his own shoulder — almost backwards — and watched it drop into the cup for birdie.

“You could see his wheels turning,” said Bryson DeChambeau, who was standing right there. “It’s got to be one of the greatest shots I’ve ever seen in my entire life.” The Washington Post called it perhaps the most improbable shot of Phil’s career — and this is a man who’s hit thousands of impossible ones.