Phil Mickelson falls out of top 100 for first time in 28 years
March 8, 2021
After nearly three decades inside the Official World Golf Ranking top 100, Phil Mickelson now finds himself on the outside looking in.
After not playing in the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill this past week, Mickelson tumbled out of the top 100 for the first time since 1993. He now finds himself ranked 101st after a record 1,425 weeks as part of the list of the world’s best golfers.
50-year-old Phil Mickelson began the year ranked No. 66, but he fell outside after a string of subpar performances. He has played in just 45 events so far, but missed the cut at The American Express and the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and finished tied for 53rd at the Farmers Insurance Open and in another official worldwide start. Mickelson also played once at a PGA Tour Champions event earlier this year, although world-ranking points are not earned in those events and did not affect his fall from the top 100.