Mickelson Captures 3rd Green Jacket

Tiger Woods who?

After months and months of specualtion about how Tiger Woods would play at the Masters, amid his controversial personal crisis, it was instead a good family man who captured the Green Jacket this weekend.

Phil Mickelson, America's favorite golfer, who has stood by both his wife and mother as they struggle with breast cancer, won the Masters by three shots over Lee Westwood.

“To win this tournament, it’s the most amazing feeling,” Mickelson said from Butler Cabin. “This has been a special day. I’ll look back on this day as very memorable, something I’ll always cherish.”

Determined to win one for his family, Mickelson made two remarkable par saves from the trees, then made a gutsy play off the pine straw and over Rae’s Creek on the par-5 13th hole. It was the kind of shot that has brought Mickelson so much criticism for taking too many risks. This time, nothing was going to stop him. Yahoo Sports.

Mickelson now owns four major titles. He won the 2006 U.S. Open to go along with his three Master's championships.