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Keys to Victory: Mickelson brought complete game to 2005 FBR Open
 

• Phil Mickelson ranked fifth in average driving distance and all drives with an average of 301.8 yards while hitting 60.7 percent of the fairways.

• Mickelson was on target with his irons, averaging 24 feet, 3 inches on approach shots from the fairway.

• Averaging 4 feet, 9 inches from the hole on his scrambling attempts, Mickelson was able to get up and down for par or better 22 times in 27 attempts - a scrambling average of 81.5 percent

• Mickelson averaged 26 putts per round versus the field average of 28.69.

• Under par 33.3 percent of the time, Mickelson converted on 47.7 percent of his birdie opportunities and recorded a total of 23 birdies for the tournament.

  Mickelson Rank Mickelson Stat FBR Open Average Mickelson 2005 Season Rank Mickelson 2005 Season Stat
Driving Distance - All Drives 5 301.8 288.7 14 291.6
Going for the Green T6 65% 48.4% 8 53.4%
Fairway Proximity 2 24' 3" 31' 2" 48 27' 7"
Approaches from 125-150 Yards 1 13' 8" 24' 8" 2 19' 9"
Approaches from 175-200 Yards 8 26' 2" 36' 3" 90 33' 8"
Scrambling 3 81.5% 54.7% T8 62.4%
Scrambling from the Fringe T1 100% 88.2% T10 91.7%
Scrambling from 10-20 Yards T9 77.8% 57.9%T36 65.9%
Scrambling from > 10 Yards T1 100.0% 85.3% T82 84.9%
Putting Average T3 1.667 1.803 15 1.740
Overall Putting Average 2 1.444 1.631 T30 1.594
One-Putt Percentage T1 52.8% 37.8 T12 42.0%
Putts Per Round 2 26.00 29.35 T31 28.69
Putting from 10' - 15' T3 62.5% 30.2 T106 30.3%
Putting from > 25' T9 13.6% 6.6% T29 7.2%
Par Breakers 2 33.3% 18.7% 2 24.8%
Par 3 Scoring Average T3 2.81 3.12 T67 3.06
Par 4 Scoring Average T1 3.80 4.10 3 3.97
Birdie or Better Conversion % 1 47.7% 28.6 2 35.7%