Phil Mickelson's dramatic flop shot earned him a second major title and pushed him past eight golfers in my Golf's Ultimate Playday standings.
In terms of his peers, only Tiger and Ernie Els rank ahead of Lefty.
Mickelson earned 21 points -- 20 points for winning and one bonus point for margin of victory -- for the PGA and ended up with 22 points overall for 2005. That makes for his second best season in the majors in his career. His total points, factoring in his 1, 3, 5, 10 and career rankings, rose from 249.56 to 277.3, leapfrogging him past Billy Casper, Craig Wood, Cary Middlecoff, Julius Boros, Bobby Locke, Jimmy Demaret, Nick Price and Peter Thomson.
Els is immediately ahead of Mickelson with 279.9 points. Jim Barnes is ahead of those two with 301.11 points.
Here are the top 14 golfers from the PGA (there was a five-way tie for 10th) and where they now rank in the Ultimate Playday standings. The players in bold are in the Ultimate Playday or top 72 golfers ever.
PGA rank, player, points, all-time rank
1. Phil Mickelson, 277.3, 22nd
2. Steve Elkington, 140.5, 88th
2. Thomas Bjorn, 78.3, 187th
4. Tiger Woods, 622.08, 2nd
4. Davis Love III, 177.89, 60th
6. Geoff Ogilvy, 15.0, 662nd
6. Michael Campbell, 59.0, 251st
6. Retief Goosen, 145.6, 83rd
6. Pat Perez, 8.75, 874th
10. Vijay Singh, 220.41, 41st
10. Ted Purdy, 0.50, 1,116th
10. David Toms, 81.45, 179th
10. Steve Flesch, 12.9, 697th
10. Dudley Hart, 5.09, 923rd
