Mickelson bags 3rd PGA Tour Champions win

US golfer Phil Mickelson with the PGA Tour Champions trophy on Sunday. Pic/Getty Images

US golfer Phil Mickelson won for the third time in four career starts on the PGA Tour Champions, closing with a 4-under 68 for a two-shot victory in the Constellation Furyk and Friends.

Mickelson, 51, won for the first time since his out-of-nowhere triumph at the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island in May for his sixth career major title. He has struggled on the PGA Tour since then, and this was his first Champions event since February.

Miguel Angel Jimenez battled with Mickelson throughout the day at breezy Timuquana Country Club and pulled even with birdies on the par-5 13th - where Mickelson three-putted for par - and the par-3 14th. But Mickelson converted a two-putt birdie on the par-5 15th to move ahead for good.

"He played some really good golf. He made a great up-and-down on 13 and the shot on 14 was really impressive. That par 3, that's a hard pin, it rolls left of the pin, right of the pin. He just stuck it in there tight and wouldn't go away," Mickelson said about Jimenez.

"I was appreciative that I was able to birdie two coming in and come out on top, but it was a tough day," he added.

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