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With this win Phil Mickelson secured his third European Tour International Schedule victory in his 59th European Tour event as a professional and his third Major Championship victory following The 2004 Masters Tournament and 2005 US PGA Championship. It was also his 33rd win as a professional worldwide. Following his 2005 USPGA Championship victory, he becomes the first player since Tiger Woods (2002 Masters Tournament and US Open Championship) to win consecutive Major ChampionshipsNike Driver Becomes the fifth player to win the tournament before The Masters Tournament and go onto win at Augusta, following, Ralph Guldahl (1939), Sam Snead (1949), Art Wall (1959) and Sandy Lyle (1988) Is the eighth player in Major Championship history to win the tournament the week before, followed by the Major the next week His tenth top ten career finish in The Masters Tournament and eighth in a row The 16th year in a row the winner of The Masters Tournament has played in the final pairing Golf Driver City The 16th different multiple winner of The Masters Tournament Mizuno Driver The 99th American victory on The European Tour The fourth American victory on The 2006 European Tour International Schedule, following Chris DiMarco (Abu Dhabi Golf Championship), http://www.golfdrivercity.com/Tiger Woods (Dubai Desert Classic) and Kevin Stadler (Johnnie Walker Classic) Claims a place in the HSBC World Match Play Championship, PGA Grand Slam of Golf and 2007 HSBC Champions tournament Claims his second top ten finish of the 2006 European Tour season and 26th of his career
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