a four time major winner Mickelson

Mickelson, 41 and a four time major winner, is currently another four time winner of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am from a classic final-round charge saw him shoot a wonderful, bogey-free, 8-under-par 64 and close which has a 17-under total of 269 that left Woods, and, to a lesser extent South Korea's Charlie Wi, the overnight leader, spluttering as to what little dust there was clearly at verdant Pebble Beach Links.

The optimum left-hand golfer of modern times was all smiles and graciousness because he raced clear to beat a stumbling Woods, who had been right Mizuno MP-68 Irons on the websites for in second place behind Wi and two shots in advance of Mickelson at the outset of the afternoon, by...wait for it...most of 11 shots.

For your second weekend uninterruptedly, Woods arrived to the last round searching for all the world just like a winner, but after shooting an ugly 75 and missing putts in the 7th which were well within the compass of even most humble of weekend warriors, he was left looking a tragic and dejected figure, having posted five bogeys and two birdies inside them for hours yet again did not win his first full-field event since the 2009 season.

Wi, who had been Mizuno MP-58 irons six shots ahead of Mickelson as he teed off alongside him, closed with a level-par 72 to complete alone in second place, two shots behind Mickelson, whose six birdies and an eagle about the par-5 sixth hole also exposed to 40 his amount of PGA Tour victories.

Fellow American Ricky Barnes finished third on 13 under and Aaron Baddeley on 12 under.

Kevin Na and Dustin Johnson tied for fifth on 11 under, with Ireland's on-the-up-again Padraig Harrington an attempt further back on 10 under as well as Ken Duke.

"It just feels great to win this tournament," Mickelson, 41, told the discount golf clubs media afterwards. "It's a special area for me, Pebble Beach, also to use a win here, where my grandfather caddied, feels awesome.

"I felt like my game was so close heading to the season, yet my scores didn't reflect how I felt I had been playing," he stated when discussing the truth that prior to this  best finish in 2010 have been joint 26th in three starts.