"I think that you take things for granted but that when it gets taken away, you realize how much you enjoy it. "I realized last few years how much I love the game of golf," he said. In terms of golf, Mickelson says he loves the sport now more than ever. "You know we had a tough time there for a few years but we've been very fortunate to be in a much better place now." "Amy just had her fifth-year cancer-free celebration July 1 and we're so excited because that's a huge milestone and things been going really well, so we've been fortunate," Mickelson said. The couple have suffered through health scares - Mickelson battles psoriatic arthritis, and in 2009, Amy was diagnosed with breast cancer. Open, when Amy was pregnant with their first child, Phil famously wore a pager, ready to drop everything if she went into labor. It was his father Phil Sr., a former air force fighter pilot, who taught his son to love golf. But many times without your spouse, that's very difficult."įamily has always been front and center in Mickelson's life. "When your husband or wife is gone for six or eight months on each deployment and you're going through a pregnancy and the emotions and the highs and the lows of that pregnancy, many times on your own, hopefully you have family to support you. "It's very difficult to understand being a single parent even though you have a spouse," Mickelson said. The program provides support to combat-wounded veterans and their families, from financial aid, rehabilitation services, counseling and housing to educational scholarships and career development. It was thrown by the nonprofit organization Operation Shower in partnership with Barclays and Birdies For The Brave, a military outreach program Mickelson started in 2006 with his wife Amy.
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