Alan Shipnuck wrote his first cover story for Sports Illustrated in 1994 as a 21-year-old intern. He is the author of eight books, including the US bestsellers Bud, Sweat & Tees and The Swinger (with Michael Bamberger). He is a partner at the golf media company the Fire Pit Collective, where all of his writing, podcasts and video storytelling can now be found. Shipnuck lives in Carmel, California.
'Phil...is terrific fun, 19 chapters that read like Mickelson's
swashbuckling back nine in the final round of the 2004 Masters. Any
fan reading it will be able to tell Mickelson stories for the rest
of their lives... Reading the book there are times when Mickelson's
generosity and sense of fun makes you want to like him. Other times
when his lack of humility and smart-alec nature are hard to
stomach.'
*Sunday Times*
'Thoroughly engaging'
*Washington Post*
'I devoured every win, wager and ounce of Mickelson mischief
in this unflinching portrayal of golf’s most complicated character.
Hero? Gentleman? Jerk? Shipnuck’s masterful reporting is packed
with inside information (the legal sort) that lets the reader
decide. Thumbs up, indeed.'
*Tom Coyne, bestselling author of A Course Called Ireland*
'For years, in all the better press tents, there’s been a debate:
is there a writer BIG enough to capture Phil? Turns out, there is.
Alan on Phil! Shipnuck’s latest win is no ordinary event. It’s a
major.'
*Michael Bamberger, bestselling author of The Second Life of Tiger
Woods*
'Sports writing is often the best writing, a fact well known to
those who read about sports and inconceivable to those who don’t.
For a vivid reminder, look no further than this unauthorised
biography... Phil is well researched, bracingly
written and full of previously unreported colour; Mickelson
emerges as a mercurial and charismatic figure whose record-setting
golf game is possibly the least interesting thing about him.'
*Bloomberg Businessweek*
'A rollicking good time... Who is Phil? Shipnuck presents both the
good and bad and leaves it to the reader to decide where they come
out in the end... I suspect Phil’s fanbase will find reasons
anew to adore him even more while his detractors will find fresh
ammo to argue that he’s one of the all-time phonies.'
*Golfweek*
'Alan Shipnuck has spent his whole career writing about and
thinking about Phil, and that palpable fascination for his subject
has fuelled a superb biography. Anecdotes fly off the page, made
rollicking and weighty by engaged and perceptive sources.
Mickelson’s golfing genius, charisma and foibles are tracked
with a high-wire blend of irreverence and dispassion. For all of
that, it’s Shipnuck’s unflinching pursuit of Phil’s complexity that
will most endure.'
*Jaime Diaz, Golf Channel commentator and bestselling co-author of
The Big Miss*
'A robust, comprehensive, bald-faced foray into the gigantic life
of a man now living in an oversized kettle of hot water...
Shipnuck’s nose for the truth takes the reader into some dark and
disconcerting places. He provides frequent and fully anecdoted
references to Mickelson’s gambling... He also has an appropriate
sense of what is journalistically fair, and this book doesn’t come
close to crossing the line... The salacious stuff gets most of the
attention, but the product in its entirety is engaging, addictive
and impressive.'
*Sports Illustrated*
'A thoroughly readable portrait of a man who, for
good and ill, shatters every stereotype of golfers as
personality-deficient cyphers.'
*Booklist*
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