Phil Mickelson announced Thursday that he won’t play in next week’s Masters and will be out for an extended period as his family continues to “navigate a personal health matter.”
It will be the first time since 1994 that five-time Masters champion Tiger Woods and Mickelson, a three-time winner of a green jacket, both miss the first major of the season.
Woods announced Tuesday that he was “stepping away for a period of time to seek treatment and focus on my health,” announcing the decision four days after he was arrested on suspicion of DUI and refusal to submit to a lawful test stemming from a rollover car crash in Florida.