Pros for Mickelson:
- One more slam
- Significantly more Overall Titles
- One more WGC Title
- Great longevity
- More top 2/5/10 finishes at slams and overall tournaments (although Phil's played in wayyy more of them)
- Excellent College/Amateur Career
- Played in the Tiger era
- Won 3 Masters Tournaments
Pros for McIlroy:
- Almost 100 more weeks at number one
- 2x Year End Number One
- 2x PGA Player of the Year
- 2x Annual Money Leader
- 2-slam season
- Won a FedEx Cup
- Won more individual tournaments in the FedEx Cup
- 2 Vardon/Byron Nelson Trophies
- Better Cuts made percentage/ratio
- Better Slam and overall title conversion rate
- Got to 4 slams way before Mickelson
- Was the simultaneous number 1 player in both the PGA and European Tour
- Won his majors in much more dominant fashion
- Higher Peak over the field and has a better career scoring average
Both won 3 of the 4 slams, and have come agonizingly close to winning the career slam a few times prior.
This is a close one
- One more slam
- Significantly more Overall Titles
- One more WGC Title
- Great longevity
- More top 2/5/10 finishes at slams and overall tournaments (although Phil's played in wayyy more of them)
- Excellent College/Amateur Career
- Played in the Tiger era
- Won 3 Masters Tournaments
Pros for McIlroy:
- Almost 100 more weeks at number one
- 2x Year End Number One
- 2x PGA Player of the Year
- 2x Annual Money Leader
- 2-slam season
- Won a FedEx Cup
- Won more individual tournaments in the FedEx Cup
- 2 Vardon/Byron Nelson Trophies
- Better Cuts made percentage/ratio
- Better Slam and overall title conversion rate
- Got to 4 slams way before Mickelson
- Was the simultaneous number 1 player in both the PGA and European Tour
- Won his majors in much more dominant fashion
- Higher Peak over the field and has a better career scoring average
Both won 3 of the 4 slams, and have come agonizingly close to winning the career slam a few times prior.
This is a close one
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