Posted 05-20-2009

Amy Mickelson Diagnosed With Breast Cancer

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (May 20, 2009) – After undergoing an extensive battery of tests Phil Mickelsons’s wife, Amy, has been diagnosed with breast cancer. The couple married in 1996 and has three children aged 9, 7 and 6.

More tests are scheduled but the treatment process is expected to begin with major surgery, possibly within the next two weeks.

Mickelson has suspended his Tour schedule indefinitely. He was due to play the HP Byron Nelson Championship beginning tomorrow and defend his Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial title next week.

Contact:    
T.R. Reinman
619-889-0097
treinman@gaylordsports.com