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Mickelson set goal to win '91 Tour event as amateur

Phil Mickelson is a big believer in goal-setting - even the ones he forgets about.

Wednesday marked the 25th anniversary of Mickelson's victory as an amateur at the PGA Tour's Northern Telecom Open. Speaking on "Morning Drive," Lefty recounted a story about how the Mickelson family had gotten together the previous Christmas to write down three goals that each of them had for the upcoming year.

"We wrote them down, put them in a vase and then we were going to open them a year later. I had forgotten that I had written this down, but one of the three goals that I had written for 1991 was to win the Tucson Open," Mickelson said.