While Phil Mickelson was playing this weekend in China, a result in Japan brought his remarkable streak to an end.
Mickelson entered the WGC-HSBC Champions ranked No. 50 in the world, and he finished T-28 after a final-round 68. But Shugo Imahira's runner-up result at the Mynavi ABC Championship on the Japan Tour was enough to jump from No. 53 to No. 50 in the updated rankings, knocking Mickelson down to 51st.
It marks the first time since November 1993 that Mickelson is outside the top 50 in the world, ending a streak of 1,353 straight weeks.