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Phil Mickelson - A champion on so many levels!

I play very little golf, I swing a golf club so that I can be outside with my girlfriends on a beautiful day. I don't follow the golf circuit or worry over Tiger Woods' transgressions. But yesterday's win at the Master's Cup warmed my heart.  In June 2006, I had the good fortune of being chosen to attend the Mickelson-Exxon Mobile Teachers Academy in Fairfax Virginia. For a week we met daily at the Exxon Corporate Headquarters for an awesome science workshop. This workshop was centered around using best teaching practices. From start to finish, we were treated as professionals.  Each day as we got off the bus, both the CEO and Vice president of Exxon would greet us, each man asking how our previous evening had been, or if there was anything they could do to make our day better than the one before.  They served us wonderful meals, took us on tours, and we even had our own room accommodations! (Unlike most business people attending conferences, teachers are expected to d