Mickelson suspends play after wife’s cancer diagnosis

LOS ANGELES - Phil Mickelson has suspended playing on the PGA Tour indefinitely after his wife was diagnosed with cancer, officials said Wednesday.

The breast cancer in Amy Mickelson was discovered after an “extensive battery of tests,” the golfer’s manager T.R. Reinman said in a release.

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

The couple married in 1996 and have three children aged nine, seven, and six.

Mickelson, 38, is a two-times Masters champion and winner of the 2005 PGA Championship.

The world number two was due to play the Byron Nelson Championship beginning Thursday and defend his title at the Colonial Invitational next week.

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