<p>"Right now I may end up playing and I may not, and it will depend on some out-of-school stuff that could prohibit us actually going on a family vacation which is what we did last year," the US Masters champion said. <br /><br />"Tucson is one of my favourite places to play and the Match-Play is one of my favourite tournaments to compete in but with the kids having a week off school I would say I am 50-50 right now whether I do play." <br /><br />The Match-Play Championship starts on February 23. Mickelson has missed the event just twice since the inaugural tournament in 1999 -- in 2001 and last year. <br /><br />Mickelson heads back to the United States having carded rounds of 71, 70, 72 and 70 for a five-under-par total in the Abu Dhabi Championship, his first event of the year. "This has been a good week for me given that I haven't played in the last two months and I was a little bit rusty," he said. <br /><br />"It's given me the chance to see where I was performing well and where I was weak. The first three days my short game was very poor so I came out early today to spend a little more time on that aspect, and I will go back home and spend time on it. <br /><br />"It cost me a number of shots throughout my rounds and that's an area I need to focus on and get sharper in coming weeks." Mickelson will contest two other regular European Tour events this year: the Scottish Open from July 7 and the Singapore Open from Nov 10. <br /><br />However, he ruled out competing in the Dubai Desert Classic, in which Tiger Woods intends to take part, from Feb 10, and the Qatar Masters starting a week earlier. "The difficulty for me is that the tournaments in the Middle East are during the 'West Coast Swing' (of) tournaments I grew up playing," he said.</p>
<p>"Right now I may end up playing and I may not, and it will depend on some out-of-school stuff that could prohibit us actually going on a family vacation which is what we did last year," the US Masters champion said. <br /><br />"Tucson is one of my favourite places to play and the Match-Play is one of my favourite tournaments to compete in but with the kids having a week off school I would say I am 50-50 right now whether I do play." <br /><br />The Match-Play Championship starts on February 23. Mickelson has missed the event just twice since the inaugural tournament in 1999 -- in 2001 and last year. <br /><br />Mickelson heads back to the United States having carded rounds of 71, 70, 72 and 70 for a five-under-par total in the Abu Dhabi Championship, his first event of the year. "This has been a good week for me given that I haven't played in the last two months and I was a little bit rusty," he said. <br /><br />"It's given me the chance to see where I was performing well and where I was weak. The first three days my short game was very poor so I came out early today to spend a little more time on that aspect, and I will go back home and spend time on it. <br /><br />"It cost me a number of shots throughout my rounds and that's an area I need to focus on and get sharper in coming weeks." Mickelson will contest two other regular European Tour events this year: the Scottish Open from July 7 and the Singapore Open from Nov 10. <br /><br />However, he ruled out competing in the Dubai Desert Classic, in which Tiger Woods intends to take part, from Feb 10, and the Qatar Masters starting a week earlier. "The difficulty for me is that the tournaments in the Middle East are during the 'West Coast Swing' (of) tournaments I grew up playing," he said.</p>