Before LIV Golf kicked off the season in the Mayakoba Resort-area of Mexico this week, several teams rendezvoused in the home cities of their captains.
Making mistakes is an inherent part of golf: attempting to hit a hero shot instead of punching out, misreading putts, even white belts, for pity’s sake. However, the biggest danger facing modern golfers is Twitter.
A request has been filed by PGA Tour attorneys seeking a new trial date in its battle with LIV Golf, along with an extension to the document discovery process.
Mickelson was enthralled by the drama at the DP World Tour event, where early in the week Patrick Reed approached Rory McIlroy and attempted to say hello but was ignored and subsequently walked away while casting a tee in his direction.
After a tumultuous year that included playing a key part in the launch of LIV Golf, Phil Mickelson is excited about 2023 and beyond—even if that future doesn’t ever include another PGA Tour appearance or participating again in the Ryder Cup.
From Phil Mickelson slamming the PGA Tour’s business model to Morgan Hoffman drinking his own urine in search of a cure for muscular dystrophy, and an almighty bust up at Cranbourne’s club champs, here are some of the most read stories in 2022.
Cameron Smith has been picked to face off against Phil Mickelson in the first day of the LIV Golf Teams Championship, the finale to the upstart tour’s inaugural season.
The famed Miami-area club, owned by former President Donald Trump and once host of a regular PGA Tour stop won by the likes of Greg Norman, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, holds the finale for LIV’s inaugural 2022 season.
LIV Golf chief executive Greg Norman admitted in May that Phil Mickelson’s comments to the Fire Pit Collective delayed the launch of the Saudi-backed circuit. But according to a story from the New Yorker, Mickelson almost torpedoed the entire operation.
Phil Mickelson recently said he “never did an interview with Alan Shipnuck” in November 2021, which golf writer Shipnuck released in February this year, creating enormous controversy for the left-handed golf great.
“It was supposed to be this,” said Phil Mickelson, pointing to his logo. “Didn’t really turn out that way (laughing.) I was just something we had last night at the dinner there.”
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