Had Phil Mickelson played one of his previous 30 US Opens like he played this press conference – measured, reserved, conservative, straight – he might have this national championship to his name.
On the eve of the first edition of the LIV Golf Series, and for the first time since February, Phil Mickelson faced the media and having to publicly explain the past four months.
After a disappointing four-over 74 Saturday in the third round of the PGA Championship, Justin Thomas retreated to the practice range at Southern Hills Country Club to work out some frustration and perhaps work in a little fine-tuning.
It’s nothing personal. Tiger Woods made that abundantly clear on Tuesday morning at the PGA Championship—that his disagreement with Phil Mickelson, the defending champion whose absence is dominating chatter at Southern Hills, is strictly a difference in opinion.
In the annals of golfing weirdness, here’s a double whammy for the ages: the PGA Championship will be played this week not where it was originally scheduled to be played and without its 51-year-old defending champion in the field.
Golf greats Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson have dropped strong hints about their next Major championship starts with both submitting applications to the US Open.
Speaking to the media during his annual press conference, Ridley said that Mickelson’s absence at the 2022 Masters came from Mickelson and Mickelson alone.
After insulting the Saudi Government and openly admitting he was using the now named LIV Golf Invitational Series as leverage against the PGA Tour’s “obnoxious greed”, you might have thought Phil Mickelson would be persona non grata to the breakaway league.
The subject of “transparency” in relation to the tour’s business – be it financials, the levying of player fines and suspensions, or even the results of voting for Player of the Year – has become a growing topic of discussion in recent weeks and was reiterated on Tuesday in a press conference at TPC Sawgrass.
Australian Golf Digest
