So while Mickelson is taking next week off, he doesn’t actually have any other PGA Tour commitments left in 2021. As he just competed in Arizona on Sunday, he wasn’t going to make the jump back to the Tour for the RSM Classic this week. So he wasn’t playing anyway.
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Phil Mickelson says he knows Saudi Arabia has a bad human rights record, but he’s so set on changing the PGA Tour that he’s still joining the country’s breakaway golf league.
Mickelson said he won't return because of a story published this week by The Detroit News, which obtained federal court records from 2007, detailing how a Michigan-based bookie allegedly cheated Mickelson out of $500,000. "It was so much effort for me to be here and to have that type of unnecessary attack," Mickelson said.
BROOKLINE, Mass. -- Six-time major champion Phil Mickelson said one of the reasons he prefers the new LIV Golf Invitational Series is because of its 54-hole events. Mickelson will probably only have to play 36 holes in the U.S. Open this week.
Meanwhile, Phil Mickelson will play with fellow LIV Golf member Louis Oosthuizen and Shane Lowry at 1:47 p.m. ET in his first event on U.S. soil since January. Jon Rahm, the 2021 U.S. Open champion, was grouped with Collin Morikawa and James Piot in one of the earliest tee times at 7:18 a.m.
Last weekend, Mickelson, who turned 52 on Thursday, was reportedly paid $200 million to be the star attraction of the rebel LIV Golf tour, whose major shareholder is the Private Investment Fund, the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia.
Phil Mickelson was among the most popular golfers to miss the cut. Mickelson came into the week as one of the main storylines given his decision to join LIV Golf and the controversy surrounding that tour.
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the Public Investment FundThe problem is that all the money for the LIV Tour is provided by the Public Investment Fund of the Saudi Arabian government. Saudi Arabia is a country that has a terrible record on human rights. The Saudis do not give women anywhere near the same rights as men.
The upstart LIV International Series, funded by the Saudi Arabia sovereign investment fund, has rocked the sport to its antique bones.
Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia, Dustin Johnson, Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood are among the players suspended from competing on the PGA Tour following their involvement in the controversial Saudi-funded LIV International Golf Series.
Other notable golfers who missed the cut in Brookline include Kevin Chappell (9-over), Billy Horschel (6-over), Louis Oosthuizen (6-over), Tony Finau (5-over) and Kevin Na (5-over).
Unfortunately for the 25-year-old his approach from 154-yards on the ninth came up short of the green and he was unable to hole out, settling for a second straight 2-over 72 and 4-over total, not enough to make the cut.
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Following his controversial comments regarding the Saudi Golf League, Mickelson issued a statement via social media saying he will be taking a break away from the game.
Mickelson split his season between the main tours and the PGA Champions Tour.