Phil Mickelson blasts PGA Tour as he demands a ‘public apology and restitution to LIV Golf players’ and suggests those who join the Saudi-backed tour now should be sanctioned
- Mickelson has slammed claims the PGA Tour and demanded a public apology
- This comes after a shock merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf
- Mickelson replied to a tweet suggesting he may be treated harshly
Phil Mickelson has slammed claims that players who defected from the PGA Tour loudly and publicly will be treated harsher than their fellow LIV colleagues.
This comes after the PGA Tour agreed to partner with Saudi Pubic Investment Fund, who bankroll the LIV league.
Taking to Twitter, Mickelson downplayed the claims that players such as himself could be ‘given no favours’ for the way they left PGA Tour.
He said: ‘What a colossal waste of time. Not a single player on LIV wants to play PGA Tour.’
The 53-year-old then continued to demand a public apology as he accused the PGA tour of ‘paying millions’ to the press to ‘disparage’ the LIV players.
Phil Mickelson has slammed the PGA Tour and demanded a public apology for his colleagues
He also accused the PGA Tour of ‘paying millions to Clout media to disparage’ the players
Meanwhile, Patrick Reed admitted he would love to make a return to the PGA Tour
He continued: ‘It would require a public apology and restitution to LIV players for paying millions to Clout media to disparage all of us.’
Mickelson has been at the center of the LIV Golf scandal from the start as he was heavily criticised for making the move.
However, he was supportive as the PGA Tour decided to unite with LIV Golf.
Mickelson tweeted ‘Awesome day today’ when the merger was announced and did not elaborate further on this thoughts.
However, he has now taken to Twitter once more to slam claims that he could be treated harsher due to the public way that he left the PGA Tour.
It remains to be seen if any of these claims would come to fruition, but Mickelson has taken aim at the PGA Tour again as he singles them out for criticism.
Furthermore, Patrick Reed has revealed that he would ‘love’ to make a return to the PGA Tour alongside playing in the LIV Gold Series.
Speaking to Golfweek, via The Mirror, he said: ‘I’ve always wanted to play and keep my European Tour status. I’m an honorary lifetime member. I take pride in that.
‘PGA Tour, yeah of course I’d love to play. The first year of LIV I would have played the minimum — I already played the minimum on the PGA Tour. I have played every event on LIV and I would have played the minimum on the European Tour. I was that one guy when they said no one can play all three. Well, I did it. Shocker.’