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Phil Mickelson was one of 11 golfers who sued the PGA Tour for antitrust violations back in August. Before the most recent LIV Golf event at Rich Harvest Farms outside of Chicago, however, the 45-time PGA Tour winner hinted that he might be leaving the suit. “Now that LIV (Golf) is involved, it’s not necessary for me to be involved,’’ Mickelson said on September 16. “The only reason for me to stay in is (monetary) damages, which I don’t really want or need anything. I do think… Source link

Topgolf Callaway Brands (MODG) CEO Chip Brewer is preparing his business for its next act as the golf world continues to undergo massive change. Speaking with Yahoo Finance at the 29th annual Goldman Sachs retail conference on Wednesday, Brewer said the impact LIV Golf has had on professional golf is “a little early to measure,” but noted this year’s influx of money into the sport is likely a “net positive” for the business. As for Callaway’s relationship with its biggest name, Brewer said the… Source link

Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau and nine other players involved with LIV Golf have filed suit against the PGA Tour, charging antitrust violations and alleging a wide-ranging pattern of coordinated behavior between the Tour and multiple other golf entities. In the lawsuit, , the players are challenging their suspensions from the PGA Tour, some of which extend into 2024. In addition, three players – Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford and Matt Jones – are seeking a temporary restraining order to… Source link

The lawyer tasked with probing ex-NFL quarterback Brett Favre, former Governor Phil Bryant and others in a sprawling $94 million Mississippi welfare fraud scheme has been fired by the state. Brad Pigott, a former U.S. attorney leading the investigation for the Mississippi Department of Human Services, was informed of his termination by MDHS Director Bob Anderson on Friday. He told Mississippi Today that he wasn’t given cause for his dismissal but was told that it wasn’t related to the quality… Source link

NORTH PLAINS, Ore. — As Phil Mickelson approached the tee box Thursday for his first shot on U.S. soil as a member of the LIV Golf Invitational Series, a fan asked: “How you doing, Phil?” “Awesome,” he replied. The face of LIV Golf has been all smiles this week at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, accommodating fans asking for his trademark thumbs up sign or looking for a fist bump. And his mood didn’t change Friday even after a second consecutive 75 that has him at 6-over for the first two… Source link

Phil Mickelson may have lost his PGA Tour privileges, his sponsorships, the respect of his peers and the support of the golf media … but he’ll always have the gallery. Playing in his first stateside event since making the comments about the Saudi government that sent him into golf exile, Mickelson enjoyed the cheers of the Boston gallery at The Country Club, giving thumbs-up all week long. On Thursday, his 52nd birthday, Mickelson stepped to the first tee amid a raucous reception from a… Source link

Phil Mickelson stepped to the microphone at the U.S. Open for the first news conference of the rest of his life looking like a pale shadow of his old self. His eyes were wider, his cheeks flecked with fragments of gray beard. Where once he’d sparred with the media like he was angling for a debate-team prize, now he was parrying barbed questions with dodges, evasions and brief non-answers. He wasn’t nervous — Phil Mickelson doesn’t get nervous — but he clearly wasn’t relishing… Source link

Phil Mickelson has kept quiet since his sudden downfall and departure from golf earlier this year. According to his mom, however, Mickelson is “in such a good place.” Mary Mickelson spoke to this week about her son since his controversial comments about the Saudi Arabia-backed golf league and his move to step away from the sport completely. He was supposed to , too, but he dropped out on Friday. While it’s been a tumultuous time for Mickelson, to say the least, Mary said he’s now as… Source link

If you’d told a golf fan in 2002 — back when Tiger Woods was collecting majors by the armload, and Phil Mickelson was the lovable major-less loser — that those two would still be the most popular players on the planet in 20 years, it probably wouldn’t have come as a total shock. (That 2002 fan would have reason to worry about the state of a game that hadn’t produced anyone to eclipse Tiger and Phil, but that’s a different story.) Woods and Mickelson possess a rare combination of… Source link

Phil Mickelson’s love of gambling is one of his defining characteristics. Now, a new book is reporting just how much that love cost him between 2010 and 2014: $40 million. An excerpt of the book “Phil: The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography of Golf’s Most Colorful Superstar,” due to be published May 17, breaks down in thorough, agonizing detail just how much money Mickelson lost over that period. Mickelson’s losses were recorded in documents compiled by government auditors doing a… Source link