Phil Mickelson finally addressed the planned partnership between the PGA Tour, the DP World Tour and LIV Golf on Wednesday.
There are still plenty of details to be figured out, including whether or not LIV Golf continues in 2024. The league’s future will be determined by the new company’s board after Monahan issues a recommendation. LIV Golf CEO and Hall of Famer Greg Norman has reportedly told golfers that the league is planning to continue operating in 2024, though Norman’s future with the new entity is also up in the air.
Mickelson won 45 times on the PGA Tour in his career. He is second on the PGA Tour’s career-earnings list, and is just shy of the $100 million mark. Only Tiger Woods, who has earned nearly $121 million playing, is ahead of him. Mickelson was one of the first to get behind LIV Golf, though he received plenty of criticism — including for his comments supporting Saudi Arabia, who he described initially as “scary motherf***ers.”
While Mickelson didn’t shut the idea of returning to the Tour down, he made it clear he’s very content playing with LIV Golf at this stage of his career. "Rather than saying yes or no, I know that from a player experience, all of the difficulties and challenges and things that take a lot of excessive energy and output throughout the week have been fixed at LIV," Mickelson said, via ESPN."So the player experience here is incredible. I just can't envision a better scenario for me as a player than playing out here on LIV.
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