Phil Mickelson appeared to endorse a post on X calling for PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan to resign over his treatment of LIV Golf players.
Tiger Woods will lead you to believe that there is “no animosity” in the negotiations with the financiers of LIV Golf.
However, Phil Mickelson and PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan seem to still be in love.
The days of Mickelson making lighthearted remarks in front of a fire or criticizing the USGA with an ice cream analogy are long gone.
When he pipes up it’s usually to accuse the journalist and author Alan Shipnuck of lying again or to endorse a post with ‘I told you so’ vibes.
His latest endeavour? Calling for the aforementioned Monahan to resign from his post.
Mickelson appeared to endorse a post by the golf commentator Bob Ball in which it was claimed Monahan will be out as PGA Tour chief whether the 6 June framework agreement is ratified or not.
He claims this comes from sources ‘at the highest level of golf’.
Ball outlined some of what he perceived to be Monahan’s mistakes amid unprecedented disruption in men’s professional golf over the last 18 months.
The commentator claimed Monahan:
° Cynically started a narrative that LIV players somehow endorsed the 9/11 terror attacks and the murder of Jamal Khashoggi
° He did so having reportedly held discussions with the Saudis a year prior to help bail out the European, DP World Tour
° Broke the trust of PGA Tour players by going behind their back
Mickelson’s activity on social media these days is relatively quiet compared to years gone by.
Mickelson concurred and said, “Excellent. Golf is in this predicament solely because of him, in addition to the fact that he has strong-armed LIV players, lost all credibility with his staff, and lost trust with his players. In my view, there is also no unity or way forward with him involved.”
A few hours prior to Mickelson’s post, 47-year-old Woods made his first public remarks regarding the PGA Tour-PIF partnership.
Woods acknowledged that he was “surprised” to hear the news and “frustrated” that it hadn’t been communicated to him and the other members beforehand.
That was the impetus behind his decision to join the policy board of the PGA Tour.
Regarding the making of covert deals, Woods declared, “It can’t happen again.”