Phil Mickelson: Golf will become a more global sport

Those comments were released a couple of months after Mickelson had referred to the PGA Tour’s “obnoxious greed” as a reason why players might be interested in joining the breakaway league, while maintaining the PGA Tour was sitting on millions of dollars that should be going to the players.

In the time since Mickelson’s departure from the American circuit, the PGA Tour announced a series of limited field events with bumper prize funds and no cut almost a copy of what LIV Golf was offering since their first event in After PGA Tour Commissioner, Jay Monahan, made the announcement of the new-look events, Mickelson quickly responded.

Before I left I brought a $1 billion commitment from a current PGA Tour partner to have 8 elevated events and give equity and ownership in these events to the players. JM’s quote was “I don’t believe the league is going to happen so we won’t be doing that.” No vote, no discussion,” Mickelson claimed on X last year.

Plenty more has happened since, including the PGA, DP World Tour and Public Investment Fund (PIF), the backers of LIV Golf, announcing a framework agreement last June as well as a bucketload of star names defecting to the circuit including current Masters champion Jon Rahm and 2022 Champion Golfer of the Year, Cameron So, how much of the past few years has gone how Mickelson expected in golf, and where does he want it to go?

So, I knew the first two years were going to be interesting,” said Mickelson before LIV Golf Miami, which gets underway on Friday.

“And how it all plays out, where it ends up, I don’t know exactly. I just know that in the end, it’s going to be a more global sport and there’s going to be more opportunities.

“We already have 52 more playing opportunities or 54, for players. That’s 54 more job opportunities that we didn’t have before, and they are on a more global scale.

“So, we are bringing high-end, world-class professional golf to parts of the world to open up opportunities in those countries, and getting young kids to see it first-hand, the way we did, when we went to our local tour event and saw the pros for the first time and got.

the world to open up opportunities in those countries, and getting young kids to see it first-hand, the way we did, when we went to our local tour event and saw the pros for the first time and got

“So, I don’t know exactly where it’s going to end up, but I know it’s going to end up in a more global environment.”

PIF, DP World, and the PGA Tour are in ongoing discussions to resolve issues in the golf industry.

Mickelson feels there is another problem that requires attention.

Mickelson mentioned that a difficult aspect of golf that is often overlooked is the fact that most people who play golf also enjoy watching football. “We like to watch NFL games, but we don’t actually participate in playing.

Personally, I don’t play football myself. None of us engage in tackling on weekends, but we all enjoy watching the sport.” Many of our viewers, most of them, a large number, are golfers. The challenge is to attract people who don’t play golf to the sport.

Various ideas are being considered to make the game appealing to non-golfers. Ultimately, there will be elements that will attract those who are not players but are interested in the game.

There are certain areas that are currently being handled in a discreet manner and have not been talked about yet. These are minor aspects that I believe we will eventually come up with some ideas for.

“We are currently at LIV aiming to attract a younger audience, which is beneficial because we aim to maintain the younger generation’s interest in the game and attract new fans as older ones age.”