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The Latest Breaking News from Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson’s sponsor KPMG dropped him after 14 years amid his ties to Saudi-backed league

Is this just the beginning?

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Phil Mickelson ends deal with KPMG after apologizing for comments

Mickelson said that it was worth getting in bed with the Saudis, despite their history of human rights abuses, if it meant a chance to change the PGA Tour.

Chicago Sun-Times

Phil Mickelson now regrets that his wild quotes about Saudi golf league became public

Like everyone else involved, Phil Mickelson is now sprinting away at full speed from his comments about a potential breakaway Saudi-funded golf league.

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Phil Mickelson sorry for ‘reckless’ Saudi Super League comments as key sponsor agrees to end deal

Mickelson released a statement on social media saying he was ‘deeply sorry’ for causing offence after trying to justifying joining a Saudi-funded golf tour

The Independent UK

Phil Mickelson releases statement concerning Saudi Arabia, admits making mistakes and says he’s taking time away from the game

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - Just five minutes before a player meeting began at the Honda Classic, Phil Mickelson addressed unflattering comments about the PGA Tour and others associated with the proposed Saudi Arabia-backed, Greg Norman-led Super ...

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Phil Mickelson releases statement concerning Saudi Arabia, admits to mistakes and will take time away

Mickelson said he needs "some time away to prioritize the ones I love most and work on being the man I want to be."

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Phil Mickelson’s ego has given golfers leverage – but few moral lessons

Many who remained tight-lipped over the Saudi-backed breakaway league stand to gain from the leverage it has given players over the PGA Tour. The sentiment of ‘obnoxious greed’ is hardly exclusive to Mickelson

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Rory McIlroy launches stinging attack on Phil Mickelson over golf Super League

McIlroy branded Mickelson “naive, selfish, egotistical and ignorant” over his Saudi Super League breakaway backing

Belfast Live

‘Idiotic, complete lies:’ Billy Horschel unloads on Phil Mickelson following comments on Saudi Arabia-backed league

“I’ll put it this way. They were a little bit idiotic,” Horschel said of Mickelson’s comments.

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Saudi Golf League in tatters as Bryson DeChambeau snubs tournament to stay on PGA Tour

Just hours after Dustin Johnson made his allegiances clear, Bryson DeChambeau has become the latest golf star to snub the Saudi Golf League in order to stay on the PGA Tour

Daily Mirror

Rory McIlroy slams 'egotistical and selfish' Phil Mickelson over Golf Super League comments

Rory McIlroy has criticised Phil Mickelson for his comments regarding the proposed Golf Super League.

Daily Mirror

Rory McIlroy labels Phil Mickelson ‘naive, selfish, egotistical, ignorant’ over Saudi golf league

Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau have committed their futures to the PGA Tour

The Independent UK

Rory McIlroy blasts Phil Mickelson comments over Saudi Golf League: ‘Naive, selfish, egotistical, ignorant’

Rory McIlroy has criticised Phil Mickelson over the American’s comments regarding a proposed Saudi-backed breakaway tour, calling them “naive, selfish, egotistical, ignorant”.

Evening Standard

Analysis: A rough Sunday for Norman as rival tour rejected

Greg Norman has had his share of rough Sundays in major championships

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Phil Mickelson may have accidentally thwarted PGA Tour's Saudi exodus as Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson pull out

We were weeks from the greatest shake-up in professional golf in decades, but explosive comments from Phil Mickelson appear to have killed off the Saudi experiment before it even began.

The Guardian - UK

‘Egotistical’: Rory McIlroy attacks Phil Mickelson over Saudi-backed tour

McIlroy says the Greg Norman-backed Super Golf League is ‘dead in the water’ and had ‘a lot of words’ for Mickelson

USA Today Sports Media Group

Rory McIlroy crushed Phil Mickelson for comments about Saudi-backed golf league

Masterful delivery.

The Independent UK

Rory McIlroy believes potential breakaway golf league is ‘dead in the water’

Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau have committed their futures to the PGA Tour.

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The Independent UK

Johnson and DeChambeau become latest big names to commit futures to PGA Tour

They have joined Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Jon Rahm and Collin Morikawa in resisting the overtures of a Saudi-backed rival circuit.

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Bryson DeChambeau commits to PGA Tour, another massive blow to Saudi Arabia-backed Super Golf League

"I want to make it very clear that as long as the best players in the world are playing the PGA Tour, so will I."

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Lynch: Phil Mickelson’s mouth has brought him — and his greedy Saudi scheme — to the brink of ruin

It appears Mickelson is either resigned to his fate or eager for a showdown with the Tour.

Los Angeles Times

Joaquin Niemann continues Genesis Invitational magic as players debate Saudi league

LOS ANGELES — It is both the talk and the scourge of the PGA Tour, the speculation for more than a year now about a Saudi-financed breakaway league bent on poaching golf’s top players with massive appearance fees and purses generating headlines.

Tribune News Service

Phil Mickelson calls Saudi leaders ‘scary’ but still champions upstart golf tour

He’s putting his mouth where the money is.

Daily Mirror

Phil Mickelson brands Saudi Arabia 'scary motherf*****s' as he outlines PGA Tour plans

It seems six-time major winner Phil Mickelson has taken somewhat of a U-turn on his thoughts regarding the proposed Saudi Golf League

The Independent UK

‘I’m so sick of it’: What Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods and PGA Tour players have said about Saudi-backed golf league

Phil Mickelson is among the players considering defecting from the biggest organisation in professional golf, but McIlroy, Woods, Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm and more have pledged their allegiance to the PGA Tour

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