It’s no secret that Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods have always maintained a healthy rivalry. The two of them are now playing as separate teams, and things have become a lot more aggressive.
On Thursday, Mickelson responded to a fan’s suggestion that the PGA Tour and LIV hold an event similar to the Ryder Cup in which Mickelson would captain the LIV team, and Tiger Woods would lead the PGA squad.
Mickelson did not object to this idea. However, when explaining why it wouldn’t happen, he basically trashed the PGA Tour’s hypothetical Tiger Woods-led team.
“It sounds great, but we would dominate them so soundly and it would be over so quick that tv would have to fill an hour of dead time. That’s why it’s not happening at this time,”Mickelson stated.
Although it sounds fantastic, we would rule them so well and they would lose their attention so quickly that television would need to take up an entire hour. That’s why it’s not happening at this time ♂️
— Phil Mickelson (@PhilMickelson) February 2, 2023
Phil, tell us your true feelings. I mean, he’s not wrong, but dang.
Fans on Twitter took Mickelson to task for his level of…shall we say…confidence in the LIV crew. But “Lefty”He fired back immediately and didn’t back down.
Ma’am, we are speaking guy talk. This isn’t directed towards you
— Phil Mickelson (@PhilMickelson) February 2, 2023
Their conversations are quite extensive.
— Phil Mickelson (@PhilMickelson) February 2, 2023
😂😂that’s a good one.
That’s probably because the head of golf’s governing bodies run the owgr and have colluded to exclude LIV players from getting points. I’m not a fake media believer but if I was, this would be the perfect example.— Phil Mickelson (@PhilMickelson) February 2, 2023
Mickelson took a shot at Woods directly when another fan copied Woods’ Twitter handle in an attempt to make the tournament happen.
He can have a cart, tell him
— Phil Mickelson (@PhilMickelson) February 2, 2023
Yikes.
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