{"id":280221,"date":"2025-04-12T08:20:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T08:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/12\/liv-golf-trending-upwards-pga-tour-trending-downwards-phil-mickelson-says-he-is-on-the-winning-side-of-pro-golfs-civil-war\/"},"modified":"2025-04-12T08:20:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T08:20:15","slug":"liv-golf-trending-upwards-pga-tour-trending-downwards-phil-mickelson-says-he-is-on-the-winning-side-of-pro-golfs-civil-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/12\/liv-golf-trending-upwards-pga-tour-trending-downwards-phil-mickelson-says-he-is-on-the-winning-side-of-pro-golfs-civil-war\/","title":{"rendered":"LIV Golf trending upwards, PGA Tour trending downwards: Phil Mickelson says he is \u2018on the winning side\u2019 of pro golf\u2019s civil war"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/data.indianexpress.com\/election2019\/track_1x1.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"LIV Golf trending upwards, PGA Tour trending downwards: Phil Mickelson says he is \u2018on the winning side\u2019 of pro golf\u2019s civil war\" title=\"LIV Golf trending upwards, PGA Tour trending downwards: Phil Mickelson says he is \u2018on the winning side\u2019 of pro golf\u2019s civil war\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"pcl-full-content\">\n<p>Phil Mickelson came out firing at the PGA Tour on Thursday, asserting that he\u2019s on the \u201cwinning side\u201d playing on the LIV Golf Series.<\/p>\n<p>Mickelson made the comments in Saudi Arabia ahead of the upstart circuit\u2019s final stroke-play event in Jeddah. The LIV Golf Invitational-Jeddah begins Friday at Royal Greens in King Abdullah Economic City.<\/p>\n<p><ev-engagement group-name=\"contentLogin\"\/><ev-engagement group-name=\"myNotification\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ev-meter-content ie-premium-content-block\">\n<p>It also marks Mickelson\u2019s first time in Saudi Arabia since controversial comments he allegedly made in an unauthorized biography.<\/p>\n<div class=\"osv-ad-class\" style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;height: 375px;margin-bottom: 15px;\">\n<p>Story continues below this ad<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI firmly believe that I\u2019m on the winning side of how things are going to evolve and shape in the coming years for professional golf,\u201d Mickelson said. \u201cI love the way they involve us and listen to us in decisions. I mean it\u2019s so inclusive, it\u2019s so fluid that things, LIV Golf is leading.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He wasn\u2019t finished.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see LIV Golf trending upwards, I see the PGA Tour trending downwards,\u201d Mickelson said. \u201cI love the side that I\u2019m on. And I love how I feel. I love how I\u2019m reinvigorated and excited to play golf and compete. I love the experience. I love the way they treat us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mickelson has one Top 10 in six tournaments on the LIV circuit.<\/p>\n<p>Mickelson also took a different tack addressing the Alan Shipnuck book, in which Mickelson allegedly referred to the Saudis as \u201cscary mother\u2014\u2014-.\u201d Whereas Mickelson has previously maintained that those comments to Shipnuck were off the record and taken out of context, on Thursday he outright denied ever talking to the author.<\/p>\n<div class=\"adboxtop adsizes\">\n<p>Story continues below this ad<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI never did an interview with Alan Shipnuck,\u201d Mickelson said Thursday. \u201cAnd I find that my experience with everybody associated with LIV Golf has been nothing but incredibly positive and I have the utmost respect for everybody that I\u2019ve been involved with.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '444470064056909');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/sports\/golf\/phil-mickelson-says-he-is-on-the-winning-side-of-pro-golfs-civil-war-8207844\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phil Mickelson came out firing at the PGA Tour on Thursday, asserting that he\u2019s on the \u201cwinning side\u201d playing on the LIV Golf Series. 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