lets talk about how the pga has a tour in China.

@oldben1800

2 жыл бұрын

great point

@DanielSong39

2 жыл бұрын

How about the human rights violations in Canada

@oldben1800

2 жыл бұрын

@@DanielSong39 there are human rights violations in every country....all governments want to control the way people live. Its fucked up

It would be awesome if he could answer straight up. Why Liv? "Pays more and I golf less, next" What about human rights? "Me not playing in Liv won't solve the world's problems, next"

@robtambor4538

2 жыл бұрын

I'd RESPECT him more with those answers

@darren360elite

2 жыл бұрын

@@robtambor4538 With the way they are coming at him and framing the questions, i doubt giving heart felt answers was at the top of his mind....lawyers and handlers gave him cookie cutter answers...which is fine with me.

@StarofDavid616

Жыл бұрын

What about human rights? US have done far worst than Saudis , next.

@maxsmart8954

Жыл бұрын

He’s a perfect piece for LIV!!! Along with several others. Cleansed the PGA.

@dallasfullern7663

Жыл бұрын

What are you talking about Liv did not pay more.! The PGA all of his endorsements paid way more liv gave him a one time payment

The Saudi International is a golf tournament held at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club in King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia. The title sponsor of the tournament is PUBLIC INVESTMENT FUND, a Saudi government sovereign wealth fund. PGA players were granted permission to play, by Jay Monahan, in this tournament back in February. I wonder if Jay's bank account got a little bigger back around February when he granted PGA players permission to play in the Saudi International tournament. The sponsor of the Saudi International tournament is the exact same people who sponsor LIV Golf, but somehow the Saudi International isn't "Saudi backed". Hypocrisy to the core.

@octaviojrsalas

2 жыл бұрын

Great point!!!

@sportsmediaamerica

2 жыл бұрын

Which means Phil has played it right sticking to his guns. Journos need to stop pimping for the PGA and start asking the hard questions.

@AM-hk3uw

2 жыл бұрын

You are 100% right - and who is a big supporter of Saudi Golf (Gary Player etc).

@LifeAtSea50

2 жыл бұрын

Well said Sir

@marksmall7790

2 жыл бұрын

@@sportsmediaamerica I would think most asking the question in favor of the PGA to keep their PGA press pass.

Would have been nice to see the press go after Jack Nicklaus for taking money from the same Saudi group to build a golf course in Saudi Arabia and showering the Royal family with praise, expressing how honored he was to be chosen for the project…it was all teed up at the Memorial, but not a peep…in fact, as soon as they started down that road, Jack interrupted and said, “Let’s talk about the Memorial”…and the press just went, “squirrel!”….that was the sad part…

@DavidGlennKulpJr

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Hypocrites.

@nicholasschroeder3678

2 жыл бұрын

Agree. Jack was given a pass for publishing Valentines to Trump too. Kinda makes you think that most all of them are just pure mercenaries.

@jonburrows8602

2 жыл бұрын

@@nicholasschroeder3678 Why would Jack need a pass for being friends with Trump? That's ridiculous cancel culture stuff right there.

@nicholasschroeder3678

2 жыл бұрын

@@jonburrows8602 🤡

@kyledavis635

2 жыл бұрын

@@nicholasschroeder3678 Hint: they are.... 🤷‍♂️

I for one respect the respectfulness he has for the respect of others

@goodairin

2 жыл бұрын

... and I respect your respect for Phil's respect of others. Now, can we talk about murder vs. money?

@GiftHorse123

2 жыл бұрын

I think he's been taking lessons from Heels Up Harris for how to make a word salad.

Phil respects everything except multipart questions

@mandymhull39

2 жыл бұрын

lol. Nice one.

@elvis_maldonado

2 жыл бұрын

He’s gone through media training. He’s learning not to give the media any more Kool-Aid to drink.

@kevynkeo9003

2 жыл бұрын

Nice one Phil...your there to play golf and for the love of the game...🤘🙌

@yamamancha

2 жыл бұрын

@@elvis_maldonado Yeah, he said he went skiing, but it sounds like he spent a huge chuck of that time in media training.

@alarmservicepros

2 жыл бұрын

He should pass on any douchebag political question.

I would ask why the US invaded Iraq and Afghanistan after 911 instead of Saudi if Saudi was responsible

@AiBilly

2 жыл бұрын

Your listening to the wrong news.

@dougismakis4828

2 жыл бұрын

Saudi's where hiding in Afghanistan. Iraq was all about the oil. And couldnt go into saudi cause they are closest ally in region and we need their oil too.

@gillyarchtop

2 жыл бұрын

That’s not a question for Phil, he is but a lowly golfer hitting balls in the grass. But it is a question for the USA addressing greed. Typically the Republican party at the time when they chose to partner with big oil as well as other corporations to plunder and control Iraqi resources in the name of democracy.

@nateblakely4674

2 жыл бұрын

Long answer there

@bradcofo2009

2 жыл бұрын

The US invaded the wrong countries on purpose because of oil. At this point it's a known fact that the WMD line was a farce to get the US public on board with an invasion. What matters now is that the Saudis are committing a genocide in Yemen, with American-made weapons and support from virtually every US politician. Saudi money is very active in US politics, including the presidency.

Leave the man alone!! He did it for the money. And he was probably already tired of the PGA treatment.

@scooter2163

2 жыл бұрын

Yea, the PGA is such an oppressive regime, especially compared to the Saudis who are sooooo generous. You probably think up is down, and black is white too, eh John?!

@johnhyon8519

2 жыл бұрын

@@scooter2163 haha- I sometimes do feel up is down and black is white..

It'd be amazing to see our media/voters relentlessly pound on US politicians stances/decisions/policies regarding the Saudis in the same way they have pounded nonstop on Phil (and other golfers).

@rhythmicon9821

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's BS, we do business with evil empires when it serves our interest. I seriously doubt if we get oil prices down from Saudi oil Joe complainer about this won't complain about that.

@bernicehoggsfav

2 жыл бұрын

Amen!

@chrisfox2211

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed and they should

@djcardwell

2 жыл бұрын

Ummm how could they not? If you make your entire career out of the PGA tour, throw a flame thrower to the organization that bolstered your success, and then come to a PGA sanctioned event? Why would you expect anything different, Jeff?? You're a smart one..

@rhythmicon9821

2 жыл бұрын

@@djcardwell He's entitled to say what is wrong with the PGA tour, the tour is nothing without the players, you have it backwards. If they all go to LIV the PGA dies. The PGA is trying to save itself because they know that and they're applying pressure to that end.

The man had played 30 years on the pga who gives a fuck where he plays. I’m all in hope he wins this week!!

@zdrumdude

2 жыл бұрын

I dis agree…..and he didn’t make the cut.

I'll always love Phil no matter what ever since his Arizona State days.

I was on the fence about Phil joining LIV Golf, but after taking questions from the self-righteous sports press, I now fully support his decision. Go Phil!!

@beniteztheconman

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha he laughs at you sooo hard

@jackrubin977

2 жыл бұрын

Lmfaoo yeah after 4 months

@johnsonspark171

2 жыл бұрын

Phil is overrated. Always has been, always will be.

@johnsonlee7974

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnsonspark171 Exactly, 45 Career wins is overrated.

@MWayne-zz1cr

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnsonspark171 45 PGA Tour wins including 6 Majors. Spent over 700 weeks in the top 10 of the World Golf Rankings. He's won as many majors as Rory and Greg Norman combined.

"I'll make this easy guys. Last week I played like a 6-handicap and still took home a check for $146,000."

@paulsolotki1322

2 жыл бұрын

Kudos. Says it all.

@aaabeverages7152

2 жыл бұрын

Yes LIV

@danpen1

2 жыл бұрын

In other words, he knows he can’t compete with real golfers anymore so he sold out his country. 👎🏻

@wadesnyder9368

2 жыл бұрын

@@danpen1 seems he won a major not too long ago...

@wadesnyder9368

2 жыл бұрын

Here is the issue. An MLB player can go 0-5 with 5 K's and 3 fielding errors and he still gets paid. Kyle Lowry can go 0-16 in a 2 game NBA playoff stretch and he still gets paid. Ryan Tannehill can throw 3 interceptions in an NFL playoff game and he still gets paid. Phil plays bad in a golf tournament and it's absurd he still got paid? Well we should all contact every other major sport in the US and inform them that players shouldn't get paid for bad performances.

I watch players. The league. Don’t matter much.

@soleaguirre100

2 жыл бұрын

🙌🏼

@poocrayon4588

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly, PGA is deluded if they think their "brand" matters. Golf isn't a team sport where you can only judge players by their competition, golfers play the course and people watch for the players, the orginization that puts on the tournament is irrelevant to that. The only thing either PGA or LIV does is provide the money and presentation, that's it. They overestimate their importance

@soleaguirre100

2 жыл бұрын

@@poocrayon4588 Absolutely agree with your comment! 👌🏼

Would be awesome for a LIV guy to be in the final group Sunday and watch the media lose their shit. 😂😂 Might be the first time we hear broadcast activly rooting against a player

@JeremiahAlphonsus

2 жыл бұрын

Media sanctimony is nauseating. 🤮 Journalists are some of the filthiest people on the planet.

@beniteztheconman

2 жыл бұрын

Why would you support liv? It means zero competitive bore golf.

@andrewphilips2457

2 жыл бұрын

@@beniteztheconman I was not impressed by LIV but I am so disgusted by the media hypocrisy aimed at the golfers who went, that I just want to see the hypocrites squirm.

@beniteztheconman

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewphilips2457 what is hypocritical about not wanting to destroy golf?

@andrewphilips2457

2 жыл бұрын

@@beniteztheconman AL didn't destroy baseball, AFC didn't destroy Football, WHA didn't destroy hockey. They ALL expanded the sport and made it more profitable for ALL involved eventually. Why would this outcome be any different if LIV survives. The hypocrisy is how the focus is on "sportwashing" for Saudis when PGA is doing EXACTLY that in China, which is a WAY bigger threat to democracy than Saudis.

Phil knows he's not the same player and was probably headed to the senior tour. He basically got his retirement payoff.

@marksmall7790

2 жыл бұрын

Bingo who wants to go to the senior tour when you can make good money else where. Maybe Phil was just taking the US approach with Saudi Arabia forget the past look for future opportunities.

I find it interesting that most media outlets don't just report news and let an audience have their own thoughts and ideas about said subject, but drives whatever bias or narrative they want to push.

@fredgarvin4252

2 жыл бұрын

God damn: they’re treating Phil like he just committed a triple homicide!

@thinkr04

2 жыл бұрын

It's so lazy... Just because you play in a league that saudi's have invest some money in doesn't mean you equate to one of the 911 hijackers, are they out of their god damn mind? Anyone who PUTS GAS IN THEIR CAR and hates on Phil for LIV is a pretty big hypocrite...

@Tribuneoftheplebs

2 жыл бұрын

@@fredgarvin4252 he did even worse in their eyes. He's threatening the rich people's money!

@RobChapala

2 жыл бұрын

Ya, im lookin for it...I d9nt care to see how shitty life is for .5 percent if people..ya, I get it, we need to make sure everyone has a chance, but everytime I try to watch news, its "this bad thing happened and we all need to be sorry for them" ....bad stuff happens, so does a lot of other stuff that needs recorded and delivered.

@sillygoose635

2 жыл бұрын

except they do, you yourself are driving a narrative that you want to push. you aren't any better.

LMAO at all the grandstanding over Saudi money. Our entire society is drenched in Saudi, Emirati, and Qatari oil money - money that originated in the US because we need their oil to make our society function. We're all complicit in this.

@DannyWalker247

2 жыл бұрын

Every time we fill up the tank brother.

@shanek5460

2 жыл бұрын

Who cares, you’d do the same thing if you were offered less time working and more money. Get real already

Apparently Phil has to respect everyone's opinion, but they are not required to respect his. It's a funny world we live in.

@randallreece3636

2 жыл бұрын

it's called fascism...they always accuse you of what they are doing themselves.

It’s absolutely horse bleep to throw the the 9/11 argument at his feet. Last I checked, we don’t mind Saudi gas. Matter of fact, we encourage them to export more. Are we, as consumers of that oil, to be labeled unsympathetic because we fund the Saudis?

@nicholasschroeder3678

2 жыл бұрын

It's one thing to buy a product from a country, another thing to shill for it.

@Jonathan-yk4du

2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely couldn’t believe they said that to him, props to him for keeping his composure because I would have been irate.

I wonder what went down in October that Phil specifically remembers that it was the last time he talked to Jay Monahan...

@alarmservicepros

2 жыл бұрын

Jay will now talk to Phil's lawyer only.

@stilllearning7434

2 жыл бұрын

@@alarmservicepros this is just getting started and is going to be interesting. $ money won't be a problem. Go Phil !

Why does every reporter feel the need to lay a biased foundation for their questions? Ask a question without a goddamn preamble. Your first word should be "who, what, when, where, why or how." That's it. Don't preface your questions with BS.

@garyt2542

2 жыл бұрын

They think they are more important than they are.

People used to feel they’ve earned the right to be holier than thou by behaving “better” than others. Pretty annoying. But today people feel they earn the right to be holier than thou just by looking for people to condemn and talk 💩 about. So now everyone talks 💩 about everybody all the time to feel good about themselves. Our society has become infinitely more annoying!!! Phil made a decision for himself and his family. Time will tell if it was a good or bad one. Can we just leave it at that??

The sanctimony of the press is nauseating. 🤮 🤮 🤮

Here's hoping Phil Mickelson pulls off a miracle for the ages and wins his first ever US OPEN this weekend. Such an accomplishment and unexpected event would totally turn the entire professional golfing world upside down. Global interest and new golfing fans would be created virtually overnight.

@brianboyle5934

2 жыл бұрын

I’m with you here Tony K. I’d love to see him pull it off. But how he could possibly do it, being with his age, a four month layoff, his performance last week, the obvious distractions his decision to join LIV has brought him, unfortunately makes it improbable to believe it could happen….but not impossible? 😁🤞🏻

@justinjohnson8551

2 жыл бұрын

more likely to miss the cut.

@paulcantarini2173

2 жыл бұрын

6 runner ups when he was in his prime, Not gonna happen, he had his miracle last year at PGA champ

@Jimboit2

2 жыл бұрын

where's your next standup comedy show???

Phil has been a stand up guy his whole pga career. 30+ years on the pga. Everyone loves Phil. Now we are gonna bash him to death over making a family decision? Of course it’s all about money. Everyone has a price. If I make $100k a year and they offered me $1M to do the same job but work less, I’m in. Everyone will take that opportunity. Am I wrong?

@larrymosher5045

2 жыл бұрын

what if that company was owned by the mob? or that country kills journalists that criticize them? to join a new tour is one thing,but to join one financed by blood money is another.A bad decision by the 17 PGA tour pros who left .

@filmerdennis

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Finally someone with some common sense.

@Thegooob95

2 жыл бұрын

It’s cause fame. Humans have made him an idol.

@mel-nq6re

2 жыл бұрын

"..stand-up guy for his 30yr career.."🤔 Maybe from your distant🔭perspective. Many who've witnessed and interacted with Phil on an up close & personal basis would NOT concur with your assumption. There ARE genuine class acts on the PGA Tour, but that list doesn't begin, end, or include Phil.

@jonburrows8602

2 жыл бұрын

Stand up guy? Which guy would that be? The guy that was involved in insider trading? The guy who is a degenerate gambler? Or the guy who threw Tom Watson under the bus and undermined his Ryder Cup Presidency?

What disgusting behavior by journalists to ask such disrespectful questions. Bringing up 9/11 to try and shame Phil when TONS of athletes have previously played in Saudi sports events hundreds of times since 2001 with zero retribution. WOW, a new low for journalism. Phil handled it PERFECTLY.

Was hoping to get some questions about actual golf and the US Open. TLDR; Phil's been working on his putting and respects everyone and everything.

@djcardwell

2 жыл бұрын

You are hilarious for expecting the same old questions. If you make your entire career out of the PGA tour, throw a flame thrower to the organization that bolstered your success, and then come to a PGA sanctioned event? Why would you expect anything different, Christian? Nice try dude..

@christiandavies7650

2 жыл бұрын

@@djcardwell Not expecting. Hoping.

The Media seems to be trying to take golf to a dark place. The PGA didn't have to make it that way. I am done with the PGA.

@DanielSong39

2 жыл бұрын

That's what Brooks Koepka said

don't think he directly answered a single question regarding liv golf. obviously been told to obfuscate

@jonburrows8602

2 жыл бұрын

Not a one.

@kimgallagher6254

2 жыл бұрын

You clearly were not listening and he already answered these repeat questions in London.

@seanm3226

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t think he was asked any “direct” questions about GOLF at all.

Those reporters trying to bring politics into golf is bs

@randallreece3636

2 жыл бұрын

The PGA tour is full of woke hypocrisy

The United States and Saudi Arabia have a longstanding security relationship. Saudi Arabia is the United States’ largest foreign military sales (FMS) customer, with more than $100 billion in active FMS cases… but Phil playing golf and getting paid is the problem! Perhaps it’s about the media rights to the PGA that the companies these people asking the questions work for that will now be a wasting away as the talent leaves… hidden agenda as always, shameful…

Good luck Phil, I hope you have a great weekend @ the US open

"Forty years ago, it was considered by some a risky move for the guys who play professional golf to break away from the group created for golf professionals." This was about the PGA Tour splitting from The PGA of America in 1969. "The golf breakup occurred largely because of the influx of money that television had started to pump into the game. The top players (Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer among them) wanted to use the additional TV money to pump up the purses." "The PGA of America wanted to put the money in the general fund. That's when the compromise was reached, with the golf professionals and the professional golfers going their separate ways." Sounds a bit like today... The PGA tour categorized itself as a non profit so it could avoid hundreds of millions in tax revenue. That decision is now haunting them since it also means they can't hand out guaranteed money contracts like other professional sports.The LIV tour is doing exactly that so it's not surprising top level golfers want guaranteed money. If someone loses their PGA tour card they're gone with very little support. I don't see how you can treat people as independent contractors and then complain when they go elsewhere.

@topgun7086

2 жыл бұрын

There are a lot of stretches in your comment.

@andrewphilips2457

2 жыл бұрын

Best overview I've seen on this matter. Thanks for the insights.

@Master...deBater

2 жыл бұрын

@@topgun7086 Like what for instance?

@law3344

Жыл бұрын

You hit it right on the head. It still sucks though, I would much rather watch the PGA tour and see guys scrap and grind to get/stay/become great on tour. I just don't see any more entertainment value in LIV, but it's hard to blame the players who have guaranteed money.

Big Boy Pants Golf just put out a video on Jay Monahan getting punked by the reality of the LIV GOLF tour taking off. Go Phil!

Love you Phil. I will never stop being a fan! True legend.

@bipslone8880

Жыл бұрын

He ruined his legacy by working with Saudi Royal family.... he has no moral compass

Watching Golf Channel commentary on US Open, and was wondering, considering the USOpen is not the USPGA event, would coverage not be “professional” if it is balanced without being partisan? Commentators imo disappointment especially Brandel Chamblee (with 1 career win?) who seems particularly embittered! Ps. What is “legacy”? Doing the same thing over and over again or transforming something??

@5195384595

2 жыл бұрын

Chamblee = mouthpiece. Talks alot with nothing really good to say.

@stilllearning7434

2 жыл бұрын

I quit watching Golf Channel when Chamblee, with one career win, is on.

This is way too harsh. Everyone in his position would do the same, honestly. $200,000,000!!!!!!!

@beniteztheconman

2 жыл бұрын

Especially if they had stupidly lost tens of millions gambling.

@justinjohnson8551

2 жыл бұрын

tiger.

Does anyone know how this suspension works? What it entails? And, when is this suspension in effect?

I've been playing golf For 60 yearsI have followed youFor 30 years

I just watched Brooks koepka talk at the US Open. And I agree with him y'all just need to quit asking these guys about that talk about the US Open I think it's ridiculous the way the media keeps carrying on

@zachgalante3577

2 жыл бұрын

I think BK is going.

Can these reporters question our government like they do Phil? He made a business decision for his business which is himself. He just signed for more money without touching a golf ball then Tiger Woods has made in his whole career playing for the PGA tour

@jwp2166

2 жыл бұрын

And which guy -- Tiger or Phil -- still has people's respect?

@jwp2166

2 жыл бұрын

@@BertBobRobert Indeed. Dang auto spell.

@brianvos6394

2 жыл бұрын

@@jwp2166 I’d say Phil still has more respect…Tiger cheated on his wife a million times and has multiple DUI’s and has endangered other lives. Phil is greedy…

@ckcox9244

2 жыл бұрын

Its ok for corporations to openly brag about being ALL ABOUT THE MONEY because thats the "American Way" but god forbid if a person tries to get more...

@ckcox9244

2 жыл бұрын

@@brianvos6394 Hello, Mcfly- Everybody acts in thier own self interest and its all about the money for the PGA too-

Love the animated thumbnail where he keeps drinking lol

A lot of the American public is feeling angry towards Phil? Love how they now speak for all U.S. golf fans lmao but that’s not true at all! Golf media sounding like CNN

@tiderbean

2 жыл бұрын

that's bc they are...glad u see that.

Phil doesn't owe anyone any explanation. None of the players that decided to go to LIV do. They don't owe anyone anything.

@sethmorgan833

2 жыл бұрын

Facts.

Now I know why he moved from California to Florida. He was expecting this big payday and wanted to save on state income taxes.

@ronmexico8531

2 жыл бұрын

He’s smart . I would too

@Betterthanallofyall

2 жыл бұрын

Every sane person would leave california

@sportsmediaamerica

2 жыл бұрын

I think he had made that decision long before LIV came around.

@ivanriverooo

2 жыл бұрын

And have a shorter flight to pretty much everywhere.

@gerrypalms5147

2 жыл бұрын

@@Betterthanallofyall Good thing you couldn't afford it here, stay out please. 😁

Public Investment Group owns shares of how many companies? Of which how many have you contributed to? (Use FedEx? Uber? Disney? Use Bank of America perhaps?) Think about this before bashing the LIV boys…. Dig it

This would have been a 10 minute press conference if it didn't take him so long to carefully formulate the most political answers

@DanielSong39

2 жыл бұрын

The reporters did not ask simple questions

@GregJ1

2 жыл бұрын

@@DanielSong39 Here's a simple one: ANYTHING for money right Phil? Even if it kills the tour that made your life what it is.

@DanielSong39

2 жыл бұрын

@@GregJ1 I think you missed the part where the PGA Tour banned Phil after he negotiated with LIV but before he actually signed

@GregJ1

2 жыл бұрын

@@DanielSong39 MC this US Open at +11, Only 21 players in the field played worse, 6 of them were amateurs. Phil looks like he's aged 10 years in the past 6 months, that must be from a clear conscientious and living right, used to be a fan until I realized he's a chronic manipulator!

The way Phil is treated is disgraceful. He has done more for the game than anyone, and then they are trying to destroy his career with these disgraceful questions.

@alarmservicepros

2 жыл бұрын

No one will destroy anything. His fans will always hang with him. The low life's politicizing golf are destroying themselves.

@beniteztheconman

2 жыл бұрын

No one who enjoys competitive golf will support his SICK decision

@gaoxinglangblog

2 жыл бұрын

@@alarmservicepros Yeah man, but with all the cancel culture, they are trying to get him to say something insensitive about 9/11

@steve99912

2 жыл бұрын

He did more for the game than tiger? Lol come on

@alarmservicepros

2 жыл бұрын

@@gaoxinglangblog Yep, and anything else to use against him. Buncha douche bags.

I respect Phil’s decision to respect everyone and everything

@d.r.tweedstweeddale9038

2 жыл бұрын

Like respecting murder & terrorism? Give it a rest. There's a sound & ethical reason the vast majority of PGA members are thumbing their noses at the LIV Exhibition Tour, Norman, & Mickelson, and the rest of the traitors.

@randallreece3636

2 жыл бұрын

@@d.r.tweedstweeddale9038 self-righteous a touch?

@georgiosmtl

2 жыл бұрын

@@d.r.tweedstweeddale9038very ignorant comment.

@beniteztheconman

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@richardneel6953

2 жыл бұрын

...and I respect you man.

Phil released a statement that said " he is glad that the PLAYERS finally have some leverage in regards to changing some of the PGA rules that in some respects puts itself over the players. Much like the NCAA in college sports the PLAYERS who bring in the MONEY have always been just employees and not partners with the PGA and the NCAA. Free Agency came into baseball and moved that sport forward and made the players and owners more like partners unlike the PGA and NCAA.

@DanielSong39

2 жыл бұрын

Players will get cut too, that's what free agency is all about Money is only guaranteed if you make it on the course. If you're benched or released, tough luck

@maxsmart8954

Жыл бұрын

Yes you can make as much money as you can. Or not.

Phil is a legend and will always be one. The man can make his decisions without having to please anyone outside his family.

“Got $200M, get my jet back and headed to Vegas, baby! What else matters?”

I love watching Phil play. Goodluck on the tour.

So I worked for Facebook for 10yrs and if I leave for Twitter for more money I'm a bad guy???

@darrentillman9048

2 жыл бұрын

It’s not really a like for like comparison. your hypothetical twitter would have to be owned by a political regime who has murdered over 100 people. If you said that You want to change companies because it’s an exciting new format and you want to grow social media instead of admitting it’s for the money, then it’s more of a fair comparison to what these players are doing. If these players just nut up and say it’s for the money then I don’t think a lot of people are as mad at this. Once they get off their knees for the PIF and just say they went to be rich less people will have a problem with this

I do not think Liv will diminish pga, players can play 3 Liv events and would make pga players happy

@beniteztheconman

2 жыл бұрын

Liv is not competitive golf. Sad how they want to destroy the sport.

@steve99912

2 жыл бұрын

@@beniteztheconman lol yeah sure

@beniteztheconman

2 жыл бұрын

@@steve99912 ?

keep pushing forward Phil and all the players that went to LIV golf, as a self contractor myself that was given the opportunity to go overseas and make almost 3 times the amount i made here i jumped for it. And as for as the Saudis everyone that get fuel or oil changes or buy products that are deprived from oil they are the #2 supplier to the USA

Imagine being called a Taliban sympathiser after switching to different golf league.

thanx Phlly buddy rootin 4 ya 😀

Why are comments blocked?

The continuous example of why Phil chose the LIV Tour is that it offers the ability to spend more time with ones he loves. Being that he has (or had) a lifetime exemption on the PGA Tour, doesn’t this provide the same ability? He can literally play as many or as little tournaments as he desires.

@jonburrows8602

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly.

@sdrebels13

2 жыл бұрын

It’s about money and starting a trend of ending the PGA monopoly. Liv golf is great for the sport, couldn’t care less about the saudis. No one complains about china funding the nba

@mandymhull39

2 жыл бұрын

@@sdrebels13 exactly dude. The PGA has their panties in a huge bunch because they now have competition. They are condemning the golfers for switching because they say it’s just for the money. That’s exactly what they’re worried about. Losing their players and therefore their money. And for all this 9/11 stuff, it’s ridiculous. Are these actually the same people that Greenlighted the terrorist attacks? No. They just live in the same country. That would be like living in 1830 and someone from another country punching a northerner in the face because the Southerners were slaveowners. It’s stupid. Professional golfer should be able to play wherever they like.

@mandymhull39

2 жыл бұрын

Sure he can. But he can play many, many fewer tournaments and make way, way more money. The number of events you play on the pga tour has a bearing on many different things like playoffs and how much you earn.

@uspatriot9599

2 жыл бұрын

Again where are these guys elegance, pga was great for your career up until now. Their all greedy, most have lucrative endorsements. Let me trade up my wife for something better.

This is getting ridiculous. I vacationed in London England. It doesn’t mean I support bad teeth and people that need tanning beds.

Hi Phil How do you feel about the fact that buying into golf is the front line in Saudi regime’s strategy to re-ingratiate itself with the western business community? That they are spending more money in golf than any other sport because they know who plays golf: the elite? Do you feel that becoming a literal brand ambassador for the Saudi regime under these circumstances has repercussions and significance beyond golf?

@JeremiahAlphonsus

2 жыл бұрын

How do you feel being a sanctimonious little twit?

@Thegooob95

2 жыл бұрын

U drive a car?

Que juegue donde quiera el golf no es política. estoy feliz por el triunfo de Finau😉

@stilllearning7434

2 жыл бұрын

Playing golf wherever you want is not politics. I am happy for the triumph of Finau😉

Looking at the matter objectively, the 2 tours could create a great rivalry in golf so long as they all could still compete at the majors together..!! Could be interesting...

@cornbread70s4

2 жыл бұрын

Well said! Theres soooo many competitive opportunities if both leagues agree to join forces…..and the money that would be generated could go to more charities as well as the players. People just fear CHANGE…

Love when the media trys to push narratives that don't exist.

Congratulations Lefty!!! No hate here, no one can knock a man for leaving one job for another job, making more money, in any profession!! Thinking of your love ones! God Bless all!!!!

I do not understand how LIV Golf that is operated by the Saudis is going to make the PGA Tour better. I have my opinion of Phil's decision and the money the Saudis offered him and that he accepted for membership in their LIV Golf. I just don't like the looks of this whole situation at all. The Saudis flew planes in to our World Trade Center buildings on 9/11 and, the way Phil answered and acted while he was grilled with questions during the US Open, he seemed to have the attitude of "that was then, this is now" sort of thing. That horrific day that will go down in infamy, just like the deliberate attack on Pearl Harbor, HI by the empire of Japan. One of the announcers on the US Open said that Phil definitely is not himself the way he spoke/acted during those hard questions, Phil avoided answering many of the questions and kept giving the same answer over and over. Sounded he was told what to say maybe by the Saudis. I don't know. Just too weird.

I've been a fan since his (and my) time at ASU. I no longer have the same feeling. Not that it bothers him. One question.............how much is enough?

@mandymhull39

2 жыл бұрын

So Gizmo, where do you work? You’re the same age as Phil. If a rival employer came to you and offered you 10 times more money for less work and more vacation time, would you leave your current job? I know the answer to that.

@randyjones3180

2 жыл бұрын

I feel exactly the same way. I use to always check to see where he was on in the leader board especially the majors. Now I really could care less

@randallreece3636

2 жыл бұрын

whatever HE wants. You make your decisions and let him make his. Tyrannical commies everywhere

@Ugot2BkddnMe

2 жыл бұрын

I'm still a fan of Lefty.... gambling is a *itch!

@behonestwithyourself3718

2 жыл бұрын

@@mandymhull39 not if I already made millions of dollars. Believe it or not people do things besides money. I'm not against guys playing LIV golf BTW. Good on em but not everyone is money hungry.

Everyone of us are hypocrites!

Good-by, will you move to the Mideast ???

Why don't we ask him about the US Open this is ridiculous you keep bringing up the liv tournament. Love you Phil

Why are any of the golfers like Rory that played in Saudi able to play on the PGA. You know the Saudi princes make money off them playing there.

@susanryan4874

2 жыл бұрын

Rory?

I love this guy so much. Top player

Greg Norman is living rent free in everyone in the rooms head..except Phil. I hope he has a great US Open.

@beniteztheconman

2 жыл бұрын

Greg norman is singlehandedly killing golf.... taking all competition out of it.

@johnsonspark171

2 жыл бұрын

he won't even make the cut

@DanielSong39

2 жыл бұрын

@@beniteztheconman History is written by the victors If LIV succeeds Greg Norman will be the biggest hero in golf history

@beniteztheconman

2 жыл бұрын

@@DanielSong39 impossible... giving all golfers multi millions before they start will make golf as dull to watch as US football.....unwatchable.

@DanielSong39

2 жыл бұрын

@@beniteztheconman Oh, the bad golfers will get cut Golfers are about to find out what free agency really means

Good luck Phil

Hang in there Phil. Good luck in your endeavors. Hopefully you will have the opportunity to play both.

If the press , and PGA want to get in to diplomacy and keep throwing , Saudi golf at every opertunity , then all the press plus the PGA open their statements with ; in regards to our goverment having signed a deal to supply arms to Saudi Arabia in 2017 worth 110 billion immiduetly and then over a 10year period a further 360 billion to our economy , that aside do you agree that you should be banned from playing on the PGA , and do you agree with the arms deal , as it bring a lot of money to all people in America and good for our economy , the press are not open in their questioning and neither is the PGA

@kimgallagher6254

2 жыл бұрын

I'd be more interested in stopping the horrible gun crime in the US where innocent kids get the heads blown off by high powered rifles and they can only identify them from the converse shoes they were wearing. Those poor little kids. There are a lot of issued in the world. Phil Mickelson signing a business proposition is hardly at the top of the moral list. US need to get their fucking house in order.

To be exempt for life on "LIV" golf you have to win 54 times!

@DanielSong39

2 жыл бұрын

Schwartzel is 53 away

Crazy eyes Phil.

Golf is now moving from competition to an exhibition. Because, "balance."

I want to watch Michelson play golf

Hi Phil see you at the Open

The USGA should set the guidelines for the press. Ask questions pertaining to the US Open or not at all. GO PHIL!!! I've always been and will continue to be a PHIL MICKELSON fan. Politics and sport should never cross paths.

@nicholasschroeder3678

2 жыл бұрын

By taken money to shill for the Saudis, Phil made it political. It's on him, and the questions are relevant, even necessary.

@eddiecaroland1678

2 жыл бұрын

Were you on board when Rory McElroy, Tiger Woods and numerous others took appearance monies to play in Saudi tournaments? Where were your complaints then?

Journos during covid hysteria and human rights violations: THIS IS GREAT THIS IS GREAT - DO IT MORE, NOTHING TO SEE HERE Journos over some multimillionaires playing golf: WOWOOWOWWOW NO NO NO NO TOO FAR LETS DEEP DIVE HUMAN RIGHTS

Let's go Phil!

Reporters having no clue what heir own country had done. What a brainwashed society we live in.

What a gentleman. Always will be a good guy.

@MyMg23

Жыл бұрын

You could not be more wrong.

@arcane7779

Жыл бұрын

@@MyMg23 Why ? Because he left your precious PGA ?

Phil says he likes LIV because there are fewer tournaments.. He also still wants to retain his playing rights on the PGA Tour... But surely that means still playing the minimum number of events, so he'll end up playing more?!?

@johnserrano8683

2 жыл бұрын

No PGA just majors!

@zacharymash1225

2 жыл бұрын

He is a lifetime member so he doesn’t have to play a minimum number of events

@mrwpc09

2 жыл бұрын

I thought once you receive a lifetime PGA membership you're in for life. The minimum number of events was only to retain voting privileges.

@DickNasty480

2 жыл бұрын

Look at it this way. Mickelson is getting roughly $10 million dollars per LIV event over the next 2 years, just for showing up and agreeing to pimp this garbage tour called LIV. His legacy is trashed whether he recognizes it or not.

@colinmorgan7771

2 жыл бұрын

He also still wants to retain his playing rights on the PGA Tour...This asshole has left the pga and should never be allowed back...he cant kick the cake and eat it too

I am certainly not angry with Phil at all, I might be the only one, but honestly, I see this for exactly what it is. Phil has been at odds with the PGA tour for years now. The PGA tour is a greedy and arrogant monopoly. The PGA tour is full of hypocrites and false outrage, China is OK, Saudi was OK until now that there is a threat to the PGA. People need to get over themselves.

@randallreece3636

2 жыл бұрын

brilliant.....I agree 100 percent

List all respect for you Phil

...worthy of our respect.

Phil didn't have to stand up there and take the questions from the media. But he did. Let's give the man credit.

@justinjohnson8551

2 жыл бұрын

no.

He looks like he was ripping nose beers all weekend with DJ

@markbrouk7857

2 жыл бұрын

😂 I was thinking the same thing. I was like damn he looks ruff!

@realhi-fihelplarry8047

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant comment :-)

Phil blew a ton of money, Liv offered him a ton of money, end of story,

Phil is still a legend. PGA should be thankful to him and journalists are basically mind dead

@jwp2166

2 жыл бұрын

He had a great career but his connection with the Osama bin Laden Golf Tour has flushed his legacy, self-respect, and the respect of others down the toilet. As for the journalists they're simply doing their job.

Go Phil, hope you win the open. Nice job

@DickNasty480

2 жыл бұрын

He won't even come close to making the cut- this is the final nail in his completive career on the PGA Tour. The real question is how is the R&A and the Masters going to respond because this is heading to court in due time.

@beniteztheconman

2 жыл бұрын

Why are you supporting him?

@justinjohnson8551

2 жыл бұрын

@@beniteztheconman blind love. sad.

@georgiosmtl

2 жыл бұрын

@@beniteztheconman why not? Gimmie 1 good reason

@beniteztheconman

2 жыл бұрын

@@georgiosmtl ruining golf for his greed?

Anything short of "they offered me a shit ton of money and I love money" is just wasted breath. I wish these guys would stop trying to hide behind platitudes. They all want a ton of money for the least amount of effort. This is the way of the world.

@SN2903

2 жыл бұрын

Isn't that what basically everyone does in real life though? 95% of people will take a better paying employer of the same job.

@nabibutterfly5385

2 жыл бұрын

I guess old man Phil did not make enough mola on the PGA Tour. Now to cash in off the backs of the rich Saudi's. Watch your back Phil, you never know when the Saudi's will do next.

Stay strong Phil! Good luck this weekend.

Honestly the panel earlier should give Phil a break - they gave the guy $200M - it would almost be malpractice not to take that for your family. Move on seriously

@andrewbartholomew5876

2 жыл бұрын

@@edgarespina2398 you dont get it do you?