This is a golf league funded by the Saudi regime, correct? That makes it political.

And sorry but the 9/11 families are a legit part of this story, as the Saudis are funding the entire thing. Should they not be discussed because it's a buzzkill?

Feel free to talk about the great and meaningful golf though... how about that Branden Grace!

I'm sure you, Brandel and company will be ripping the LPGA players playing in this event.

Phil The Unauthorized Biography:

"His lower half in his swing looked like Elvis Presley dancing." -- Butch Harmon, on taking over as Phil's swing coach.

Phil the Thrill:

"Right about then Mickelson decided to play H-O-R-S-E with his golf clubs." -- Alan Shipnuck's unauthorized biography.

Phil The Thrill Bio:


"A great shot is when you pull it off," said Mickelson, "and a smart shot is when you don't have the guts to try it." Put it on his tombstone, quips biographer Shipnuck.

PHIL: The Unauthorized Bio ... beginning of chapter 13:

"Billy Walters life reads like it could have been dreamed up by Mark Twain."

All of this happens while Biden is mumbling to himself watching MASH re-runs and Kamala is reading "Ukraine War For Dummies". The future is bright my friends.

PHIL The Unauthorized ...

"In the years since Tiger drove over the fire hydrant, he wasn't quite the same player." LOL

PHIL the Unauthorized ...

At the Crosby Pro-Am at Pebble, 2011 or 12, Tiger and Romo are a tight pair, but Phil the Great muscles in on it ... which pisses Tiger off. No fraternizing with the enemy. Tiger and Phil paired together in the last round. Tiger goes to the very far edge of the range, no one else out there. Phil saunters up and starts hitting just a bit too close under normal conditions, but ridiculous for the open range conditions. Phil starts regaling Tiger with stories of himself and Tony ... dinner, stories, families ... and just won't quit. 18 holes of it. Phil blows Tiger out by 11 shots, beating him for the 6th straight time when paired in the last two groups, winning 3 of the tournaments zero for Tiger. A new day. Phil says, "Im in his head."

Would have been less embarrassing for Poulter to not have been successful in getting the injunction.

Rumours swirling that after the open Hideki, Cam Smith, Stenson and Fleetwood will be joining LiV

I hadn't heard names but there's definitely been rumors of a large group leaving after the open.

PHIL: The Unauthorized Bio

Chamblee ~: "There is something Bill Clinton-ish about him the way he uses his charm and personality ... a cunning to it."

I Luv that characterization.

PHIL: The Unauthorized Bio


Whoa ... now the writer Shipnuck compares his interview of Phil with Trump .... so much "bluster, puffery, charm and hyperbole" it seemed to be a smokescreen.

PHIL

Wow ... he refused the Bobby Jones Award from the PGA in 2013. I didn't know that. He's been harboring a hard on for the PGA for quite a while, it seems. That old "I'm Phil Mickelson and nobody else is" thing. That attitude is kind of the opposite of Bobby Jones. This is feeling kind of Paterno-esque ... with that Clinton and Trump comparison.

PHIL

Mickelson wouldn't talk to Bones after the split, in which Bones mostly fired Phil over promised bonus money not paid and some lesser simmering issues.

Phil was a big hit as guest announcer but none of the other 14 announcers could get a word in. OMGLOL.

good on the R&A. why invite the guy at the head of the effort to destroy the game you've nurtured for centuries?

Excluding Norman is wrong

disagree carolina. actions have consequences

Lol

He is a past champion. That should be enough.

Pete Rose should be in the baseball hall of fame?

nope. actions have consequences

Yes, Pete Rose should be in the HOF

when you disgrace a sport, the sport owes you nothing. nothing

* Money later paid, about 800K.