PHIL MICKELSON

The PGA of America for the announced its eligibility requirements for the 2023 PGA Championship on Wednesday and members of LIV Golf will be allowed to compete.

LIV Golf has been dealt another setback in its antitrust lawsuit with the PGA Tour.

A federal judge has ruled the PGA Tour can require documents and depositions from the Saudi Arabia wealth fund and its leader.

'The Big Sunday Show' panelists debated whether athletes and politicians should be held to the same standard when discussing social issues.

Few events carry more intrigue than the most exclusive gathering of champions.

The Masters Club is the formal name of the annual dinner Tuesday night at Augusta National during the Masters in April, and the guest list is restricted to Masters champions and Chairman Fred Ridley. Scottie Scheffler is in charge of the menu as the reigning champion, and one moment last year illustrates how this might be a dinner unlike any other. Scheffler and his wife took a short vacation to Tennessee, walked into a restaurant and were surprised to see Bubba Watson and his wife sitting at one of the tables.

Organizers of the 2023 Masters tournament said that no changes will be made to the invite criteria, meaning that golfers from the PGA Tour and LIV will be eligible to participate.

The Masters is keeping its criteria the same for next year.

Tiger Woods is painting an uncertain future when it comes to his golf and the friction in the golf world.

Dustin Johnson has finished his LIV Golf season with nearly $36 million in earnings and the team title.

The Justice Department's antitrust probe of the PGA Tour also includes Augusta National and the United States Golf Association.

The back-and-forth between Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy continued Wednesday, with the rhetoric tuned down considerably from some past verbal jousting involving PGA Tour players and those who left for Saudi-funded LIV Golf.

High-level defections! Tiger Woods and Jared Kushner! Lawsuits and blacklists! Is the new LIV league a way to reward players, or the vanity project of a despot, or something else?

Phil Mickelson told reporters that he believes he is on the "winning side" of things by choosing LIV Golf. He also said that the PGA Tour is "trending downwards."

Phil Mickelson is back in Saudi Arabia for the first time since his disparaging remarks about the Saudis were published.

The Official World Golf Ranking won’t be awarding points to LIV Golf events this year.

Phil Mickelson is now a member of the MENA Tour.

The PGA Tour is on the attack in its legal battle with Saudi-funded LIV Golf.

Saudi-funded LIV Golf is denying a report that it was close to a U.S. television deal in which it would buy time to be shown on FS1.

Phil Mickelson and three other LIV golfers have dropped out of an antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour.

Phil Mickelson and three other LIV Golf players have asked a federal judge to remove their names from the antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour.

Phil Mickelson, the driving force among PGA Tour players in the rival LIV Golf series, and three other players asked a federal judge Tuesday to remove their names from the antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour. Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford and Ian Poulter filed separately to have their names removed. Mickelson's decision was not a surprise.

The battle between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour heads to Washington with CEO Greg Norman set to meet with lawmakers this week, according to a report.

British Open champion Cameron Smith has his first LIV Golf trophy.

Cameron Smith made a pair of 7-foot birdie putts to finish off his round of 4-under 68 and allow him to overtake Dustin Johnson going into the third and final day of the LIV Golf Invitational-Chicago. As easy as Johnson made it look in the opening round, Saturday at Rich Harvest Farms was such a struggle that he shot over par for the first time in the 14 rounds he has played in the Saudi-funded series. Johnson was lucky the deficit to Smith was only two shots.

Six-time major champion Phil Mickelson called on LIV Golf and the PGA Tour to "come together" Friday while playing at LIV's weekend tournament in Chicago.

Dustin Johnson is on a roll in the Saudi-backed LIV series.

Saudi-backed LIV golf series brings drama to Sugar Grove.

Bryson DeChambeau insists he has “no buyer's remorse” about jumping from the PGA Tour to the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series.

Much like his style of golf, Phil Mickelson's imagination is only as good as his ability to pull off the shot. Mickelson has a right to feel somewhat vindicated by the bold and rapid changes coming to the PGA Tour. The idea — his idea, he can argue — is for the top players to compete against each other as often as 17 times, maybe more, for an average purse of $20 million.

Talor Gooch has a one-shot lead over Joaquin Niemann in the LIV Golf Invitational-Boston event.

Matthew Wolff is now a footnote in LIV Golf history.

The PGA Tour has denied the renewal of tour memberships for LIV-affiliated players.

LIV Golf has made it official.

Saudi-backed LIV Golf has joined the antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour.

The PGA Tour is in Delaware for the first time and so is Tiger Woods.

A federal judge in California has ruled three golfers who joined Saudi-backed LIV Golf will not be able to compete in the PGA Tour’s postseason.

Adidas CEO Kasper Rorsted believes the controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf series is part of a "normal evolution" of the sport.

Players who defected to Saudi-funded LIV Golf filed an antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour, the first step in a legal fight that could define the rules of where players can compete.

The dispute between the PGA Tour and the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series is now in the courts.

Eleven LIV golfers filed an antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour Wednesday after being suspended from the tour.

Tiger Woods turned down a Saudi offer Greg Norman says was in the neighborhood of $700 million to $800 million.

Two weeks after Henrik Stenson was stripped of his Ryder Cup captaincy for Europe, he's a winner in his debut on the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series.

Henrik Stenson is on the verge of capping off an emotional 10 days.

Henrik Stenson turned his focus to golf and it was good.

The Rocket Mortgage Classic, nestled between the British Open and FedEx Cup playoffs, could have been a tournament to skip for all of the world’s best players.

The Saudi-funded LIV Golf series has announced a 14-tournament schedule for next year.

Tiger Woods made an early and emotional departure from the British Open at St. Andrews, perhaps for the last time.

Golf’s breakaway bunch have turned into a band of brothers.

Already a two-time winner at St. Andrews, Tiger Woods has another honor before he even hit a shot in the 150th edition of the British Open.

R&A chief Martin Slumbers is blasting the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series as being driven by money.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the U.S. Department of Justice is now interested in the dispute between the PGA Tour and the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series.

The DOJ is investigating PGA Tour for engaging in potentially anti-competitive behavior in its competition with LIV Golf.

The outcry that marked the start of the Saudi Arabia-funded LIV Golf series’ first American stop quieted a bit on Friday, putting the focus on the play at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club.

LIV Golf’s first U.S. event was set to begin Thursday, with a group of survivors and families who lost loved ones in the Sept. 11 terror attacks planning to gather at a nearby park to speak out against the Saudi Arabia-funded tour.

The PGA Tour has been sued in Palm Beach County for anti-trust violations because it doesn't allow LIV Golf participants to play in PGA events.

Four months after suggesting those who defected to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series were sellouts, Brooks Koepka explained Tuesday that he simply changed his mind.

Brooks Koepka is all about being bold and blunt.

Brooks Koepka likes to boast about his honesty. Koepka once accused Patrick Reed of cheating by “building sand castles” in a waste area in the Bahamas. “I’m always going to speak my mind and tell you what I think, and I think everybody in this room knows that,” he said at a PGA Championship preview day in 2020.

Xander Schauffele won the Travelers Championship with a three-stroke swing on the final hole Sunday, hitting to 3 feet for birdie after rookie Sahith Theegala took two shots to get out of a bunker and made a double bogey in the group ahead.

Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf is getting a chilly reception in Oregon, its first stop in the United States.

Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf is getting a chilly reception in Oregon, its first stop in the United States. This coming week, the series, which is paying enormous signing fees for players like Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson, descends on Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in tiny North Plains, nestled in the rolling hills west of Portland. Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden is speaking out against the tournament, and some members of the pricy club also are uncomfortable with the situation.

Xander Schauffele shot a 3-under 67 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over good friend and playing partner Patrick Cantlay into the final round of the Travelers Championship.

Players who have joined the new Saudi Arabia-funded league will still be allowed to compete at the British Open next month.

The U.S. Open began with Phil Mickelson speaking without saying hardly anything.

Billy Foster grabbed the flag on the 18th green, pulled it toward his face and gave it a kiss.

Masters champion Scottie Scheffler tied for second at the U.S. Open, a stroke behind winner Matt Fitzpatrick.

The storm clouds never arrived at the U.S. Open.

Phil Mickelson’s tee shot on No. 3 in the second round of the U.S. Open landed in the rough to the right.

For one day at least, the U.S. Open was wide open.

Phil Mickelson's chances at the U.S. Open all but evaporated on the sixth green, where he four-putted for an ugly double bogey.

All it took was about two cringeworthy minutes and four putts from 12 feet to bring the golf world back to this: No matter where he plays, or how much money he makes, Phil Mickelson can sometimes remind us — of us. The player who built his brand as golf's everyman — only to risk it all with his move to a Saudi-backed startup that led to his suspension from the PGA Tour — looked like a weekend duffer in putting himself out of U.S. Open contention Thursday on the par-3 sixth. Mickelson hit his tee shot on the 196-yard par-3 to 12 feet, then waited while Louis Oosthuizen almost chipped in from the rough and Shane Lowry, putting on almost Mickelson's exact line, just missed to the right.

Adam Hadwin wasn’t officially in the U.S. Open until eight days ago.

Mohammed bin Salman has bankrolled a new rival to the P.G.A. Tour. What’s behind it?

Phil Mickelson lumbered his way down the first fairway and flashed a thumbs-up almost by habit, even if he wasn't responding to an occasional encouraging word from behind the ropes or in the grandstands. This is his 31st appearance, and any degree of normalcy — for Mickelson and so many other big names in golf — is hard to find. Brooks Koepka had heard enough.

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Phil Mickelson isn't giving up on playing on the PGA Tour again, even if he is currently not welcome there. “I'm very appreciative of the many memories, opportunities, experiences, friendships and relationships the PGA Tour has provided and those are going to last a lifetime,” Mickelson said. Mickelson led a defection by 17 PGA Tour members to the LIV Golf series, a move the tour countered by suspending those who decided to keep their memberships.

Luke Gannon is playing in his first U.S. Open and had one of those moments that made him realize this was a stage unlike any other the Kansan has played. Phil Mickelson was carrying only a wedge and a putter and waved him through. The Sunday before U.S. Open week is rarely more peaceful with only a few dozen players getting a look at the course, some caddies arriving ahead of their players to walk the course and check the yardages.

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan described the Saudi-funded league that has signed up Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson and Bryson DeChambeau as a “series of exhibition matches” that spends billions of dollars on players without getting a return on its investment. Monahan also said players paid an exorbitant amount of money would “have to be living under a rock” to not know they would be criticized for the source of the money. LIV Golf is backed by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund.

Phil Mickelson and other pro golfers participating in the Saudi-funded golf league reacted Thursday to the PGA Tour's suspension.

Organizers say that their tour is taking a fresh approach to the game and giving lucrative new opportunities to its players. But It’s unclear how much fans will care about the politics once the series lands in Illinois.

For Rickie Fowler, who's still cashing significant checks, would joining LIV Golf be worth the backlash

"These players have made their choice for their own financial-based reasons," PGA Commissioner Jay Monahan wrote.

The PGA Tour has suspended 17 golfers, including Phil Mickelson, who are competing in the Saudi-backed LIV golf event near London.

Commissioner Jay Monahan says even if players resigned their membership, they are not eligible as nonmembers to get sponsor exemptions to tournaments.

As a splashy new series begins, the PGA Tour says 17 golfers playing in it "are suspended or otherwise no longer eligible to participate in PGA TOUR tournament play."

Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson and other PGA Tour members who teed off in the Saudi-funded golf league Thursday are no longer eligible for PGA Tour events under penalties Commissioner Jay Monahan shared soon after the first tee shot was struck. The ban includes participation in the Presidents Cup, which would involve the South African trio of Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel and Branden Grace. The USGA already has said eligible players can still compete in the U.S. Open next week.

Graeme McDowell addresses the new LIV tour and his involvement, in the face of criticisms. (June 8)

Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson are welcome to play the U.S. Open next week under a USGA decision announced Tuesday that puts the open nature of the championship over a player's decision to play in a Saudi-funded rival league. Mickelson and Johnson are among a dozen players in the LIV Golf Invitational this week who are exempt for the U.S. Open on June 16-19 at The Country Club outside Boston. Among other U.S. Open players who signed up for the new league are Sergio Garcia, Louis Oosthuizen and Kevin Na.

Mickelson and 14 other PGA Tour members who joined could face suspensions for violating tour regulations.

Phil Mickelson, a chief recruiter for a Saudi-funded rival league to the PGA Tour, is ending his four-month hiatus by adding his name to the 48-man field for the LIV Golf Invitational that starts Friday outside London. Mickelson will be joining Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia and three other former major champions in a 54-hole tournament at Centurion Golf Club with $25 million in prize money and $4 million going to the individual winner. “I am ready to come back to play the game I love but after 32 years this new path is a fresh start, one that is exciting for me at this stage of my career,” Mickelson said in a statement posted on social media.

The results of Georgia's primary election showed Brian Kemp beating Trump-backed David Perdue.

Tiger Woods withdrew from the PGA Championship after scoring a career worst 79 on Saturday.

Dave Stockton won the 1970 PGA Championship at Southern Hills and his nostalgic return this week included the champions dinner for swapping stories of the great shots, the terrible ones and memories of career-making victories. Nobody misses the Masters champions dinner, Stockton noted. The other former PGA champions who were there: Collin Morikawa, Rory McIlroy, Jason Dufner, Keegan Bradley, Martin Kaymer, Padraig Harrington, Shaun Micheel, Rich Beem, Mark Brooks and Jeff Sluman.

A new biography of Phil MIckelson shows every facet of one of the most fascinating figures in golf, including his fantasy football talents.

Mickelson's gambling debts reached in excess of $40 million over a four-year period, according to biographer Alan Shipnuck

The decision means he will be extending his hiatus from golf following his incendiary comments he made about a Saudi-funded rival league he supports.

Phil Mickelson withdrew Friday from the PGA Championship, electing to extend his hiatus from golf following his incendiary comments about a Saudi-funded rival league he supports and the PGA Tour he accused of greed. Mickelson made history in the PGA last year when he won at Kiawah Island at age 50, making him the oldest champion in 161 years of the majors. Mickelson met the deadline to sign up for the PGA Championship on April 25, though his manager said Lefty was unsure about playing but wanted to keep his options open.

Federal auditors investigating Phil Mickelson's role in an insider trading scheme found his gambling losses totaled more than $40 million from 2010 to 2014, according to an excerpt from Alan Shipnuck's forthcoming biography. Mickelson is the defending champion. Mickelson has been out of public view since the final round of the Saudi International on Feb. 6.

News of his absence comes after the golfer publicly apologized for controversial comments he made about Saudi Arabia and a new Saudi-backed golf league.