Phil Mickelson gets vulgar in calling out Mike Whan, USGA after U.S. Open exemption rule change!! But i don’t think many of us can disagree on this one to be honest, this is ridiculous!! Phil Mickelson in X-rated blast at US Open chief after exclusion of LIV Golf star…
Phil Mickelson certainly didn’t hold back when he powered to the defence of his fellow LIV Golf star Talor Gooch, with the latter set to miss out on the US Open following a change in qualification rules.
Phil Mickelson has brutally hit out at USGA CEO Mike Whan and accused him of a “d*** move” after a change in the qualification process for the US Open has seen fellow LIV Golf star Talor Gooch miss out.
Gooch was expecting to compete at the third major championship of the campaign this June, after being eligible to play at last season’s Tour Championship. This eligibility saw the LIV star secure a spot at last month’s Masters, but a change to US Open rules seems to have cost him a spot at Los Angeles Country Club.
This doesnt come as a suprise as liv golfers haven’t been afraid to voice their opinion this year! There has been so much debate and speculation around liv golf tour, liv golf players, greg norman, pga tour, pga tour players, dp world tour, dp world tour players! The biggest thing about this story is the magnitude of players this involves. Ian poulter, lee westwood.. and i’m sure the likes of tiger woods, rory mcilroy, matt fitzpatrick will all be sat there thinking we knew they make and change the rules.
PHIL MICKELSON LEFT TOTALLY FURIOUS INTO USGA BOSS OVER TALOR GOOCH! “JUST A D**K MOVE!”
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43 Comments
Thoughts on this…is the right? Did they deserve it or is this just harsh?
I was promised a big bonus from my previous company that i earned, but didn’t get paid because i made a decision to go somewhere else. He made a decision to go to another organization and has to live by the rules. Why does anyone really care and just enjoy the great golf that is happening on the PGA tour. If your favorite player is at LIV watch streaming. Phil’s comments on LIV originally and then deciding to go seems like a bigger dick move to me.
Phil IS right, just as he has been on the whole BS pga crapola. Also, he is right about this situation, it is a d**k move.
Let him play! Please!!! They're ALL professional and fun to watch.
Phil is correct, these players earned it!
Poor little LIV golfers play three days and want their ice cream too.
The best should compete against the best. The rest is politics. They are acting like offended little kids. The USGA is acting like a company but it’s about golf. In every field of business it’s always good to have competition. In competition you are able to grow. That’s better for everybody at the end. Maybe they should start a new event: the 20 best golfers of USGA against the 20 best golfers of LIV in Ryder Cup format. The whole world of golf would watch such an event
I’d call it a dick move but I don’t think Whan has a dick. And his balls are clearly in the possession of Monahan.
The players are banned after joining Liv Golf. Enough said!
They made their choices, did they think they could have their cake and eat it too?
The sooner all these blood money guys can’t play any other tour events the better. Stop being a fanboy for LIV
PGA and USGA have shown their true colours again, very disappointing. They are bullies and would rather maintain their power bases than work for the benefit of golf as a whole.
If the USGA had a moral spine, they would ban all the LIV players on principal…
What’s the point of having open competitions and not allowing players that qualify to play, sounds very suspect.
Think Phil in this matter has a case.
the pga is slimy at best…pga is a american tour,,,,LIV is a international tour…..
It's petty and just unfair. It's a bad look for the US Open and the PGA. Unfortunately as long as TV ratings are unaffected the behavior will continue
If you qualify for any Major you should be able to play
pga wants to run the golfing world….golf is a international sport!!!!!!
they are afraid of a liv player winning…
He made his bed…I'm not losing sleep over it.
Yes! They fear LIV players will win and make them accept the LIV Tour!
Fans of golf are being denied seeing the best golfers in the sport they love . Maybe the fans should stay at home from those events. Art
These golfers made a choice PGA or millions of dollars they picked liv and lots of money now shut up play on liv tour PGA does not want these players back period and I don't want to see them on any tour again. Bunch of whinners
Phil is 100% right. Get off the fence man and grow a set and stick up for Gooch. It’s total BS.
Phil is correct but it's funny, f@@k LIV golf and it's exhibition golf.
Taylor broke his contract with the PGA when he joined Liv. You guys keep on forgetting that. That was in their contract and they all know it. Plain and simple. A professional baseball player can't play for the Yankees and then go over play in Japan for another team at the same time. The Yankees just won't allow it. That is the business side to sports.
I'm sorry the USGA is getting involved in the money spat between 2 professional tours. Open Championships are just that, OPEN! The best players should compete period!
I am almost as tired of this as having MLB, NFL, NBA, etc lecture me on how I am a racist bigot just because I am white.
Listen the powers that be in the PGA and their puppies being the Golf Channel are a bunch over paid babies that are two faced idiots..the way they treat the best players in the world even much better than who is playing in the PGA, which is totally boring now. I still play but I dont watch anymore because of the things the PGA is doing..if they are SO offended about LIV golf why are they raising the prize money and implementing some of their format…its stupid and uncalled for..Phil's not ALWAYS right but yes he is in this matter..shame on the PGA and their small minds
And a side note, not that it matters but I canceled my USGA membership as well…
LIV need to create their own points ranking system, and DP and USPGA players should both be insisting LIV players are allowed in the majors, otherwise their validity is destroyed, and all their kudos as a world tournament with only half the best players in the world taking part, is questionable.
https://www.nationalclubgolfer.com/news/which-liv-golfers-can-play-in-the-majors/ This came out over a month ago and now Phil is crying about this. Gooch can still play in the Open, just an article showing which Liv golfers can play in the majors and for how long
We want the best players in all majors. It's worth the watch then.
The TPC relegated itself to a second tier tourney, aka The Greater Jacksonville Open. The US Open is following suit. The winner will have to live with the fact that he won a tournament at a great course with a sub par field. The Majors are supposed to feature the best golfers in the world. At least we still have The Open to look forward to. The USGA is shooting itself in the foot. LIV golf isn't going anywhere and the woke PGA will play second fiddle to them if they continue their bias. If I need a nap, I watch the PGA. If I want to watch golf I watch Liv.
Sux to be him. LIV and let live 😂
If LIV make a bigger field or a secondary tour more players will leave the PGA tour.
Why can’t PGA players play in the LIV tournaments, LIV want to play in theirs 🤔
Mickelson was seen to be the shadow of a reincarnation of Arnold Palmer in the high class manner in which he conducted himself. Now he should be seen as a destructive, malevolent force against the US PGA bought and paid for by money he does not need. The Masters, US Open and OPEN can make their own rules but LIV Golfers should never set foot on PGA soil ever again. As a former Phil fan, and Mickelson should keep his profane comments to himself; he is LIV not PGA.
100% scared of a LIV golfer winning the US Open or any other major.
I agree with Phil, the USGA has become a pawn of the PGA Tour and DP Tour
He took the blood money. They should all be banned forlifefrom the majors.
BS move
Just the nature of the world today…. Up is down … everything is corrupt!!
I think that pro golf is getting way to much drama within. Its becoming ridiculous.