Is there a way back to the tour for Phil Mickelson?
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The PGA Championship is just a few short months away, but will it have its defending champion, Phil Mickelson, playing? After the fallout from Lefty’s Saudi League and PGA comments, it’s an open question. Already, the six-time major winner’s golf sabbatical has extended to the upcoming 2022 Masters Tournament, where Mickelson’s had his most success.
Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods are the only two active players with more than five majors. Tiger’s slowly preparing for his own comeback, but Phil’s future is hanging in the balance. As of Monday, golf fans got a shock seeing Mickelson’s name listed under “Past Champions Not Playing,” his first absence from the event in 28 years.
How many pictures of the 51-year-old have we seen with him donning that green jacket over the years? Half of his majors have come from this tournament alone. It’s particularly head-scratching considering that some had predicted the legendary golfer maybe attempting a comeback campaign at the event.
But the bleeding from Phil’s self-acknowledged “reckless” comments about the Saudis seems to have an endless trail, with the golfer out since the Saudi International last February, including missing another flagship event, last week’s The Players.
Major sponsors have abandoned him and he released a statement that announced his temporary leave from golf while he works on (probably) how to formulate a way back to the sport that he loves.
“The past 10 years I have felt the pressure and stress slowly affecting me at a deeper level,” Mickelson said in his Feb.
22 statement, according to Golf Digest. “I know I have not been my best and desperately need some time away to prioritize the ones I love most and work on being the man I want to be”.
Phil’s dramatic downfall has been shocking to say the least, especially considering the height from which he’s fallen since becoming the oldest major winner in PGA history last May.
At age 50, the…
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