Phil Mickelson Fires Back At Tiger’s Press Conference Comments

This week, Tiger Woods hit us with the bombshell that he will not be competing in the Hero World Challenge due to further injuries sustained on his lower body and feet.

He was then peppered with hot-button issues and his take on the current golfing world, where we hung onto every word.

“I think Greg [Norman] has to go.”

Tiger Woods on what needs to happen for an amicable relationship between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf. pic.twitter.com/nQEyYxA0v4

— CBS Sports HQ (@CBSSportsHQ) November 29, 2022

Tiger mentioned the need for Greg Norman to step down, his fears of Covid during the Open week, the PGA Tour’s financial situation during the pandemic, and whether he will use a cart for future pro golf events.

Tiger told us that the Tour took out an enormous loan during covid-19, which helped fund the PIP and new ventures that Jay Monahan has put forward for the 2023 season.

Phil Mickelson wasted no time in taking to Twitter after Tiger’s Tuesday thoughts.

Pga tour IRS 990 form from 2018
1.6 billion in stocks
700 million in cash
1.15 billion in non liquid assets.
This is from the non profit section. The for profit section hasn’t been stated since 2012 but was more than the non profit part at that time.
This can all be googled

— Phil Mickelson (@PhilMickelson) November 29, 2022

Mickelson has previously argued that the PGA is sitting on an $800m cash stockpile, as well as pointing out some stats from the IRS form in 2018. Mickelson has been consistently critical of the PGA Tour and how they deal with their financials, so it comes as no surprise.

Whether they did take out a loan remains to be confirmed, but Phil is staying true to his message by reinvigorating his usually dormant Twitter account to point some fingers at the PGA.

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