Phil Shows Off His “Fire” Side on Twitter

Phil the thrill is coming to twitter with straight fire this week.

Love him or hate him, he’s known for being a bit of a talker. This week is the second event in the 2019 FedExCup playoffs and his trash talking could be a strategic move.

It all started earlier this week with his “Phireside with Phil” post. He had a “special guest” for this episode.

The one and only @TigerWoods was nice enough to take time out of his busy schedule to join me on Phireside with Phil. We got to talk about all the times I beat him (one). pic.twitter.com/IPbUufpUKH

— Phil Mickelson (@PhilMickelson) August 12, 2019

Harmless fun we have come to expect from Phil. He talked about a time he was able to get the best of Tiger and he seemed to really enjoy telling the story.

Thinking that would be the end of the Twitter posts next came a post from Golfchannel.com staff writer Will Gray noting that out of the 69 players at the BMW Championship, 52 of them where playing in the Pro Am. Notable absence was Phil. This wasn’t an attack on Phil or an indictment, just a note on what’s going on. Mickelson came back with a side comment.

Thanks for noticing. I did a pro am dinner last night for 100 dealers and customers instead.

— Phil Mickelson (@PhilMickelson) August 14, 2019

Typical Phil comment. Not being a jerk but at the same time, he’s not letting the thought of him blowing off fans go unnoticed.

That’s two tweets that caught the attention of golf fans and the tournament hasn’t even started yet.

On Wednesday a fellow PGA Pro was commenting on a quote from Phil via a Golf Digest tweet and his opinions on slow play. Donald started off his tweet with “Guess I’m an idiot then” followed by his opinions on slow play and green reading books. Phil who has been on his game this week took this opportunity to take a shot at Donald.

We agree one one thing at least

— Phil Mickelson (@PhilMickelson) August 14, 2019

The tweet was picked up by pretty much everyone who follows Golf Twitter. Donald came back with the dancing Phil Gif (classic gif by the way) and you can see that they both seem to be having some fun.

Haha, this you seconds after firing that tweet out?? Well played 👏🏼 pic.twitter.com/8AX1qpvFh3

— Luke Donald (@LukeDonald) August 15, 2019

Phil is known for being a bit of a smart ass. Its nice to see these players having some fun with one another on social media. I think Amanda Rose summed up Mickelson this week best with this single tweet.

I would like to believe this is the version of Phil Mickelson who is sitting there on his iPad tweeting out zingers pic.twitter.com/rYtWVQFa79

— Amanda Rose (@amandagolf59) August 14, 2019

Who knows how Phil will finish this week but either way he is a must follow on Twitter. If you don’t believe me, just go to @PhilMickelson and read the Tweets & replies section.