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Masters: Mickelson absent in Augusta following his remarks on the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia

2022-03-22T10:09:39.117Z


Six-time Major winner Phil Mickelson will miss the Augusta Masters next month and will miss the first major event of the season for the first time since 1994.


The 51-year-old American golfer, author of scathing remarks on the PGA Tour last month and backer of a dissident Saudi-funded Super League, is on the list of '

former champions not competing

' at the 86th Masters, which will take place from April 7 to 10 on the famous course in Georgia.

A question surrounds more than ever his participation in the USPGA, of which he is defending champion, in May in Tulsa (Oklahoma).

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The left-hander, who became the oldest player to win a Major by winning the PGA Championship at 50 in 2021, had drawn criticism from the big names on the circuit and its organizers last month by announcing his desire to commit. in the Saudi-funded Super League of golf and castigating the operation of the PGA Tour.

The sequence led Mickelson to apologize and announce "

take a step back

".

"

This is a unique opportunity to reshape the way the PGA Tour works

," the American said of his support for the Saudi-backed Super League in excerpts from a forthcoming biography written by the journalist Alan Shipnuck.

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They used manipulative, coercive and brutal methods because we players have no recourse

,” Mickelson also said, targeting the PGA Tour, while highlighting the

kingdom ’s “

horrific human rights record

”. Saudi.

PGA commissioner Jay Monahan said earlier this month that he had not spoken with Mickelson about his plans to return to the tour.

"

When he's ready to return to the PGA Tour, we'll have that conversation

," Monahan opened.

In addition to the 2021 PGA Championship, Mickelson also won the Masters in 2004, 2006 and 2010, the 2005 PGA and the 2013 British Open. He also finished second in the US Open six times.

Source: lefigaro

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