Phil Mickelson, who has not played since February, applied to the PGA Tour for permission to play at the Centurion Club in June; The reigning champion will also compete in the PGA Championship next month, along with this year’s US Open
Last updated: 25/04/22 23:29
Phil Mickelson asked PGA Tour for permission to play in the opening of the Saudi-backed golf league
Phil Mickelson has asked the PGA Tour for permission to play in the opening of the Saudi-backed golf league, while signing for two of the remaining major tournaments of the year.
Monday was the deadline for players to request the release of a controversial PGA Tour event to play in the first LIV Golf Invitational from June 9-11 at the Centurion Club in Hertfordshire, with Robert Garrigus being the only other player to publicly confirm that he has also applied.
It was also the deadline for registration for the PGA Championship, for which the 51-year-old is a defending champion, with Mickelson registering for this year’s Southern Hills and US Open. However, his leadership insisted that this was not a confirmation of his plans.
“Our client Phil Mickelson is officially registered to play in the PGA Championship as well as the US Open,” said in a statement longtime Mickelson manager Steve Loy of Sportfive.
“We also applied on his behalf to play in the first LIV Golf Invitational in London, June 9-11. This request is in line with the April 25 deadline set by the PGA Tour to compete in a controversial tour event.
“Phil currently has no specific plans for when and where he will play. All the actions taken are in no way a reflection of the final decision, but rather to leave all options open.”
The PGA Championship will be played from May 19 to 22, and Mickelson’s victory on Kiawa last year at the age of 50 made him the oldest major champion. He also gave him a five-year exception to the US Open, which this year will be played outside of Boston on June 16-19.
The statement marked the first word from Mickelson’s camp on February 22, when he apologized for the explosive remarks in an excerpt from Alan Shipnook’s book in which he ignored the Saudis behind Greg Norman’s attempt for a rival league and said he wanted strength against the PGA. Tour.
He did not play for the Saudi International on February 6, he even missed the Masters.
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Norman, meanwhile, has announced that the final season championship team for his LIV Golf Invitational series will be at Trump National Doral Miami, the first Blue Monster tournament since the PGA Tour moved the 2017 Golf World Championships to Mexico.
Norman’s rivalry plan failed miserably in February when Mickelson, seen as Norman’s chief recruiter, was quoted by Shipnook as saying the Saudis were “afraid to intervene” and that he was working with Norman to get leverage. changes he wanted in the PGA Tour.
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None of the top 10 players in the world has shown interest in Norman’s endeavor. Since then, Norman has said the rival league he envisioned will be halted in two years.
Instead, he said, players can sign up for each of the eight tournaments, which offer a prize pool of $ 20 million with an additional $ 5 million bag for the team aspect.
Even then, PGA Tour players, regardless of their world rankings, cannot apply for controversial events for the five tournaments planned for the United States.
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