Phil Mickelson Exposes Dark Past With PGA Tour Commissioner With an Unexpected $1 Billion Confession

LIV Golf emerged last year and completely turned around the sport of golf. From giving the PGA Tour competition to ensuring the sport is evolving, many changes have come about in the sport. But it also has many wondering if the Tour’s commissioner, Jay Monahan, could have made these changes organically without many stars jumping over to the dark side. Well, as per Phil Mickelson, they could not have, and his recent online rant proves exactly why!

The heated Phil Mickelson debate on Twitter

Recently quoting Rory McIlroy on Twitter, CBS’s Kyle Porter wrote, “The emergence of LIV or the emergence of a competitor to the PGA Tour has benefitted everyone who plays elite professional golf.” And within the comments of the post, a debate sparked.

Responding to Porter’s initial tweet about McIlroy, the Living It Up podcast wrote, “It was a long-winded way of saying “Phil was right.” And after a fan chimed in, stating that all Mickelson did was up and quit, the podcast page defected to Lefty. They claimed that he tried to “drive changes,” but it all fell on “deaf ears.” And as per Lefty, they were more than right.

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Replying to the post, the golf legend narrated one of many times he tried to bring about change to the Tour. And his suggestion was about exactly what the TMWR Sports is now doing through the TGL! “Before I left I brought a $1 billion commitment from a current PGATour partner to have 8 elevated events,” he wrote. “JM’s quote was “I don’t believe the league is going to happen, so we won’t be doing that.” He had, with no attempt, just been shut down: “no vote,” “no discussion”!

Mickelson gets disappointment with the PGA Tour

It’s clear now why Mickelson was one of the first few to jump ship last year. And while his $200 million offer was a huge reason for him to leave, it clearly wasn’t his only one. The Tour’s resistance to change and growth had immensely frustrated him. And LIV Golf was more than open to it.

His huge initiative of bringing a billion-dollar deal to the table in an attempt to introduce change, being shut down by Monahan back then was probably the beginning of the end for Mickelson. Although, oddly enough, by leavening and igniting the Tour players’ defection, Mickelson had led to the change. But heartbreakingly, he couldn’t be a part of it!

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What do you think about change-resistant Monahan? And had LIV Golf not formed, would the PGA Tour have ever evolved? Let us know in the comments below.