As Phil Mickelson Endorses Latest Reports Against Jay Monahan, Lefty’s Brutal Fate From a Year Ago Re-emerges

The PGAT-LIV merger is at a crucial juncture at this point in time. With only a few weeks left before the deadline to complete the transaction, the discussions about the merger are heating up. Among golfers, Phil Mickelson has been at the center of this matter for quite some time. Earlier this year, he had spoken about his strategic inputs to the PGAT and how they were ignored rudely. 

Now recently, he has endorsed the thoughts and theories of a golf journalist on the merger. The journalist has tweeted in length about the crux of the merger and where it stands now for everyone concerned. His summary touches upon some interesting aspects of the ongoing dialogue between the two entities.

Where does the LIV – PGAT merger stand currently?

On one hand, the PGA Tour is looking for external investment, to have some edge over LIV Golf in the negotiations. On the other hand, the opportunity to collaborate with LIV will expire by December 31. The PGAT is at a place where it has to conclude an arrangement before this year ends, or it will have to compete with LIV Golf to survive. 

The write-up focused on three forces that are in play in the matter. “Force One comprises the big money people. They include PIF, private equity, and other wealthy individuals.” As force two, the tweet mentions the PGA Tour and the establishment.

Phil Mickelson had retweeted the second tweet in the three-tweet series. The tweet focused on “Force Two” in great detail. It spoke about how the Tour, Jay Monahan in particular, had first rejected the PGL, then ignored suggestions to have elevated events, and finally refused to work with the LIV league. The tweet referred to these three decisions as mistakes that have put the PGA Tour in a mess now.

Force three, according to the writer, is the combined force of the disruptors of the merger. He described the Third Force in the battle as the entire LIV Golf League. He mentioned everyone involved with LIV golf, including the players and the PIF as the third force. Coming back to the elevated events, Phil Mickelson had tweeted about this long back. He had explained how his recommendation to conduct elevated events was rejected by the Tour. This was before he moved to LIV, he said. 

The Phil Mickelson tweet from March

Back in March this year, a discussion sprouted after Rory McIlroy spoke about the impact of LIV on the sport. McIlroy said something along the lines of how the emergence of LIV had benefitted elite professional golfers. The thread discussed how the statement is nothing but an indirect way of admitting Phil Mickelson was right. This refers to the argument that the Lefty tried his best to work within the establishment and suggest improvements. 

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Mickelson himself responded to the thread and reiterated what happened. Mentioning his suggestion to incorporate elevated events with equity for the players, he quoted Jay Monahan’s response. “JM’s quote was “I don’t believe the league is going to happen so we won’t be doing that.” No vote,no discussion”. As the deadline fast approaches, the thrill of finding out what the future of golf is going to look like is multiplying many folds! What are your thoughts on the matter?

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