‘Seems Like An Overstatement’: Golf World Disagrees With Phil Mickelson Over Latest LIV Golf Comments

The LIV Golf Series has been in the news for all sorts of reasons. While players and journalists alike have praised the league, many have considered it to be a forced approval from the tournament directors. On a similar note, fans were quick to express their displeasure when Phil Mickelson had some nice things to say regarding the progress of LIV Golf recently.

However, fans disagreed with him.

Phil Mickelson called LIV Golf’s progress remarkable

While Mickelson has a long-standing habit of making controversial statements, his recent claim was relatively much softer. The 52-year-old has been praising the LIV Golf Series ever since he joined the roster for a reported contract worth $200 million.

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Ahead of the LIV Golf’s season finale in Miami, Mickelson effused praise for the Saudi-backed series on making considerable progress over the last six to seven months. “It’s pretty remarkable how far LIV Golf has come in the last six, seven months. I don’t think anybody can disagree with that,” he said.

The snippet of Mickelson’s words at the media launch of the Miami event was posted on the Twitter handle of the LIV Golf Series with the caption, “We agree”. However, fans were quick to show their displeasure and ridiculed Mickelson and other golfers for their so-called sweet words. Here’s a selection of those tweets.

Thus, social media users had a lot to say.

Mickelson’s never-ending praise for LIV Golf Series

The 6-time Major Championship winner has been in a war of words with recently crowned World No. 1 Rory McIlroy in the LIV vs PGA debate. McIlroy mentioned that the “us versus them” conflict had spiraled out of hand to a leading newspaper daily.

While not responding directly to the comments, Mickelson set about showering flowers on the newly founded league. “If I’m just looking at LIV Golf and where we are today to where we were six, seven months ago and people are saying this is dead in the water, and we’re past that, and here we are today, a force in the game that’s not going away,” he said.

Mickelson also claimed the LIV series was making news in other countries and therefore extending the sport’s popularity across the world. He said the quality of talent was “moving professional golf throughout the world and [creating an] excitement level in the countries around the world.”

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