This week, the major US Open is decided, and in that competition, players who have been suspended from the PGA Tour can participate.
The American superstar Phil Mickelson is one of those who was attracted by the billions that are available to play on the money-tight new tour that is financed by money from Saudi Arabia.
The US PGA Tour has shut down the players who took part in the first LIV tour competition in the UK last week.
- I would prefer to choose the path myself.
One or the other or both tours, he says in Brookline, before the US Open.
- I have earned a lifetime membership so I think I should be able to choose where I want to play.
When asked what he says to the supporters and colleagues who criticize the new tour precisely because it is funded by Saudi Arabia, which, among other things, does not comply with human rights, Mickelson says:
- I respect and understand their opinions.
And I understand their strong feelings for my choice.
I respect if they think differently.
But right now, this is the right decision.