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Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods on the 2020 Zozo Championship.
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Phil Mickelson helps Tiger Woods’ appointment to the PGA Tour’s coverage board.
And he reads GOLF.com.
Via one tweet earlier this week, the embattled LIV Golf participant and six-time main champion confirmed each statements.
Mickelson’s remark comes after the Tour stated Tuesday that it has agreed with its gamers on new governance and transparency measures whereas additionally saying Woods as its latest coverage board member, strikes that had been demanded after three Tour officers alone got here to a proposed take care of the Saudi Arabia Public Funding Fund. The information was reported by GOLF.com and shared on Twitter — which drew this response from Mickelson about 4 hours later:
“That is nice to see. Gamers having equal illustration on the board, Tiger getting extra concerned, and accountability throughout the board. Superior information.”
Notably, Mickelson responded to a different GOLF.com tweet, about 10 minutes earlier. Extra on that in a minute.
The Tour strikes come after the Washington Publish reported that 41 gamers — together with Woods, Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler and several other different stars — despatched a letter to Tour commissioner Jay Monahan on Monday and demanded to have extra say in the way forward for the Tour and for Woods to have a seat on the desk. Woods has now been added as a sixth participant director, becoming a member of McIlroy, Patrick Cantlay, Charley Hoffman, Peter Malnati and Webb Simpson. The board additionally consists of 5 impartial administrators (chairman Ed Herlihy, Jimmy Dunne, Mark Flaherty, Mary Meeker and a to-be-announced substitute for Randall Stephenson) and PGA of America director John Lindert.
Earlier than the letter, gamers had voiced frustration because the Tour-PIF deal was introduced in June. Many discovered of it by means of social media, particulars have been scarce, and the settlement comes after the Tour had fought for over a 12 months with LIV Golf, which can be backed by the PIF.
“A lot of the gamers on the PGA Tour are collectively and kind of need to be told and need to have a say in kind of what occurs,” Xander Schauffele stated final month on the Scottish Open. “Proper now, you realize, with this listening to and all the pieces that’s happening, these are simply kind of steps within the course of to getting, I suppose, not what we would like however extra transparency and kind of getting a seat on the desk. It’s a for-members group and that’s what it needs to be.”
The deal, in the meantime, stays a framework settlement, with a lot to be determined. In accordance with the Tour’s announcement on Tuesday, gamers and Monahan will work collectively to amend the coverage board’s governing paperwork in order that no main choice might be made with out the prior involvement and approval of the board’s participant administrators. Colin Neville, the participant administrators’ particular advisor, can even have full entry to the framework settlement. Maybe most vital, participant administrators “can have full transparency and the authority to approve — or to say no to approve — any potential adjustments to the Tour as a part of the framework settlement discussions.”
Woods, notably, hadn’t spoken publicly in regards to the merger till Tuesday, and the 15-time main winner been largely out of the general public eye for the previous a number of months as he’s recovered from accidents which have saved him out of main championships.
“This can be a crucial level for the Tour, and the gamers will do their finest to make sure that any adjustments which are made in Tour operations are in the perfect curiosity of all Tour stakeholders, together with followers, sponsors and gamers,” Woods stated within the launch. “The gamers thank commissioner Monahan for agreeing to handle our considerations, and we sit up for being on the desk with him to make the fitting selections for the way forward for the sport that all of us love. He has my confidence transferring ahead with these adjustments.”
And Mickelson, maybe the face of LIV Golf, seems to be supportive, too.
As for Mickelson’s second response to a GOLF.com tweet?
It seems he’s additionally supportive of the most recent membership releases from Callaway — a longtime sponsor that has paused its relationship with him. Earlier this week, GOLF.com additionally tweeted out a narrative describing all-new Callaway Apex irons and utility — which drew this response from Mickelson about an hour later:
“They’re superior. Acquired them final week and instantly put them within the bag. Sound, really feel, efficiency are all superb.”
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