Phil Mickelson has spoken out on social media but once more. He had lots to say concerning the pending deal between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf.
Nonetheless, this time, it wasn’t a dig.
With 2023 coming to an finish, the self-imposed deadline for the Saudi PIF and the PGA Tour to signal a deal is about to go.
Many nonetheless marvel if there’ll even be a deal. Mickelson tried to calm the lots after he noticed somebody query the way forward for golf for informal followers.
“When it’s all stated and achieved, the common fan will see all the most effective gamers compete towards one another far more usually than earlier than AND all through the world,” Mickelson wrote on X, previously Twitter. “Sponsors will know what it’s they’re shopping for, and everybody will find yourself forward. Let’s all be affected person.”
Joe,I perceive what you’re saying. Nonetheless, when it’s all stated and achieved, the common fan will see all the most effective gamers compete towards one another far more usually than earlier than AND all through the world. Sponsors will know what it’s they’re shopping for and everybody will find yourself…
— Phil Mickelson (@PhilMickelson) December 30, 2023
Staying affected person is a brand new message from Mickelson.
Despite the fact that it appears like this deal has been a two-year-long state of affairs, it has been simply 206 days since PIF and the PGA Tour introduced it on June 6.
Mickelson was responding to X consumer Joe Pompliano, the host of a sports activities and enterprise present, ‘The Joe Pomp Present, ‘ who wrote about how the informal golf fan may very well be misplaced to this divide.
“The PGA-LIV merger talks being prolonged is a bummer for golf,” Pompliano wrote. “Many followers are simply exhausted by the entire expertise — they stopped following updates, aren’t enthusiastic about any PGA or LIV occasions, and solely plan on watching the majors. That’s a fast method to get rid of the causal fan.”
The PGA-LIV merger talks being prolonged is a bummer for golf.
Many followers are simply exhausted by the entire expertise — they stopped following updates, aren’t enthusiastic about any PGA or LIV occasions, and solely plan on watching the majors.
That’s a fast method to get rid of the causal fan.
— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) December 29, 2023
This tweet sparked the response from Mickelson. Pompliano then responded to the six-time main champion.
“I agree that might be higher, however the final 2+ years have upset many followers, and it’s TBD in the event that they return if/when a deal is finished,” he responded to Mickelson’s remark. “Query Phil Mickelson: What do you suppose is holding up the merger? And if it doesn’t occur, can LIV be a financially viable product in the long term?”
Lefty has not but responded.
LIV Golf doesn’t appear to be going anyplace no matter this deal, however Pompliano did increase some questions that folks need solutions to.
The divide LIV has created in skilled golf is on the entrance of the storylines. Whereas there have been loads of improbable moments in 2023, the sport modified after they introduced that deal on June 6.
Rumors have mid-spring as the brand new timeline for the PIF and PGA Tour to complete the deal. Will that occur, or will it get prolonged once more? Does the PGA Tour discover one other investor, or will PIF be the one possibility?
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