Daily News | LIV star Phil Mickelson winning the Masters would be good for golf
AUGUSTA, Ga. — British Open champion Cam Smith, the LIV Golf star with the most recent accomplishments, believes it would benefit the brand if one of them wins the Masters. Former Masters champion Sergio Garcia, a controversial LIV Golf star, said the same. Phil Mickelson, the most accomplished and most controversial LIV Golf star, agrees.
Then he sold his soul to the Saudis and LIV Golf for a reported $200 million. Several players worldwide followed him, enticed by hundreds of millions of dollars in bonus money and the promise of big paydays, fueling the biggest golf controversy in the modern era.The Masters announced in December it would allow the 18 LIV players who qualified to attend the tournament, but the announcement scolded them for leaving the PGA Tour.If there’s one thing golf fans despise, its controversy.
But the Masters features a small, weak, top-heavy field. Mickelson enjoys a huge home-court advantage; it’s his 39th Masters, and he’s won three times. “Phil the Thrill” is fit and he’s healthy and he figures he has a puncher’s chance.
Brooks Koepka, a four-time major winner and finally healthy, won the LIV lead-in event Sunday. Dustin Johnson, the 2020 Masters champion, won the LIV title last year. Patrick Reed, an Augusta State product who won here in 2018, is playing well.
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