In returning to the Masters for the first time since joining the Saudi-sponsored tour, the former champion seemed both familiar and diminished. His game wasn’t lost, not quite. But it was lacking, writes Barry Svrluga in Perspectives.
Saudi-funded LIV Golf. He took a leave from the game, which included missing the Masters for the first time since 1994. He reappeared as LIV’s leading light but has produced decidedly lousy golf.
“All right, HyFlyers,” someone from the gallery said off the eighth green. Mickelson gave a thumbs-up. Given it all, Mickelson is here as a lessened character. Four years ago, he posted a playful video on Twitter as he drove up Magnolia Lane and proclaimed himself ready to start “hittingThat persona has largely evaporated, and it showed in the gallery that followed him, which was decidedly smaller than in years past. When Mickelson’s group made its way up the first fairway, Tiger Woods was walking down the ninth, which runs parallel. The mass of humanity trudged toward the ninth green.
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