INTERVIEW: Phil Mickelson Talks The Future of Golf, The State of LIV and How Coffee Saved His Life

Oh really? Wanna bet?

Asian Tour has improved a lot recently with more LIV players at certain events, the courses are more exotic and fresh/interesting rather than seeing the same PGAT courses year in year out

He sold himself to the company store whocares what he thinks.

Thanks to Phil for being brave enough to make the move and see the long term big picture for the players. Initially he took a tough hit from Sponsors etc. So many were opposed to anything that competed with the PGA Tour. He is indeed a great ambassador and gentlemen.

We went to the LIV event in Dallas in September '24 with 4 kids. My wife was thinking we would just stay for 2 or 3 hours, but there was so much to do that everyone was having fun and we stayed even after the golf ended.

The music industry is NOT doing well. Phil Mickelson you MUST call Rick Beato and get informed

At the Masters practice rounds, Phil invited my two children inside the ropes of the practice green. He was very welcoming and created two fans for golf 30 years ago. The PGA tour is boring....Sheffler is great, McIlroy, Morikawa, too. Not sure of any I'd tune into on a Thursday-Saturday of a regular tournament...yawning.. Go Phil and Bryson!!

The irony is that he doesn't really give a shit about golf!

Ultimate insult to LIV would be giving world ranking points to the TGL😅

Gambling addict Phil sold out for Saudi money....have lost all interest and respect for him....He has lost his legacy....good riddens

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You sound like an AI robot. This is truly the saturation of content, like what is the point of this? Try sounding human next time man

PGA needs go away ! Why didn't players work to gain control as it should have been players controlling tour ! It was supposed to be that way! Merger of Liv PGA terrible for golf they will fix ! It will suck ! All other sports except tennis golf are fixed ! Now they want them too!

With the change in College sports and NIL, how in the world does the PGA control a players NIL?

I’ll be 55 this year…. Always watch the “5’ majors and a few others…. Right or wrong ….. LIV or pga …. The “split” has left me very uninterested in golf. Greed on every level …. I’m very comfortable and always updated my equipment…. No more. Settled in on what makes golf fun and gonna stick with that. Will still watch the majors …. But more so I have thoroughly enjoyed watching the lpga tour last year…. It seems universal.

Great point that they can live somewhere in the world rather then forced to live in USA

The older generation love the you tube golf content

Phil is the second greatest player of his generation. But, I just can't see Tiger winning a major after turning 50 this year like Phil did. Phil has had greater longevity than anyone I can think of.

I was thinking of a Bryson John Rahm match. It would be at Olympia Fields Golf Club. The match that did not happen because Derrick Bard beat John Rahm in the 2015 U.S.G.A. am. Tournament. In fact bring Scotty, and Colin Morikowa also because they played in that tournament. I think that would be fun.

I just don't know how you can't like Phil Mickelson. Truly one of the most entertaining athletes of all time

If Phil thinks LIV has the best format, I wonder if he thinks that the Majors should go to no cut 54 hole formats with music and a team aspect? If he did that, I would believe him. But the biggest tournaments in pro golf, he wants them to stay with the PGA Tour format. Interesting.

LIV has a spot where you can take a nap and play putt putt. Sounds riveting.

This evolution Phil talks about may or may NOT happen. I think the PGA Tour needs to cut at least 10 tournaments from their schedule. There are so many events where the top Players are MIA, so why will people keep buying tickets and supporting them..

PGA Traitor , Thanks for ruining Professional Golf for the faithful American viewers all these decades ! Very selfish and unpatriotic , you sellouts should never be allowed to play for the US in any international events !

PGA is like old technology. Horse and buggy vs the new options.

LIV golf is bad for golf. Good things should be only in america so world comes to america. Otherwise america is done!!!

What's the difference between a World Golf Championship event, a LIV event and an elevated event?

Golf is in real trouble. First, the PGA Tour is not perfect and there are many things that they could change that would make them a better product. LIV can buy players, but it can't buy an audience. LIV will never get the TV ratings or fan attendance numbers the PGA Tour got at its peak, which never was a lot anyway compared to the NFL, which gets ten times the viewers. Golf is a niche sport, with a relatively small audience. TGL and LIV will eventually fail because they are niche diversions of a niche sport. LIV may survive because they don't care about ratings or making a profit since they're using a bottomless pit of Monopoly money. Time will tell if the PGA Tour can survive all of this, Here's hoping that they can.

LIV got on the YT golf world early and the PGA really missed out.... and they won't get a mulligan.

It was all good ,and then someone offered him a fortune ,dont believe this crap ,tiger globalised golf ,these guys are only doing it for the money ,nothing else

Phil is most hated because he says what most people in PGA are scared to say it

PGA is now the minor league , and it is their fault

PGA gives Tiger millions with PIP award for promoting golf. Greg Norman or even Bryson have promoted golf more than Tiger has. PGA mission is strictly domestic. LIV is more forward thinking and has a more global mission. Why is NFL playing games overseas? F1 is popular and global. Soccer is global except in the US. MLB has the world baseball classic. LIV haters don’t get that PGA is the one that is holding back golf because it wants the monopoly.

Phil, who probably always was an interesting and engaging person, was bottled up by the PGA tour and the media to make seem a specific way. Now with LIV and his full on move into social media, Phil has been able to show a very likable, engaging and interesting person. Go Lefty!

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Phil has truly been remarkable. The way he goes from big picture, to making great videos, to competing, to having a great relationship with his wife and kids. He truly is such a remarkable man and with Greg moving on, this is the golfer leader for evolution in golf for at least the next decade or so.
To his point a lot of the tv contracts are until 2030. The full transition Phil is talking about kind of needs that time to come.

Hopefully it all comes together sooner somehow. But his timeline I very much agree with.

There already are professional golfers around the world that don't travel and play the US tour. Only the best get the opportunity. There will always be a premier league and I don't think it will be LIV with their silly format. Not sure what phil is smoking.

Phil, is so correct, the PGA is US centric, LIV is global, Asian tour sponsored by LIV’s owners and has Bryson playing this week, is in India, its used as a feeder tour to LIV. I have watched every LIV event, ad free on YT, and you have live comments and talk with viewers globally, its a blast

Dark Phil. Evil Phil. Bizzaro Phil. Fascinating. Would not have happened without gambling debts. I hope he is out of that stuff.

Couldn’t all these guys just moved to the DP World tour?

I’m not sure he’s right about the music thing.

The LPGA showed the PGA how to do it, and they were ignored. Golf is a global sport and forcing the best to play mainly in USA was always going to change. PGA players have always decided what events they play, and LIV then forced that to change - and it is going to change a lot more. I am in late 60s and I love LIV - PGA golf is mainly boring and Rory is a tosser.

LIV broke golf. For us the television viewers. Now the only golf on TV worth watching are the 4 majors. No one cares about LIV. Maybe Fox will change that but in the meantime no one ever talks about it or really follows it.

All sounds fantastic. Global game, top players every week, sponsors know what to expect, national teams, Formula 1 model, getting to know the players, You tube connection to bring the average age of spectator down from 60, off season. PGA 52 week calendar has been damaging to golf in Europe and Australia.

Based on all the stuff Phil's been doing on the web, he currently is golf's best ambassador.
His commentary in matches and interviews is refreshing... and what a great golfer.