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Chris Thompson

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan smiles.

Golf

The PGA Tour’s High Ground Was Just A Bargaining Position

Jon Rahm and Brooks Koepka walk over a footbridge on the course.

A Masters Where Both Sides Lose Is One Where Everyone Else Wins

Dan McQuade was a founding member of Defector. He died in January 2026.

Dan McQuade

AL MUROOJ, SAUDI ARABIA - JANUARY 31: Phil Mickelson of USA talks to the media during a practice round prior to the PIF Saudi International at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club on January 31, 2023 in Al Murooj, Saudi Arabia.

Phil Mickelson Has Sullied The Storied History Of HyFlyers GC

A view of a green pin flag at The Masters.

The Masters Blesses LIV Tour Players With Access To Golf’s Biggest Stage

Report: LIV Golf Will Pay Someone To Air Its Crappy Tournaments

PGA Tour Antitrust Lawsuit Forces  Silly Battle Lines On Matter Of Whether LIV Golf Sucks Ass

David Roth

Phil Mickelson tees off on the third (and final) day of the inaugural LIV Golf event.

The Saudi Golf League’s Big Bet Is On Gravity

Tom Ley

What Does Getting Banned From PGA Tour Events Actually Mean For The Saudi Golf Fellas?

Samer Kalaf

A very haggard Phil Mickelson at the LIV Golf draft on June 7.

We Need A Couple Of You To Subscribe So That This Photo Of A Haggard Phil Mickelson Is Worth It

Patrick Beverley yelling at a teammate, for a change, during a February Timberwolves game against the Cavaliers.

Podcasts

Patrick Beverley Is Coming For Everyone, Eventually, With Pablo Torre

Patrick Redford

Former Australian golfer Greg Norman, Chief Executive of LIV Golf, looks on during a press conference for the forthcoming LIV Golf event at The Centurion Club in St Albans, north of London, on May 11, 2022. - Greg Norman said on May 10, 2022, he has been given an extra $2billion (£1.6 billion) in funding from Saudi Arabia to build his breakaway LIV series of 54-hole events into a full league by 2024. (Photo by GLYN KIRK / AFP) (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images)

LIV Golf’s Greg Norman On Murder Of Jamal Khashoggi: “We’ve All Made Mistakes”

Phil Mickelson Sure Loves To Gamble, Possibly To His Own Detriment

Ray Ratto

Tiger Woods Is Back, And Just In Time

AL MUROOJ, SAUDI ARABIA - FEBRUARY 01: Phil Mickelson of The USA during a practice round prior to the PIF Saudi International at Royal Greens Golf &amp; Country Club on February 01, 2022 in Al Murooj, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Oisin Keniry/Getty Images)

Phil Mickelson Really Stepped In It

KAEC, SAUDI ARABIA - FEBRUARY 04: Bryson DeChambeau of the USA plays his tee shot on the 17th hole during Day One of the Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers at Royal Greens Golf and Country Club on February 04, 2021 in King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images)

The Saudi-Financed Golf League Appears To Have Collapsed

AL MUROOJ, SAUDI ARABIA - FEBRUARY 05: Phil Mickelson of The USA tees off the second hole during day three of the PIF Saudi International at Royal Greens Golf &amp; Country Club on February 05, 2022 in Al Murooj, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Oisin Keniry/Getty Images)

I Promise You There’s No Way I Can Properly Prepare You For This Phil Mickelson Quote

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Drew Magary

KIAWAH ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA - MAY 23: Phil Mickelson of the United States retrieves his golf ball on the 18th green after putting to win during the final round of the 2021 PGA Championship held at the Ocean Course of Kiawah Island Golf Resort on May 23, 2021 in Kiawah Island, South Carolina. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)