Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods on the 2020 Zozo Championship.
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Phil Mickelson helps Tiger Woods’ appointment to the PGA Tour’s coverage board.
And he reads GOLF.com.
Through one tweet earlier this week, the embattled LIV Golf participant and six-time main champion confirmed each statements.
Mickelson’s remark comes after the Tour mentioned Tuesday that it has agreed with its gamers on new governance and transparency measures whereas additionally saying Woods as its latest coverage board member, strikes that had been demanded after three Tour officers alone got here to a proposed take care of the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund. The information was reported by GOLF.com and shared on Twitter — which drew this response from Mickelson about 4 hours later:
“This is great to see. Players having equal representation on the board, Tiger getting more involved, and accountability across the board. Awesome news.”
Notably, Mickelson responded to a different GOLF.com tweet, about 10 minutes earlier. More on that in a minute.
The Tour strikes come after the Washington Post reported that 41 gamers — together with Woods, Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler and a number of other different stars — despatched a letter to Tour commissioner Jay Monahan on Monday and demanded to have extra say in the way forward for the Tour and for Woods to have a seat on the desk. Woods has now been added as a sixth participant director, becoming a member of McIlroy, Patrick Cantlay, Charley Hoffman, Peter Malnati and Webb Simpson. The board additionally consists of 5 impartial administrators (chairman Ed Herlihy, Jimmy Dunne, Mark Flaherty, Mary Meeker and a to-be-announced alternative for Randall Stephenson) and PGA of America director John Lindert.
Before the letter, gamers had voiced frustration for the reason that Tour-PIF deal was introduced in June. Many discovered of it by social media, particulars have been scarce, and the settlement comes after the Tour had fought for over a yr with LIV Golf, which is additionally backed by the PIF.
“Most of the players on the PGA Tour are together and sort of want to be informed and want to have a say in sort of what happens,” Xander Schauffele mentioned final month on the Scottish Open. “Right now, you know, with this hearing and everything that’s going on, these are just sort of steps in the process to getting, I guess, not what we want but more transparency and sort of getting a seat at the table. It’s a for-members organization and that’s what it should be.”
The deal, in the meantime, stays a framework settlement, with a lot to be determined. According to the Tour’s announcement on Tuesday, gamers and Monahan will work collectively to amend the coverage board’s governing paperwork in order that no main resolution may be made with out the prior involvement and approval of the board’s participant administrators. Colin Neville, the participant administrators’ particular advisor, may also have full entry to the framework settlement. Perhaps most necessary, participant administrators “will have full transparency and the authority to approve — or to decline to approve — any potential changes to the Tour as part of the framework agreement discussions.”
Woods, notably, hadn’t spoken publicly concerning the merger till Tuesday, and the 15-time main winner been largely out of the general public eye for the previous a number of months as he’s recovered from accidents which have stored him out of main championships.
“This is a critical point for the Tour, and the players will do their best to make certain that any changes that are made in Tour operations are in the best interest of all Tour stakeholders, including fans, sponsors and players,” Woods mentioned within the launch. “The players thank commissioner Monahan for agreeing to address our concerns, and we look forward to being at the table with him to make the right decisions for the future of the game that we all love. He has my confidence moving forward with these changes.”
And Mickelson, maybe the face of LIV Golf, seems to be supportive, too.
As for Mickelson’s second response to a GOLF.com tweet?
It seems he’s additionally supportive of the newest membership releases from Callaway — a longtime sponsor that has paused its relationship with him. Earlier this week, GOLF.com also tweeted out a story describing all-new Callaway Apex irons and utility — which drew this response from Mickelson about an hour later:
“They are awesome. Got them last week and immediately put them in the bag. Sound, feel, performance are all amazing.”
