{"id":1697131,"date":"2022-10-15T06:30:13","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T10:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1697131"},"modified":"2022-10-16T19:20:46","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T23:20:46","slug":"phil-mickelson-called-out-again-for-calling-saudi-government-scary-motherfers-by-reporter-while-at-liv-golf-press-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/phil-mickelson-called-out-again-for-calling-saudi-government-scary-motherfers-by-reporter-while-at-liv-golf-press-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Mickelson Called Out Again for Calling Saudi Government \u201cScary Motherf***ers\u201d by Reporter While at LIV Golf Press Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fphil-mickelson-called-out-again-for-calling-saudi-government-scary-motherfers-by-reporter-while-at-liv-golf-press-event%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1697131&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Golf star Phil Mickelson put in an awkward position this week regarding some \u201coff-the-record\u201d remarks he made regarding the Saudi Arabian government and the LIV Golf Tour earlier in the year.<\/p>\n<p> Phil Mickelson via Golf Channel YouTube <\/p>\n<p>During a press event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Thursday, Mickelson was pressed by a journalist in the crowd regarding \u201csome comments about about this country, for which you\u2019ve apologized for\u201d and whether or not his current opinion of the Kingdom has changed.<\/p>\n<p>For context, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/02\/18\/phil-mickelsons-saudi-league-motive-changing-pga-tour-dictatorship\/\">the comments<\/a> the journalist was referring too were remarks attributed to Mickelson by his biographer, Alan Shipnuck, earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re scary motherf-ckers to get involved with,\u201d Shipnuck said Mickelson had told him. \u201cWe know they killed [Washington Post reporter and U.S. resident Jamal] Khashoggi and have a horrible record on human rights. They execute people over there for being gay. Knowing all of this, why would I even consider it? Because this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reshape how the PGA Tour operates.\u201d It\u00a0didn\u2019t stop there according to Shipnuck\u2019s account of Mickelson\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Interesting moment from Phil&#8217;s LIV presser in Saudi Arabia. Asked about his previous comments about Saudi, he answers:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So I will reiterate, I never did an interview with Alan Shipnuck.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fLIrlkyJe5\">pic.twitter.com\/fLIrlkyJe5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dylan Dethier (@dylan_dethier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dylan_dethier\/status\/1580566985746046977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/07\/charles-barkley-comes-out-in-full-force-against-critics-of-saudi-backed-liv-golf-compares-civil-rights-in-the-us-to-saudi-arabia\/\">Charles Barkley Comes Out In Full Force Against Critics Of Saudi-Backed LIV Golf, Compares Civil Rights In The US To Saudi Arabia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve been able to get by with manipulative, coercive, strong-arm tactics because we, the players, had no recourse. As nice a guy as [PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan] comes across as, unless you have leverage, he won\u2019t do what\u2019s right. And the Saudi money has finally given us leverage. I\u2019m not sure I even want [the SGL] to succeed, but just the idea of it is allowing us to get things done with the [PGA] Tour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mickelson responded to the reporter, stating \u201cI will reiterate, I never did an interview with Alan Shipnuck, and I find my experience with everybody associated with LIV Golf has been nothing but incredibly positive, and I have nothing but the utmost respect for everybody that I\u2019ve been involved with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mickelson had already issued <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/02\/22\/phil-mickelson-backs-off-saudi-golf-comments-loses-sponsor\/\">an apology<\/a> when the initial controversy broke out in February, saying then \u201cThere is the problem of off the record comments being shared out of context and without my consent, but the bigger issue is that I used words I sincerely regret that do not reflect my true feelings or intentions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> [embedded content] <\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/08\/tiger-woods-and-rory-mcilroy-subpoenaed-by-liv-increasing-tensions-between-leagues\/\">Tiger Woods And Rory McIlroy Subpoenaed By LIV, Increasing Tensions Between Leagues<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The thing to point out is that Mickelson doesn\u2019t completely deny that the remarks were made in the first place, particularly with how he characterized the conversation with Shipnuck as being \u201coff the record\u201d instead of being a formal \u201cinterview.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shipnuck responded to Mickelson\u2019s statement, stating that Mickelson made a \u201chalf-hearted attempt at revisionist history, trying to say our talk had been a private conversation, but I shut that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Golf star Phil Mickelson put in an awkward position this week regarding some \u201coff-the-record\u201d remarks he made regarding the Saudi Arabian government and the LIV Golf Tour earlier in the year. 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