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tishaLA

(14,176 posts)
Sat Feb 26, 2022, 01:56 AM Feb 2022

Phil Mickelson loses some more sponsors

Callaway and Workday have joined the list of sponsors who are distancing themselves from Phil Mickelson after his controversial statements and involvement with a prospective Saudi-backed golf league.

"Callaway does not condone Phil Mickelson’s comments and we were very disappointed in his choice of words—they in no way reflect Callaway’s values or what we stand for as a company," a company spokesperson told Golf Digest Friday evening. ...

Workday and Callaway joined KPMG and Heineken/Amstel in dropping Mickelson, 51, after he released a statement Tuesday afternoon acknowledging the comments he made in a November interview to golf writer Alan Shipnuck were “reckless.” ....

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/mickelson-sponsors-2022

What a schmuck. Callaway still seems to be keeping the door open to having him come back on board after this has blown over, but the other companies have been more resolute. Too bad they can't bankrupt him instead so he wouldn't have to worry about bitching about paying taxes.

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Phil Mickelson loses some more sponsors (Original Post) tishaLA Feb 2022 OP
He has hundreds of millions of dollars... orwell Feb 2022 #1
haha what a stupid fucking asshole Skittles Feb 2022 #2
Phil phucked up. Professional golf is forgiving to some. twodogsbarking Feb 2022 #3

orwell

(7,769 posts)
1. He has hundreds of millions of dollars...
Sat Feb 26, 2022, 02:04 AM
Feb 2022

...he's crying all the way to the bank.

He brags about his tax avoidance, but that's music to his target audience.

He is a total Trumpian tool however...

twodogsbarking

(9,674 posts)
3. Phil phucked up. Professional golf is forgiving to some.
Sat Feb 26, 2022, 08:00 AM
Feb 2022

Reference Tiger Woods. See what happens, next Phil.

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