EXPOSED🛑 “HE CHEATED” Phil Mickelson Hits New Career Low After PGA Tour “Collusion” Allegation

Phil Mickelson has dropped to a career-low 1,025th in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR).

For the first time in his career, the six-time major champion has fallen out of the top 1,000 in the world. This comes off the back of Mickelson’s forgettable showing at the Masters, which saw him shoot five-over par as he missed the cut. Mickelson’s ranking also came to light after he urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) to get involved after the PGA Tour banned Wesley Bryan for playing in a LIV Golf event.

Rory McIlroy bounced back from three disastrous holes after an ‘inexcusable’ mistake to claim his first green jacket in dramatic circumstances. But Mickelson had far less joy bouncing back, missing the cut albeit earning a hefty sum of prize money in the process despite not making it to the weekend.

Ever since his controversial switch from the PGA Tour to LIV Golf, Mickelson’s OWGR ranking has plummeted. When the Saudi-backed circuit launched in June 2022, LIV Golf was not a sanctioned entity so zero points were awarded – and it remains an unranked tour to this day amid its ongoing clash with the PGA Tour.

LIV Golf remains unrecognized as an OWGR tournament. The fact that the tour hosts solely 54-hole tournaments rather than the standard 72 certainly does not help.

Mickelson has expressed frustration toward the OWGR in the past. When CBS broadcaster Colt Knost replied to a post about the body’s responsibility to award points to LIV Golf, Mickelson offered his thoughts.

“Colt. It is not our job,” the 54-year-old wrote on X. “It is the owgr’s job to rank ALL the players in the world. Maybe they can do THEIR job and figure it out like they do for multiple tours with hundreds of players not even close to as good. But that would hurt the PGA’s revenue from CBS so the leaders won’t.”

The OWGR ranks 24 tours across the world, while the PGA Tour does have rights deals with CBS Sports, who broadcast the Masters. The PGA Tour signed a nine-year deal with ESPN, NBC, and CBS that began in 2022 and has a reported value of over $600 million.

Mickelson, as well as most of the LIV Golf roster, has been pushing for OWGR points for years. However, the three-time Masters champion is not venting his frustrations for himself, but rather it’s a battle he intends to wage on behalf of his LIV Golf colleagues.

 

“Respectfully, I don’t need OWGR points nor do I care about them for myself,” Mickelson added. “I’m in 3 majors for the next 13+ years and all four majors through 2025. It’s about doing what’s right and calling out the collusion that’s taking place behind closed doors to help JM (Jay Monahan, the PGA Tour’s commissioner) get all his TV money.”

Mickelson’s ranking has been dropping like a stone in recent years, only seeing a spike in his position thanks to his surprise runner-up finish at the 2023 Masters. Mickelson jumped from No. 425 to No. 72 in the world but is now outside the top 1,000 players.