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[imsys0042]

Meanwhile, Norman seems to be taking the high road….

[iacas]

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For the smattering of Twitter trolls who have accused me of trying to “ruin” Mickelson, I will just say that I am in possession of some incredibly damaging information about Phil that I have elected not to put in the book because it is highly personal and would cause pain to too many people.

He's not who many thought he was.

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[Flushed]

On 2/26/2022 at 9:14 PM, Double Mocha Man said:

It will be interesting if Phil pops up on the senior circuit, or the main tour, to see if he's wearing any Callaway logos.  Though I do understand that for the moment he is on a self-enforced hiatus.

He has the Masters and the PGA Championship for life, The Open until he's 60 (9 years) and the US Open until he's 56 (5 years). I reckon he plays those and a couple sponsor exemption events on the PGA Tour and that's that. Also think the SGL isn't dead and that he'll be on that tour within a couple years.

[ChetlovesMer]

On 2/26/2022 at 4:14 PM, Double Mocha Man said:

It will be interesting if Phil pops up on the senior circuit, or the main tour, to see if he's wearing any Callaway logos.  Though I do understand that for the moment he is on a self-enforced hiatus.

2 hours ago, iacas said:

He's not who many thought he was.

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Man, o man, Phil. 
Looks like you pooped the bed. 

[imsys0042]

Then there is this.

”On the subject of betting, I was told one incendiary story that would have made international headlines, but the person directly involved was speaking to me off-the-record, and because I always honor those agreements, it’s not in the book. ”

good grief.   This is going to be like Tiger with things coming out for a while.   The big personal issue sounds like an affair.  The above sounds like some type of unethical behavior.   

[ChetlovesMer]

4 minutes ago, imsys0042 said:

Then there is this.

”On the subject of betting, I was told one incendiary story that would have made international headlines, but the person directly involved was speaking to me off-the-record, and because I always honor those agreements, it’s not in the book. ”

good grief.   This is going to be like Tiger with things coming out for a while.   The big personal issue sounds like an affair.  The above sounds like some type of unethical behavior.   

I kind wish he wouldn't have mentioned that. I mean, if you aren't going to tell us the story, why tell us there's a story? Cuz, now I want to know the story.

[GolfLug]

Yeah, so now who isn't thinking the extremely damaging 'highly personal' issue isn't an affair? If I was Phil's wife and I am reading this...

I am not a Phil fan at all anymore but Shipnuck straight up buried him, whether he claims or intends not to. 

[imsys0042]

7 minutes ago, GolfLug said:

Yeah, so now who isn't thinking the extremely damaging 'highly personal' issue isn't an affair? If I was Phil's wife and I am reading this...

I am not a Phil fan at all anymore but Shipnuck straight up buried him, whether he claims or intends not to. 

That's pretty incredible.   Not that I want to start a political thread, but one of the books on Trump's presidency mentioned that there was an affair but the author (Wolfe) couldn't get the confirmation that he needed for publishing it.   But stating it led to speculation on who it would be.

I don't know enough about Shipnuck, but I wonder if he is representative of an industry that is circling the wagons around the PGA Tour.

[GolfLug]

52 minutes ago, imsys0042 said:

That's pretty incredible.   Not that I want to start a political thread, but one of the books on Trump's presidency mentioned that there was an affair but the author (Wolfe) couldn't get the confirmation that he needed for publishing it.   But stating it led to speculation on who it would be.

Phil has a clean image as far as fidelity to his wife unlike Trump (same as you, not intended to be a political comment in the slightest). The potential damage is far far greater from an outsiders perspective, if it isn't done already. 

52 minutes ago, imsys0042 said:

I don't know enough about Shipnuck, but I wonder if he is representative of an industry that is circling the wagons around the PGA Tour.

There's an industry out there that wants to hurt the PGA tour?? You don't mean a competing tour right? Genuine question.   

[Vinsk]

3 hours ago, ChetlovesMer said:

I kind wish he wouldn't have mentioned that. I mean, if you aren't going to tell us the story, why tell us there's a story? Cuz, now I want to know the story.

I think that shows that he absolutely knows he’s burying Phil. Why would he even mention it if he truly isn’t meaning to out Phil? He’s basically saying Phil has done something that would pretty much ruin him…but he won’t say what it is. Well, he just did. The details are just media fodder but the substance is obviously quite damaging.

[iacas]

3 hours ago, GolfLug said:

Yeah, so now who isn't thinking the extremely damaging 'highly personal' issue isn't an affair? If I was Phil's wife and I am reading this…

I don't necessarily think it's an affair. And even if it was an affair, maybe it wasn't Phil having the affair. That would be damaging to people outside of Phil, and a reason perhaps not to publish it.

3 hours ago, imsys0042 said:

I don't know enough about Shipnuck, but I wonder if he is representative of an industry that is circling the wagons around the PGA Tour.

The book has been done for a few months now, though.

1 hour ago, Vinsk said:

Well, he just did.

But he didn't.

If he told us, we'd all be talking about that thing. It's just speculation now, and it'll fade.

We all KNOW Tiger screwed some Denny's waitress and some porn stars, etc. We KNOW that now, still, to this day.

Speculation will fade quickly. Until about May 17.

[Double Mocha Man]

I liked Phil for his bravado with the driver, his flop shots and the way he stuck around to sign autographs for kids.  Everything else... eh...

[hunterdog]

There is a proverb that a man is judged by the company he keeps.  Norman and Mickelson want to be pals with MBS who is best pals with Putin.  On the world stage, or for a global marketing perspective, does the MBS and Putin association sell golf clubs or financial advice.  I don’t really care if Phil had an affair but after the press went after Tiger for adultery, it would be a mess.  I do care, however, his affair with these “scary mothers…rs.”

[ChetlovesMer]

16 minutes ago, hunterdog said:

There is a proverb that a man is judged by the company he keeps.  Norman and Mickelson want to be pals with MBS who is best pals with Putin.  On the world stage, or for a global marketing perspective, does the MBS and Putin association sell golf clubs or financial advice.  I don’t really care if Phil had an affair but after the press went after Tiger for adultery, it would be a mess.  I do care, however, his affair with these “scary mothers…rs.”

That's a pretty good take, right there. 

[iacas]

1 hour ago, hunterdog said:

I don’t really care if Phil had an affair but after the press went after Tiger for adultery, it would be a mess.  I do care, however, his affair with these “scary mothers…rs.”

Phil is white and has had way less success than Tiger Woods. It wouldn't be worse than it was for Tiger.

[Vinsk]

2 hours ago, iacas said:

But he didn't.

He didn’t give any details, no. But when he says he has information that is incredibly damaging, it’s pretty safe to say it’s not that he stole a polo from a department store. Why even mention it? What was the point of mentioning it at all?