Phil Mickelson Was Oh So Close To Standing up for Human Rights

Phil Mickelson's involvement with a Saudi-backed golf league to rival the PGA may have hastened the end of his career. The two-time PGA Championships winner — who has been at odds with the PGA for years because he thinks it withholds money from players — was reportedly offered $100 million to play in the alternate league’s tournaments and recruit other stars to it. But the golfer laid bare his thoughts to Alan Shipnuck — an author writing Mickelson’s unauthorized biography — when describing his business partners as “scary motherfuckers to get involved with. We know they killed Khashoggi and have a horrible record on human rights. They execute people over there for being gay.” Mickelson, who has been dropped by sponsors, issued a lengthy apology, and said that the comments were off-the-record and taken out of context (Shipnuck denies this). LZ and Will talk about the controversy, and how Phil Mickelson would have been much better off simply denouncing the Saudi-financed Super Golf League.