{"id":14778,"date":"2022-03-22T22:13:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T22:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/03\/22\/phil-mickelson-to-jump-masters-after-setback-over-saudi-support\/"},"modified":"2022-03-22T22:13:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T22:13:06","slug":"phil-mickelson-to-jump-masters-after-setback-over-saudi-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/03\/22\/phil-mickelson-to-jump-masters-after-setback-over-saudi-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Mickelson to jump Masters after setback over Saudi support"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div >\n<p>Golf legend Phil Mickelson will skip the Masters tournament for the first time in 28 years after expressing support for a Saudi-funded golf league. <em>The Washington Post <\/em>reported Tuesday.  Mickelson was widely convicted last month after he said he could look into past human rights abuses by the Saudi regime &#8211; including the murder of <em>Post <\/em>Journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as U.S. intelligence officials claim &#8211; when it comes to the PGA Tour reform that sets the U.S. major golf tournament.  &#8220;They lead people there to be gay. Know all this, why would I consider it at all? Because this is a unique opportunity to train how the PGA Tour works. They were able to come through with manipulative, compelling, strong arm tactics. , because we, the players, had no recourse, &#8220;he said in an interview.  Mickelson later offered a half-baked apology &#8211; only after he was dropped by American Express and other sponsors &#8211; claiming that the conversation was off the record, which the journalist who interviewed Mickelson refused.  His last tournament was at PIF Saudi International last month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Read it up <\/span><span >The Washington Post<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Golf legend Phil Mickelson will skip the Masters tournament for the first time in 28 years after expressing support for a Saudi-funded golf league. The Washington Post reported Tuesday. 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