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Phil Mickelson is having an honest conversation about his personal experiences with gambling addiction.

Katie Ann Lehman If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. LIV Golf’s 2025 season kicks off this week in Saudi Arabia with a bold new twist—the season-opening event at Riyadh Golf Club will be played entirely under the stars from Feb. 6-8.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Many of the world’s best golfers will convene at North Carolina’s Pinehurst Resort on Thursday morning, kicking off the 124th U.S. Open and the third major championship of the year.

The Masters is here and it is time to strap yourself in for four days of spills and thrills at Augusta National.

Brooks Koepka has brushed off the idea that LIV Golf's emergence has diluted the quality of competition on the PGA Tour. As he prepares for the upcoming Masters, the American golfer is focused on capturing his first green jacket and achieving the career Grand Slam.

Viktor Hovland has slammed golf's obsession with prize money as a "little bit sad" as players continue to leave the PGA Tour for LIV Golf.

Phil Mickelson is pleased to see Rory McIlroy soften his stance on LIV Golf - and says it's not time to pile on, but to mend bridges.

After Phil Mickelson was accused of seeking to bet on the outcome of the 2012 Ryder Cup, fellow golfer Rory McIlroy has weighed in.

Phil Mickelson has allegedly wagered more than $1 billion on sports across the last three decades, according to famed sports gambler Billy Walters.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor The most traditional purveyor of golf and the upstart that hoped to take away its business have agreed to merge, In a stunning development. the PGA Tour agreed to combine its commercial and business rights with the golf-related operations of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, which includes the upstart league LIV Golf as well as Europe’s DP World Tour. The two sides had been locked in litigation for months. “After two years of disruption and distraction, this is a historic day for the game we all know and love,” said Jay Monahan, the PGA Tour Commissioner. “Going forward, fans can be confident that we will, collectively, deliver on the promise we’ve always made — to promote competition of the best in professional golf and that we are committed to securing and driving the game’s future.”

Phil Mickelson is opening up about his body transformation.

Sam Bennett is one of the top golfers at the 2023 Masters — and everyone wants to know all about the reigning U.S. Amateur champion.

Well this is something: All of the CW affiliates have agreed to air the 2023 LIV Golf League season. The network made it official today by announcing the first official full season of the Saudi-backed golf will air on 100% of the CW affiliates, as well as Nexstar owned and operated stations in key markets including Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Tampa and Hartford.

Rumors have swirled of late that the latest big name who may decamp to the Saudi-backed LIV golf tour is TNT NBA analyst and onetime owner of the worst swing in golf, Charles Barkley.

LIV rebels Phil Mickelson and Ian Poulter played down suggestions they had received a hostile reception during the first round of the The Open at St Andrew’s. Poulter was was greeted with a smattering of boos on the first tee before shooting a three-under-par 69 and Mickelson was unfazed by his decision not to attend the pre-tournament champions dinner.

LIV Golf Series have pledged $2 billion into the new venture which, not surprisingly, has turned a lot of golfers’ heads — even though it’s run by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the man the CIA believe ordered the assassination of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.Some big names — Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia and others — have already made the move, costing them their place on the PGA Tour even as they were part of this weekend’s US Open. Other high-profile players, including Rickie Fowler and Bubba Watson, are rumored to be joining LIV soon.New reports claim that four-time major-championship winner Brooks Koepka (whose younger brother, Chase, has already signed on for LIV) might also switch.

sign with the controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series means he’ll make more money than any other golfer, including Tiger Woods, has earned on the green in their entire PGA tour careers.On Thursday, former world No. 1 golfer Johnson will play in the inaugural LIV Golf Series event at London’s Centurion Club.

Six-time major winner Phil Mickelson today announced he will return to golf in LIV Golf’s London tournament this Thursday. “Lefty,” as he is known, took a four-month break after remarks he made about the PGA and Saudi Arabia.

Tom Brady may be returning to the NFL after a short-lived retirement but that doesn't mean he's slowing down on other projects. MORE: Green Bay Packers’ Aaron Rodgers wins NFL Honors' MVP for second year in a rowThe father-of-three has now launched a new golf collection under his Brady brand, featuring "high performance polos to the perfect golf pant and shorts, and Zero Weight layers".WATCH: Tom Brady splits his pants playing golfBut fans were all quick to make the same joke, asking if the pants are "rip proof"."Everyone knows when I’m not playing football, you’ll probably find me on the links," Tom shared. "When I started @bradybrand the GOLF collection was one of my top priorities.

Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan took to Twitter last night to defend Phil Mickelson, after the golfer apologised for a series of controversial statements he had made about Saudi Arabia.The journalist called out the “ongoing cancellation” of the athlete and even offered to play a round of golf with him.Piers, 56, tweeted out to his 7.9 million followers: “Golf’s ongoing cancellation of Phil Mickelson has now forced him out of the Masters. “You don’t have to agree with the things he said recently, for which he apologised, to think this is now turning into an unedifying sporting crucifixion. “I’ll play with you,” he added, tagging Phil in his post.Phil, 51, is set to miss The Masters for the first time in 28 years, after being removed from the list of competitors for next month's tournament.The golf star is currently taking a break from the sport following the fall-out from his comments about the PGA Tour and a potential Saudi-backed rival circuit.Phil announced towards the end of February he was taking a break from golf "to work on being the man I want to be".He also apologised for his "reckless" comments about a proposed Saudi-backed breakaway league.The controversy began last month when author Alan Shipnuck, who was writing an unauthorised biography on Phil, released excerpts from the book in which the golfer called the Saudis "scary", but said he was willing to look past their human rights records to gain leverage with the PGA Tour.Saudi Arabia's government has denied accusations of human rights abuses and Phil has apologised for his comments, claiming they were off the record.In the comments section of Piers’ tweet, people were split on the journalist's attitude towards the golf pro.Stephen Mills pointed out:

ongoing feud with Brooks Koepka, he has claimed that he “lives rent free in his head”, while declaring he wants nothing to do in a war of words. Yet it is fair to say that in the last 14 months - since he emerged from the first lockdown with 40lbs more of bulk - that he has become the most talked about active player in the game.