The controversial move from the PGA Tour to the upstart LIV Golf League paid off handsomely for Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson. The two golfers ranked Nos. 6 and 7, respectively, on Forbes’ annual list of the world’s highest-paid athletes. Johnson raked in $107 million and Mickelson $106 million over the past 12 months, almost…

  AUGUSTA, Georgia—Nobody from the LIV Golf contingent at this year’s Masters were able to slip into the Green Jacket, but a few players from the controversial Saudi-backed circuit left an indelible mark on the leaderboard at Augusta National on Sunday. Four-time major winner Brooks Koepka and three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson, two of LIV’s…

Spain’s Jon Rahm shot a 3–under-par 69 in the final round to earn his first Masters championship on a long Sunday, April 9, at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. Rahm, the 2021 U.S. Open winner, collected his second major championship by finishing at 12–under 276 for a four-stroke victory. Brooks Koepka, who had…

Phil Mickelson has returned to the premises of Augusta National Golf Club one year after taking a leave of absence from the game at the commencement of the LIV Golf controversy. Mickelson did not play the 2022 Masters, which took place several weeks after he made controversial comments about Saudi Arabia and the then-upstart LIV…

Phil Mickelson, the driving force among PGA Tour players in the rival LIV Golf series, and three other players asked a federal judge Tuesday to remove their names from the antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour. Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford and Ian Poulter filed separately to have their names removed. That leaves only three players—Bryson…

WASHINGTON—Hall of Fame golfer Phil Mickelson and 10 other players filed a lawsuit against the PGA Tour on Wednesday, alleging that it broke anti-trust law by refusing them to participate on the tour and the new rival LIV Golf circuit, backed by Saudi Arabia. The lawsuit was led by six-time major champion Mickelson and includes…

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson put their names into contention for the U.S. Open Championship, multiple outlets reported Thursday. That doesn’t mean that either, or both, are confirmed to participate in the tournament, scheduled for The Country Club in Brookline, Mass., from June 16–19. Wednesday night was the deadline to reserve their spots should they…

PHOENIX—Phil Mickelson stood on the 18th green at Phoenix Country Club, a wide smile across his face as he held yet another PGA Tour Champions trophy. Next to him was 64-year-old Bernhard Langer, grinning just as broadly as he hoisted the Charles Schwab Cup trophy at an age when most players are playing from the…

Tiger Woods won’t be at Whistling Straits this week, for obvious reasons. Phil Mickelson will, but for the first time since 1995, he won’t hit a shot in the Ryder Cup. The storyline in the Ryder Cup hasn’t changed, but the marquee players have—at least when it comes to the beleaguered U.S. team. Woods is…

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C.—Among the congratulations that poured in for Phil Mickelson becoming the oldest major champion in golf was a video tweet from Jack Nicklaus, who is still good at math. “You know, something sort of strikes me that 50 years old is older than 46,” Nicklaus said with a grin. “Well done, my friend. Many more.”…