TULSA, Okla. — Tiger Woods already had planted his flag firmly in the ground in help of the PGA Tour with regard to the rival Saudi golfing league’s attempted infringement and his disagreement with Phil Mickelson’s recent opinions denigrating the Tour for its “obnoxious greed.”
But on Tuesday, two times in advance of the get started of the PGA Championship, Woods pushed that flag additional into the turf when requested about Mickelson not becoming at Southern Hills to protect the PGA Championship he gained very last calendar year.
Mickelson, 51, hasn’t performed a tournament in 3 months and has been in self-exile because issuing an apology assertion in February.
“It’s always disappointing when the defending winner is not listed here,” Woods claimed. “Phil has explained some items that I believe a ton of us who are committed to the Tour and dedicated to the legacy of the Tour have pushed back again from. And he’s taken some personal time, and we all understand that.
“Some of his views on how the Tour could be run, need to be run, [there’s] been a lot of disagreement there,” Woods went on. “But…as a qualified, we overlook him remaining out here. I mean, he’s a significant draw for the game of golfing. He’s just getting his time and we all want him the very best when he arrives back. Of course, we’re heading to have big difference of views, how he sees the Tour, and we’ll go from there.”
Questioned if he was “surprised” how issues have “escalated” in the wake of the Mickelson opinions, Woods mentioned, “Yeah, it has ramped up very quickly. If this would have occurred 30 decades ago, 20 decades ago, it wouldn’t have transpired as speedy. But social media has modified the landscape and how rapidly matters can ramp up, whether or not it is authentic news or phony information or whatsoever it is. Viewpoints get out there quickly.
“It can sway very swiftly 1 way or the other. What we are viewing suitable now in culture, it is very bipolar. There’s really no middle ground, you stand just one way or the other. It is very polarizing. And the viewpoints that Phil has designed with the Tour and what the Tour has intended to all of us has been polarizing as nicely.”
Requested if he thinks Mickelson requirements to “resolve” the disagreement with the PGA Tour, Woods explained, “I really don't know if he has to take care of it or not. He has his belief on exactly where he sees the match of golfing likely. I have my viewpoint how I see the game of golf, and I’ve supported the Tour and my foundation has run events on the Tour for a quantity of years.
“I just consider that what Jack [Nicklaus] and Arnold [Palmer] have done in setting up the [PGA] Tour and breaking away from the PGA of The united states and building our tour…there’s a legacy to that. I have been playing out below for a pair of years in excess of many years, and I feel there’s a legacy do it. I nevertheless assume that the Tour has so significantly to offer you, so significantly opportunity.
“I realize various viewpoints, but I feel in legacies. I believe that in major championships. I believe that in huge functions, comparisons to historic figures of the earlier. There is loads of funds out below. The Tour is developing. You have to go out there and receive it. You’ve obtained to go out there and play for it. We have chance to go in advance and do it. It’s just not certain up front.”
Woods said he has not achieved out to Mickelson or spoken to him during his time absent.
“A ton of it has not to do with … own troubles, it was our viewpoints of how the Tour need to be run and could be run and what gamers are playing for and how we are actively playing for it … I have a completely various stance on,” he explained. “I don’t know what he’s heading by way of. But I know the feedback he manufactured about the Tour and the way that it need to be run, it could be run and all the distinct financials that could have took place … I just have a extremely distinctive opinion on that. So no, I have not arrived at out to him.”
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