Mickelson’s statement is an epic combination of self-interest plus self-delusion.
The idea that you would call someone up, speak with them in an effort to influence their book and assume that you are “off the record” absolutely defies belief. Especially for someone who has been in the public eye as long as Phil.
More stunning to me - and obviously more worrying to Phil - is that he doesn’t seem to grasp that even if his comments were off-the-record, his acknowledgement that he did, in fact, say them will alienate his allies and adversaries alike. Which is how he has come to find himself as a pariah to both the PGATour and the “scary motherfuckers” who were backing him.
GJGE, jackass.
The idea that you would call someone up, speak with them in an effort to influence their book and assume that you are “off the record” absolutely defies belief. Especially for someone who has been in the public eye as long as Phil.
More stunning to me - and obviously more worrying to Phil - is that he doesn’t seem to grasp that even if his comments were off-the-record, his acknowledgement that he did, in fact, say them will alienate his allies and adversaries alike. Which is how he has come to find himself as a pariah to both the PGATour and the “scary motherfuckers” who were backing him.
GJGE, jackass.