Alan Shipnuck, biographer of Phil Mickelson, says he was “bodily eliminated” from the golfer’s press convention on Thursday.
“Nicely, a few neckless safety dudes simply bodily eliminated me from Phil Mickelson’s press convention, saying they have been appearing on orders from their boss, whom they refused to call. (Greg Norman? MBS? Al Capone?) By no means a boring second up in right here,” Shipnuck tweeted.
Greg Norman heads LIV Golf, and MBS is Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, the Saudi crown prince.
Shipnuck later tweeted a photograph that confirmed a disgruntled-looking Norman trying over his shoulder. Shipnuck additionally posted a screengrab of a textual content alternate with Norman by which he requested if Norman was conscious he “obtained muscled” out of the press convention “by a few your goons?”
Norman responded, “Didn't hear. Thanks for letting me know.” Shipnuck then texted Norman the picture of him watching Shipnuck getting spoken to by safety.
Warning: Graphic language
It was Shipnuck who revealed Mickelson’s controversial remarks that downplayed human rights issues attributable with enjoying within the Saudi-backed LIV Golf collection. The quotes first appeared in February on the web site Fireplace Pit Collective.
“They’re scary motherf–kers to become involved with,” Mickelson instructed Shipnuck. “We all know they killed [Washington Post reporter Jamal] Khashoggi and have a horrible file on human rights. They execute folks over there for being homosexual. Realizing all of this, why would I even think about it? As a result of this can be a once-in-a-lifetime alternative to reshape how the PGA Tour operates.”
Mickelson apologized for the remarks, and claimed they have been purported to have been not for publication, saying they have been “off the file feedback being shared out of context and with out my consent.”
Shipnuck responded that these allegations have been “utterly false.”
Mickelson went into relative seclusion for a number of months, presumably shadow banned by the PGA Tour, which has since issued indefinite suspensions to all of the golfers who're taking part in LIV.
Mickelson was reportedly paid about $200 million to affix LIV Golf, which teed off on Thursday with a debut match exterior of London.
Earlier this week, AP reporter Rob Harris was escorted out of a LIV press convention by safety after an argumentative alternate. Harris returned minutes later.
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