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‘Pretty egotistical statement’ – Justin Thomas hits out at Mickelson’s bombshell Saudi comments

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As speculation and controversy ramps up in regards to the potential Saudi breakaway league, PGA superstar Justin Thomas recently threw his two cents in on the topic.

Having already publicly stated that he had no interest in the Saudi league, his most recent comments took shots directly at Phil Mickelson, who has been one of the biggest names attached to Saudi.

Phil took part in an interview with The Fire Pit Collective’s Alan Shipnuck, where amongst other things he is reported as saying that he is using the Saudi Golf league for leverage with the PGA Tour.

In response, JT told reporters on Thursday:

“Seems like a bit of a pretty, you know, egotistical statement,” Thomas said.

“I’ve heard way too much talk about a lot of players that are so done with everything, but they keep hanging around, so clearly they’re not too done.

“I’ve never really gone down that road. I have a lot of things I’m focused on accomplishing out here and I’ll be the first to say that, yeah, there are plenty of things that I would love to see improve with the PGA Tour. But that’s a part of the process, you know?

“All you want to do is better the product and one by one, if we can improve this here, this there and keep getting better, then everybody wins.

“I’m very, very content with what’s going on. I mean, the reason I play golf is to create a legacy and win as many times as I can on the PGA Tour.

There is a prominent group of stars who are strongly opposed to the Greg Norman backed rival league, and it appears Thomas is at the forefront of the group alongside world number one Jon Rahm.

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  1. geohogan

    Feb 25, 2022 at 1:02 pm

    “(The PGA Tour’s) brought millions and millions of dollars to communities, it’s brought great competition, great television,” Nicklaus said. “Why would I not support that? Instead, I’m going to go support for my own benefit, see 40 guys break away from the PGA Tour at the whim of an advertising agency in Saudi Arabia?

  2. Henry R Fitzgerald

    Feb 18, 2022 at 3:53 pm

    Phil earned his money like JT, playing golf.

    Who cares if he wants more? Not me.

    Some of you care too much about people you don’t even know.

    Too funny!

    • geohogan

      Feb 27, 2022 at 1:18 pm

      Lack of empathy = a narcissist cares only about people they know.

      Too Sad!

  3. BodeenJCS

    Feb 18, 2022 at 3:01 pm

    Believe what you want , but Phil just ruined professional golf for the foreseeable future and added a bunch of needless drama , Just what the PGA Tour needed . He killed his brand and made a mockery of the tour because of his greed …Sad I have and never had respect for the guy and his fake player for the people has always been a sham …

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  5. Hunter

    Feb 18, 2022 at 12:24 pm

    JT is spot on. When you add up Tourney money, FedEx Cup money, Comcast Top 10 money, PIP money, Play 15′ money, plus the most generous pension plan in pro sports, guys on Tour are making plenty of money. Add in endorsements and outings, and the money gets really big. Compared to the avg. salary of the big four sports leagues, all of which have longer seasons and more many more required games, and Tour guys are doing just fine moneywise.

  6. Henry R Fitzgerald

    Feb 18, 2022 at 12:20 pm

    From a guy that got his RL sponsorship yanked for speaking to himself and vowing down to the woke cultists….JT? I don’t think so.

    PGA Tour= Corporate Greed and phoney wokeness.

    • Hunter

      Feb 18, 2022 at 12:53 pm

      Wrong. Tourney money, FedEx cup money, PIP money, Comcast Top 10 money, Play 15′ money, silly season money, appearance fees for playing overseas money, an insanely generous pension plan, endorsements and outings, sorry but Tour guys make plenty of money. Especially compared to the avg. salary of the big four sports leagues. No Tour player can complain about money. It’s insane the amount of cash these make per year.

    • joe

      Feb 18, 2022 at 1:04 pm

      Without the PGA Phil would be what? Poor millionaire. Privileged indeed.

      • JP

        Feb 18, 2022 at 3:11 pm

        Agree. Phil is a greedy over entitled fool. Wealth and fame should be used for good but it often ruins one’s ego and sense of the world. PGA tour will always be better than any Saudi league. I don’t think Phil is helping anyone including himself.

      • jgpl001

        Feb 21, 2022 at 3:40 am

        Yeah, that would be tough

    • Brian

      Feb 18, 2022 at 9:14 pm

      Go to work on Monday and audibly utter a gay or racial slur for others to hear and report back to us on how that worked out.

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Tour Rundown: Bend, but don’t break

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I’m going to gush in this intro paragraph, to get the emo stuff done early. I’ve not pulled harder for a professional to win, than Cameron Young. I coach golf in New York state, and each spring, my best golfers head to a state championship in Poughkeepsie. I first saw Cameron there as a 9th grade student. I saw him three more times after that. I reconnecected with Coach Haas from Wake Forest, an old interview subject from my days on the Old Gold and Black, the Wake newspaper. He was there to watch Cameron. After four years at Wake Forest, Young won on the Korn Ferry Tour, made it to the big tour, almost won two majors, almost won five other events, and finally got the chalice about 25 minutes from the Wake campus. Congratulations, Cameron. You truly are a glass of the finest. #MotherSoDear

OK, let’s move on to the Tour Rundown. The major championship season closed this week in Wales, with the Women’s Open championship. The PGA Tour bounced through Greensboror, N.C., while the PGA Tour Americas hit TO (aka, Toronto) for a long-winded event. The Korn Ferry lads made a stop in Utah, one of just two events for that tour in August. The many-events, golf season is winding down, as we ease from summer toward fall in the northern hemisphere. Let’s bask in the glory of an August sunrise, and run down a quartet of events from the first weekend of the eighth month.

LET/LPGA @ Women’s Open: Miyu bends, but she doesn’t break

Royal Porthcawl was not a known commodity in the major tournament community. The Welsh links had served as host to men’s senior opens, men’s amateurs, and Curtis and Walker Cups in prior years, but never an Open championship for the women or the men. The last-kept secret in UK golf was revealed once again to the world this week, as the best female golfers took to the sandy stage.

Mao Saigo, Grace Kim, Maja Stark, and Minjee Lee hoped to add a second major title to previous wins this season, but only Lee was able to finish inside the top ten. The 2025 playing of the Women’s Open gave us a new-faces gallery from day one. The Kordas and Thitikulls were nowhere to be found, and it was the Mayashitas, Katsus, and Lim Kims that secured the Cymru spotlight. The first round lead was held at 67 by two golfers. One of them battled to the end, while the other posted 81 on day two, and missed the cut. Sitting one shot behind was Miyu Yamashita.

On day two, Yamashita posted the round of the tournament. Her 65 moved her to the front of the aisle, in just her fourth turn around a women’s Open championship. With the pre-event favorites drifting off pace, followers narrowed into two camps: those on the side of an underdog, and others hoping for a weekend charge from back in the pack. In the end, we had a bit of both.

On Saturday, Yamashita bent with 74 on Saturday, offering rays of hope to her pursuing pack. England’s Charley Hull made a run on Sunday closing within one shot before tailing off to a T2 finish with Minami Katsu. Katsu posted the other 65 of the week, on Saturday, but could not overtake her countrywoman, Yamashita. wunderkind Lottie Woad needed one round in the 60s to find her pace, but could only must close-to’s, ending on 284 and a tie with Minjee for eighth.

On Sunday, Yamashita put away the thoughts of Saturday’s struggles, with three-under 33 on the outward half. She closed in plus-one 37, but still won by two, for a first Major and LPGA title.

PGA Tour @ Wyndham: Young gathers first title near home

Cameron Young grew up along the Hudson river, above metro New York, but he also calls Winston-Salem home. He spent four years as a student and athlete at Wake Forest University, then embarked on tour. This week in Greensboro, after a bit of a break, Young opened with 63-62, and revved the engine of Is this the week once more. Runner-up finishes at the Open, the PGA, and a handful of PGA Tour events had followers wonder when the day would come.

On Saturday, Young continued his torrid pace with 65, giving him a five-shot advantage over his closest pursuer. Sunday saw the Scarborough native open with bogey, then reel off five consecutive birdies to remind folks that his time had, at last, arrived. Pars to the 16th, before two harmless bogeys coming home, made Young the 1000th winner of an official PGA Tour event (dating back to before there was a PGA Tour) throughout history. What’s next? I have a suspicion, but I’m not letting on. Mac Meissner closed with 66 to finish solo 2nd, while Mark Hubbard and Alex Noren tied for third.

Korn Ferry Tour @ Utah Championship: Are you Suri it’s Julian?

Who knows exactly when the flower will bloom? Julian Suri played a solid careet at Duke University, then paid his dues on the world’s minor tours for three years. He won twice on two tours in Europe, in 2017. Since then, the grind has continued for the journeyman from New York city. At age 34, Suri broke through in Beehive state, outlasting another grinder (Spencer Levin) and four others, by two shots.

Taylor Montgomery began the week with 62, then posted 64, then 68, and finally, 70. That final round was his undoing. He finished in that second-place tie, two back of the leader. Trace Crowe, Barend Botha, and Kensei Hirata made up the last of the almost quintet. As for Suri, his Sunday play was sublime. His nines were 32 and 31, with his only radar blip a bogey at ten. He closed in style with one final birdie, to double his winning margin. Hogan bloomed late…might Suri?

PGA Tour Americas @ Osprey Valley Open presented by Votorantim Cimentos – CBM Aggregates

Some tournament names run longer than others. This week in Toronto, at the Heathlands course at TPC Toronto, we might have seen the longest tournament title in recorded history. The OVOPBVCCBMA was a splendid affair. It saw three rounds of 62 on Thursday, but of those early risers, only Drew Goodman would stick around until the end. 64 was the low tally on day two, and two of those legionnaires managed to finish inside the top three at week’s end. Saturday brought a 63 from Patrick Newcomb, and he would follow with 64 on Sunday, to finish solo fourth.

Who, then, ended up winning the acronym of the year? It turns out that Carson Bacha had the right stuff in TeeOhhh. Bacha and Jay Card III posted 63 and 64, respectively, on day four, to tie for medalist honors at 23-under 261. Nathan Franks was one shot adrift, despite also closing with 63. If you didn’t go low on Sunday, it was about the check, not the championship.

Bacha and JC3 returned to the 18th hole twice in overtime. Card nearly chipped in from the thick stuff for birdie, while Bacha peeked and shoved a ten-feet attempt at the win. On the second go-round, Card was long with his approach, into the native grasses once more. He was unable to escape, and a routine par from the fairway was enough to earn the former Auburn golfers a first KFT title.

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GolfWRX is live this week from the final event of the PGA Tour’s regular season, the Wyndham Championship.

Photos are flowing into the forums from Sedgefield Country Club, where we already have a GolfWRX spirit animal Adam Schenk WITB and plenty of putters for your viewing pleasure.

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Kurt Kitayama just won his 2nd PGA Tour event at the 3M Open. Kurt is a Bridgestone staffer but with just the ball and bag. Here are the rest of the clubs he used to secure a win at the 2025 3M Open.

Driver: Titleist GT3 (11 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD VF 7 TX

3-wood: Titleist GT1 3Tour (14.5 degrees, A3 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 8 TX

7-wood: Titleist GT1 (21 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 9 TX

Irons: TaylorMade P7CB (4), TaylorMade P7MB (5-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (52-12F, 56-14F), Vokey Design WedgeWorks (60-K*)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putter: Scotty Cameron Studio Style Newport 2 Tour Prototype
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy 1.0PT

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Ball: Bridgestone Tour B XS (with Mindset)

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