Eleven months ago, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan was asked on CBS about a coalition of 9/11 families that “expressed their outrage” at golfers — namely Phil Mickelson — who had left the PGA Tour for the Saudi Arabian-backed LIV Golf.
Monahan pounced on the opportunity to paint his tour as the morally superior option, noting that “I have two families that are close to me that lost loved ones” in those terrorist attacks.
“I would ask any player that has left, or that would ever consider leaving, have you ever had to apologize for being a member of the PGA Tour?