Phil Mickelson was one of the first defectors ... sport of golf and reshape it to give players a little more leverage. Jay Monahan, the PGA Tour commissioner, recently held a press conference ...

So far, LIV's strategy to buy eyeballs hasn't panned out. Garnering a large American audience isn't the end-all-be-all. But ...

Whatever happens, it's clear that Mickelson is a fan of what his longtime rival Tiger Woods has helped create in the golfing world, and he wants to have a hand to play in the future of it. As ...