Mickelson: I don’t condone human rights violations but LIV Golf is good for game

He added that working with the Saudis was a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reshape how the PGA Tour operates”

Phil Mickelson during his press conference at the Centurion Club (Steven Paston/PA)

Phil Mickelson stressed he does not condone human rights violations ahead of the first Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series event at Centurion Club.

Mickelson described the Saudis as “scary m************” and said he was well aware of Saudi Arabia’s “horrible record on human rights” – including the murder of Washington Post reporter Jamal Khashoggi – in an interview with the author of a new unauthorised biography.