Brandel Chamblee didn’t hold back when he laid into Phil Mickelson following his latest comments about loving life at LIV Golf and singing the praises of his new employers.
Mickelson lambasted the PGA Tour in his latest news conference, saying it was trending downward and voicing his happiness at being on the right side of the future of golf.
That hit a nerve with Chamblee, one of LIV Golf’s staunchest critics, who has continually hit out at Mickelson and Greg Norman for shying away from questions about the Saudi regime funding their new tour.
“It’s lost on them (Mickelson and Norman) that they’re working for a dictator and dictators are notoriously good at manipulating people to the incremental change it takes to get to tyranny,” Chamblee said on the Golf Channel.
“Greg Norman and Phil Mickelson seem like they’ve formed this intense relationship that’s going to be durable because it’s based upon a company enemy, which is the truth.
“It’s a shocking contradiction. MBS (Mohammed bin Salman) claims to be this man of reform, but in the same breath he’s ordering the murder, the jailing and the torture of people who are fighting for reform.
“That is the person who controls the fund, who funds the tour, that Phil Mickelson says now “he loves the side he’s on”.
“Congratulations. You’ve been bought.”
Chamblee has continually blasted Mickelson for his involvement with LIV and vocal backing of the Saudis, previously calling him “a highly paid ventriloquist puppet involved in a sports-washing operation.”
Chamblee also called for Mickelson and Norman to be kicked out of the World Golf Hall of Fame through their actions and failing to acknowledge the problems with the Saudi regime.
“I’ve watched them all year long wiggling in their press seats and trying to dissolve the difference between words and deeds,” Chamblee added.
“Both of them have been compelled to confront the figure of Mohammed bin Salman, MBS, and neither of them have been able to rationalise their alliance with a murderer. So they throw their arms up in the air and…
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