The rivalry between Phil Mickelson and his biographer Alan Shipnuck is more intense than any Masters final round shoot out and is becoming personal.
Shipnuck believes the six-time Major champion has erroneously stated that John Rahm would be joining him at the next edition of the LIV tour.
Lefty has reportedly told people in the know that Rahm will be making the switch in a multi-million-dollar contract and believes the deal to be done and dusted.
Rahm has been offered a reported $600 million, with the Masters and Open Championship winner yet to commit one way or the other.
His biographer, Shipnuck, strongly disagrees.
“But we all know Mickelson is a relentless salesman/bullsh*t artist, so take that for what it’s worth,” said the author.
Mickelson angrily responded, “This isn’t true and I don’t know anything. I don’t want to know anything and I haven’t said anything. Alan is the worst liar and a pathetic human”.
On it went, with Shipnuck responding again, saying Mickelson’s reaction was “typically sociopathic” and further emphasized the point that Mickelson told people “Who are influential in the golf world” that Rahm was making the move.
Phil responded in a recently deleted X post, “I can’t be any more clear. You are LYING. I have not spoken Jon’s name or about him. Every person I’ve been with the last couple weeks will swear by that. Name your source, you lying POS (I won’t go into the countless lies in your book, too many to even start.)”
The Spaniard must be feeling some of the blowback and could put his move in jeopardy, but more than a half a billion reasons to play LIV golf is not bad motivation.
