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The public admission comes more than a month after news that the golfing legend wagered more than $1 billion over the last three decades
Golfer Phil Mickelson, on the other hand, went for the money, though he called the Saudis "scary motherf**kers."
Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson and others who participated in the LIV Golf Invitational are now facing penalties.
One reporter asked the golf great if he was worried about being "seen as a tool of sportswashing?"
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Mickelson made history in the PGA last year when he won at Kiawah Island at age 50.
Federal auditors investigating the golfing great’s role in an insider trading scheme said the losses came from 2010 to 2014.
The FBI is investigating pro golfer Phil Mickelson over insider trading allegations. Mickelson says he's done "absolutely nothing wrong," so what are the details behind the allegations and where to now for the three-time Masters winner?
“I’m beyond disappointed and will make every effort to self-reflect and learn from this,” Mickelson said in a Twitter post on Monday.
In a new book, Phil Mickelson reportedly admitted the developing Saudi Golf League was “sportwashing” to make a repressive regime more palatable.
The golf great suffered more heartbreak at Winged Foot and Twitter responded.