Phil Mickelson’s BMW Championship Withdrawal Is What Gives Golfers a Bad Name

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Published: September 9, 2014

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Phil Mickelson was not a fan of the FedEx Cup schedule right from the start.

Apparently, being forced to play golf for four weeks in a row with a total of $67 million up for grabs was a bit too much for Lefty.

Mickelson made his objections known two weeks ago during the Deutsche Bank Championship, as reported by Doug Ferguson of The Associated Press, via GolfChannel.com:

I'm in a bit of predicament, and the predicament is this, the tour does not own their four or five largest revenue-producing events. We don't own the majors or the Ryder Cup. The FedEx Cup is really our flagship event. As a player that has received so much from the PGA Tour, there's an obligation there to support the FedEx Cup. So I want to play and I want to there.

The tough thing for me is I don't ever play a month in a row outside the West Coast where I'm living at home.

Mickelson went on to say, ''I may not be in next week. I may not be in the Tour Championship, and I may not have to worry about playing four in a row. So we'll see.''

Stop the presses.

Playing golf for four hours per day, four days per week and four weeks in a row with $67 million up for grabs must violate some kind of labor law.

Certainly, one would expect a formal investigation to be launched into the backbreaking schedule the PGA Tour is running during late August and early September.

Four hours per day, four days per week and four consecutive weeks. Oh, the horror.

The majority of baseball players are on the field virtually every day for seven months of the year.

Basketball players play about four games per week for six straight months.

Professional hockey players...well...it feels like they are on the ice virtually every day of the year. The playoffs alone seem to last longer than the entire PGA Tour season.

But let’s forget about professional athletes a...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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