Why is Phil Mickelson so eager to cash in on the LIV Golf Tour while simultaneously angering fans and endorsement partners? Gambling losses totaling more than $40 million and other extravagant expenses – like a real T-Rex skull. That’s why, according to the author of a biography about Mickelson that is set to release May 17.
These revelations were published Thursday on Fire Pit Collective as part of a sneak peek of Alan Shipnuck’s upcoming biography “Phil: The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography of Golf’s Most Colorful Superstar.”
Previously undisclosed, Mickelson’s gambling losses were revealed during the Billy Walters insider trading investigation after government auditors conducted an examination of Mickelson’s finances.