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Jon Rahm pushes back on Phil Mickelson's 'trending' comments

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Phil Mickelson may see LIV Golf as a leader of change in the sport of golf, but Jon Rahm doesn't agree.

Rahm was asked Tuesday during his pre-tournament presser at the CJ Cup about Mickelson's comments last week in which Mickelson proclaimed that LIV Golf was on the rise while the PGA Tour was going in the opposite direction.

"Man, I love Phil," said Rahm, who shares an agency with Mickelson and has considered the six-time major winner a mentor, "but I don't know what he's talking about. I really don't know why he said that.