Justin Thomas called Phil Mickelson's recent comments regarding his reasoning for potentially jumping to the Saudi-backed Super Golf League "egotistical."
Rex Hoggard of the Golf Channel relayed Thomas' remarks from the Genesis Invitational on Thursday.
"Seems like a bit of a pretty, you know, egotistical statement. It's like he's done a lot of great things for the PGA Tour—it's a big reason it is where it is—but him and others that are very adamant about that, if they're that passionate, go ahead [to the super league]. I don't think anybody's stopping them."
Mickelson made his remarks in a November 2021 interview with Alan Shipnuck for the golf writer's upcoming biography, Phil: The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!