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Phil Mickelson Loses Heineken USA Sponsorship After Saudi League Comments

Phil Mickelson lost yet another sponsorship this week in the wake of controversial comments he made about Saudi Arabia and its proposed golf league.

According to Michael McCarthy of Front Office Sports, Heineken USA announced Wednesday that it was ending Mickelson's Amstel Light sponsorship, adding, "We wish all the best."

McCarthy noted that Amstel Light joined KPMG as brands that have moved on from Mickelson recently.

Mickelson came under fire last week when author Alan Shipnuck released an excerpt from his upcoming biography of the golfer entitled "Phil: The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography of Golf's Most Colorful Superstar.