The beloved star of the Golf Channel has been a vocal proponent of the Saudi-backed breakaway league.
Peeved Brandel Chamblee has let rip at Phil Mickelson and told the LIV Golf heavyweight he's the defector who has irritated him the most.
Speaking to Golf Week, Chamblee had no problem spilling his fury about the renegade who has left him vexed, he said: "Well, Phil. Hardly any of these other players had the popularity to make a difference to tilt the game one direction or another. Phil had the potential to do a lot of good in the game. Look, he could have sat in that chair as a commentator for the next 20, 30 years. I have no doubt that he’d have been good at it.
"I didn’t love the way he played. I heard him say somewhere along the line that he got criticised for his aggressive style of play. It’s like, who else out here besides Tiger has won more than me? Maybe some people should try to play more like me. If there’s one criticism I have of what’s going on out here outside of the LIV world, it’s that everybody is being coached in the same way. They know their dispersion rates. They know where to play and everybody is counting cards, so to speak.
"I’m disappointed in him because he could have left the game in a better place. People were, early in his career or most of his career, they were making the analogy that he had similarities to Palmer, go for broke, gave the fans what they wanted, and I think he turned his back on the game. He turned his back on the stage that made him who he was and all the people that came before him.
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