Phil Mickelson has struggled for form throughout the 2024 LIV Golf season so far, but he proved to be a huge asset for teammate Brendan Steele en route to his maiden victory
Brendan Steele thanked Phil Mickelson for his LIV Golf breakthrough moment after claiming his first win on the breakaway tour at the weekend.
Steele, a three-time winner on the PGA Tour before joining LIV last year, claimed a career-high payday of £3.2m, but he was quick to shift the praise to HyFlyers team captain Mickelson for the role he has played in improving not only Steele's game but his mentality. “Then I was saying, 'I think it'll be good enough' but 'He's like, no, it will be good enough, you will play freely. This is what you need to do'. So that was what I was trying to do. He's the reason that I'm here and the reason that I'm improving. To be honest, I'm 41 years old and I'm getting better, and it's mostly because of him."
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