Phil Mickelson suffered a minor shoulder injury during a workout in the gym and will miss the LIV Golf season opener in Saudi Arabia this week.
Mickelson, 54, made the announcement Monday on social media.
Ollie Schniederjans will replace Mickelson in the LIV field this week, joining the captain’s HyFlyers team at LIV Golf Riyadh beginning Thursday. The HyFlyers are still looking for their first team victory.
Mickelson said he expects to compete next weekend at LIV Golf Adelaide at The Grange Golf Club in Australia.
“I’m definitely disappointed that I will miss the season opener, but I look forward to playing in Adelaide,” he said.
Schniederjans, a 31-year-old who grew up in Georgia, narrowly missed earning a full LIV card at the LIV Golf Promotions event late last year but gained the right to play in the 10 events in The International Series in 2025.
He capitalized on that Sunday, winning The International Series India by four strokes over U.S. Open champion and LIV star Bryson DeChambeau. Another stroke back in third place sat a pair of LIV players, Joaquin Niemann and Abraham Ancer.
–Field Level Media
Charley Hoffman wrote a letter to his fellow PGA Tour players addressing slow pace of play and other issues within the ranks. The letter, shared on social media by Golf…
Phil Mickelson suffered a minor shoulder injury during a workout in the gym and will miss the LIV Golf season opener in Saudi Arabia this week. Mickelson, 54, made the…
Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy shot a 6-under-par 66 on Sunday on the way to winning his first PGA Tour start of the year, capturing the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in…
Injured Phil Mickelson (shoulder) to miss LIV opener
Rory McIlroy fires 66 to win AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
A Lim Kim wins Tournament of Champions; Nelly Korda takes 2nd
Max Greyserman (hand) WDs from AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
Field Level Media - Professional sports content solutions | FLM
