Phil Mickelson flashes cash, tells country star Jake Owen 'Go f--- yourself' over 'The Match' criticism
The day after Thanksgiving, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods played a largely underwhelming round of exhibition golf and charged pay-per-view customers $29.99 for the right to watch them do so.
Country music singer Jake Owen was one of those customers and apparently took the opportunity of seeing Mickelson at Jordan Spieth’s wedding the day after “The Match” to tell Lefty how terrible he was.
Owen told the story on the “Foreplay” podcast Monday, describing a scene fueled by “a few cocktails.”
‘S---tiest golf I’ve ever seen’
"So I walked over to him," Owen said. "I was like, 'Hey Phil, you owe me f---ing $29.99.' I was like, 'For wasting four hours of my life with the s---tiest golf I've ever seen. You guys hype this whole thing up about the big match? You guys couldn't even make three birdies between the two of you? I want my $29.99, and apologize to me for some s--- golf."
Mickelson, armed with $9 million for toppling Woods in the winner-take-all match, was ready with a refund from a wad of hundreds in his pocket accompanied by a sharp retort, according to Owen.
“‘I won 90,000 of these yesterday,’” Owen says Mickelson told him. “‘Take a hundred and go f--- yourself.’”
Lefty owns it
Mickelson, not one to back down from a challenge, was happy to own the story, confirming that Owen’s account was true on Twitter.
True story😊
— Phil Mickelson (@PhilMickelson) April 2, 2019
If it all sounds like some barbed but good-natured banter between a couple of guys near an open bar, then it probably was.
Mickelson and Owen paired up in January at the Waste Management Phoenix Open Pro-Am without public incident.
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