'He Deserves It' - Mickelson Calls For LIV Golf Teammate To Be Included In PGA Field

Phil Mickelson says Hy Flyers teammate Cameron Tringale deserves to be included in the PGA Championship field

Phil Mickelson with Greg Norman and Cameron Tringale of LIV Golf
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Phil Mickelson has called for his LIV Golf teammate Cameron Tringale to be included in the field for the PGA Championship next week, saying he “deserves” to be lining up at Oak Hill.

Mickelson has been on another social media spree in the last couple of days, firstly continuing his campaign against the PGA Tour and the USGA – the latter over Talor Gooch so far not being included in the US Open field.

An angry attack on golf’s governing bodies was deleted by Mickelson, but one post he stood by is one backing his Hy Flyers teammate Tringale to get a late invite to the second Major of the season.

When the PGA of America announced their final field for their Major tournament in Rochester, New York, 18 LIV Golf players were included – headlined by Mickelson after his remarkable success in 2021.

Tringale was not one of those included though, but Mickelson has called for the 35-year-old to make it into the field

“I hope he gets in next week,” wrote Mickelson. “He deserves it.”

Tringale finished 41st in last year’s PGA Championship and is currently down in 103rd in the Official World Golf Ranking having quit the PGA Tour to join LIV last August.

But Mickelson praised his fellow American as “one of the best putters in the game” and said he’s “ready to take his game to new levels” as a result.

Whether the PGA of America take note of Mickelson’s call is another matter, and it’s a far cry from the blast he fired in his now deleted tweet, when he claimed they were “colluding with the PGA Tour against LIV.”

The 52-year-old pointed to the world ranking as a qualifier for the PGA Championship when Beau Hossler is included despite being ranked lower than the likes of Tringale and fellow LIV golfers Sebastian Munoz and Jason Kokrak.

He also fired a shot at PGA Tour boss Jay Monahan and USGA chief Mike Whan after the saga surrounding Gooch not qualifying for the US Open.

In his deleted tweet he wrote: “3 years from now who is most likely to still be here? Monahan or LIV? We won’t forget. You too Whan.”

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Paul Higham is a sports journalist with over 20 years of experience in covering most major sporting events for both Sky Sports and BBC Sport. He is currently freelance and covers the golf majors on the BBC Sport website.  Highlights over the years include covering that epic Monday finish in the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor and watching Rory McIlroy produce one of the most dominant Major wins at the 2011 US Open at Congressional. He also writes betting previews and still feels strangely proud of backing Danny Willett when he won the Masters in 2016 - Willett also praised his putting stroke during a media event before the Open at Hoylake. Favourite interviews he's conducted have been with McIlroy, Paul McGinley, Thomas Bjorn, Rickie Fowler and the enigma that is Victor Dubuisson. A big fan of watching any golf from any tour, sadly he spends more time writing about golf than playing these days with two young children, and as a big fair weather golfer claims playing in shorts is worth at least five shots. Being from Liverpool he loves the likes of Hoylake, Birkdale and the stretch of tracks along England's Golf Coast, but would say his favourite courses played are Kingsbarns and Portrush.