Fred Couples has launched a fierce tirade at LIV Golf rebels and saved some personal criticism for Phil Mickelson during a speech at a PGA event.
Former Masters champion Couples was a guest speaker at the PGA Tour Champions breakfast ahead of this weeks’ Hoag Classic in Newport Beach. It was there that the usually reserved 63-year-old slammed the six-time major winner and the controversial Saudi-backed tour.
According to the Orange County Register, he also referred to Mickelson as a “nutbag” and criticised fellow Masters winner Sergio Garcia. “If you’re giving Phil Mickelson $200 million at age 52 to shoot 74 and 75, God bless you,” he said. Couples was also annoyed by “all these other clowns, like Sergio (Garcia).”
