Three months after announcing his hiatus from golf, Phil Mickelson is seemingly set for a return to his PGA duties in May.
The PGA Championship titleholder has been named alongside Tiger Woods as part of the field list to defend his crown at Southern Hills come May 19. The scheduled return comes after 'Lefty' was criticised for comments he made about Saudi Arabia while backing the Kingdom's breakaway golf competition.
Mickelson, 51, and Greg Norman are among the headline names heavily associated with the Super Golf League (SGL), a tournament that could rival the PGA Tour and weaken its field. Despite this, the former was pilloried for comments made to author Alan Shipnuck in the build-up to his upcoming book, 'Phil - The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography of Golf's Most Colorful Superstar'.