For Phil Mickelson, actions will speak louder than words

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Phil Mickelson decided to chastise the PGA Tour for not paying him what he deserves by accusing the league that made him rich and famous of "obnoxious greed."

There's a better way to go about it. For a six-time major champion who for 30 years has amazed his audience with a golf club, his biggest bravado now involves a pen.

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The Saudi-backed "Super Golf League" remains more rumor than reality. Greg Norman is in charge, and while his C-suite is filling up, he still hasn't announced a roster of players to take part in what the Shark has referred to only as "additive new opportunities."

But is that what Mickelson really wants?

He referred to the PGA Tour's ownership of a player's media rights as "beyond obnoxious" in an interview with Golf Digest. And then he doubled down by suggesting this "obnoxious greed" is why the tour is now under threat from other tour models.

It's more about money than models, of course.

And it's safe to assume Mickelson received more in appearance money from the Public Investment Fund than he would have made from his Dean Foods stock deal if only Lefty didn't have to return the $931,000.

Phil Mickelson hits his tee shot on the fifth hole of the South Course at Torrey Pines during the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament, Wednesday Jan. 26, 2022, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

For now, he's relishing in the perceived threat.

"The tour only understands leverage," Mickelson told Digest. "And now the players are getting some of that. So things are changing and will continue to change. I just hope the leverage