Golf legend Phil Mickelson reacts to Charlie Kirk's Presidential Medal of Freedom award date

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Golf legend Phil Mickelson shared his reaction to the news that the late Charlie Kirk will posthumously receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom on what would have been Kirk's 32nd birthday – Oct. 14.

Mickelson sent an X post on Saturday, sharing the news, with his thoughts. 

"His presence and message will live forever but I still wish he was here. This award is well deserved," Mickelson wrote. 

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Mickelson has been a staunch celebrator of Kirk's life since the conservative activist's assassination in Utah last month. Mickelson has also taken aim at those who have made inflammatory comments in the aftermath of Kirk's death. 

Phil Mickelson looks on during a practice round prior to The 152nd Open championship at Royal Troon on July 15, 2024, in Troon, Scotland. (Pedro Salado/Getty Images)

"The assassination of Charlie Kirk is bringing out some of the best in humanity and it’s also exposing some of the worst," he wrote on X in response to a statement from the president of the Oxford Union last month. "The unification, love, support, and outcry on his behalf throughout the world is heartwarming. 

"The number of people supporting Tyler Robinson’s appalling behavior has opened my eyes to a side of extremism with a moral superiority complex that has also shaken my belief in people in general. I hope they are held accountable for their disgusting rhetoric."

Mickelson also shared a post featuring one of Kirk’s debates. The talk with another student