Phil Mickelson book author says he was removed from golfer's press conference

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The author of an unauthorized Phil Mickelson biography said he was removed from a press conference featuring the golfer on Thursday after LIV Golf’s first-ever tournament completed its first round.

Alan Shipnuck tweeted that he was told the security guards were "acting on orders from their boss." It wasn’t clear what the guards meant by the statement.

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Phil Mickelson of the United States stands on the tee before starting the first round of the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational at the Centurion Club in St. Albans, England, Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

"Well, a couple of neckless security dudes just physically removed me from Phil Mickelson's press conference, saying they were acting on orders from their boss, whom they refused to name. (Greg Norman? MBS? Al Capone?) Never a dull moment up in here," Shipnuck wrote.

LIV Golf didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.

Mickelson has been one of the biggest names to join LIV Golf in the months leading up to the first event in London. He created a firestorm in February when his comments to Shipnuck for the author’s book, "Phil: The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography of Golf’s Most Colorful Superstar," were published in excerpts to the Fire Pit Collective.

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Phil Mickelson of the United States watches the flight of his ball after playing off the 4th tee during the first round of the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational at the Centurion Club in St. Albans, England, Thursday, June 9, 2022.  (AP