He called on Mickelson to “become a man, step up and accept the truth of the person in bed.”
The Saudi government has long denied involvement in September. 11 attacks. In a 2004 report, the September 11 Commission stated that al-Qaeda, which carried out the attack, “has no evidence of individual funding by the Saudi government as an institution or senior Saudi officials.” However, according to a 2020 report by The New York Times Magazine and ProPublica, there is speculation of involvement by other subordinate officials, and the FBI’s investigation found circumstantial evidence of such support.
Tim Florich, a Brooklyn banker who escaped from the 80th floor of the South Tower but severely injured his left leg and ankle while escaping from the tower’s collapse, was “buy” by the golfer, the LIV series. The Saudi-sponsored tour provided a contract that was reported to be nine digits to seduce some golfers like Mickelson from the PGA Tour.
“This is just a group of very talented athletes who seem to have turned their backs on murder,” said Florich, who turns 58 this month.
Mickelson was not made available to reporters on Thursday. In an interview released in February, he told biographer Alan Shipnack that the Saudis have “scary” and “horrible records of human rights.” Mickelson later apologized for his remarks. I participated in LIV Golf in June.
No official attendance was shown in the opening round of the three-day tournament, which took place under the cloudless skies of the 70’s temperature. However, the crowd, mostly seeing older players declining, would have been only one-third of the 25,000 daily attendees at typical events on the rival PGA Tour. Mickelson, 52, finished the round with three overpars, eight strokes behind leader Carlos Ortiz (Mexico). Still, Mickelson has vocals and enthusiastic fans.
Many interviewed spectators said they were simply interested in watching sporting events and avoiding geopolitics.