Pro golfer Phil Mickelson has apologized for comments he made supporting a Saudi Arabia-backed golf tour, after they appeared to cost him one his biggest sponsors.
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The move follows the publication earlier this month of backlash-inducing comments Mickelson made in November to author Alan Shipnuck, in which Mickelson expressed no reservations about working with the Saudis despite the 2018 murder of Washington Post columnist On Tuesday, Mickelson apologized for those comments even as he suggested they had been taken out of context.
A spokesperson for KPMG told ABC News on Tuesday that the company and Mickelson have decided to part ways.Phil Mickelson stands on the 13th hole during day three of the PIF Saudi International at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club on Feb. 5, 2022, in Al Murooj, Saudi Arabia.
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