{"id":443523,"date":"2026-02-01T21:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T21:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/443523\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T21:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T21:38:08","slug":"phil-mickelson-withdraws-from-liv-golf-events-over-family-health-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/443523\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Mickelson withdraws from LIV Golf events over &#8216;family health matter&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The HyFlyers GC will be without captain Phil Mickelson to start the 2026 LIV Golf season.<\/p>\n<p>The six-time major champion announced Sunday he will not participate in the Saudi-backed circuit\u2019s opening tournaments in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Adelaide, Australia, citing a \u201cfamily health matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will not be able to participate in the first two LIV Events as [wife] Amy and I need to be present for a family health matter,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PhilMickelson\/status\/2017992125367861515\/photo\/1\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mickelson, 55, wrote in a message<\/a> shared across his social media pages.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38354270\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mickelson-2.jpg\" alt=\"Phil Mickelson, here with wife Amy, said he will not be participating in the first two events of the LIV Golf season due to a &quot;family health matter.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-38354270\"  \/>Phil Mickelson, here with wife Amy, said he will not be participating in the first two events of the LIV Golf season due to a \u201cfamily health matter.\u201d Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t wait to compete again and look forward to rejoining my teammates as soon as possible. In the meantime, Ollie Schniederjans will step in for me in Riyadh as I root on HyFlyers GC from afar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old Schniederjans <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PhilMickelson\/status\/1886411136716734619\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">previously subbed in for Mickelson<\/a> at last year\u2019s LIV Golf opener in Saudi Arabia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfmonthly.com\/news\/former-amateur-no.1-liv-golf-reserve\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">as a reserve player<\/a>. Mickelson was dealing with a shoulder injury at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The HyFlyers roster is comprised of Mickelson, Michael La Sasso, Brendan Steele and Cameron Tringale.<\/p>\n<p>The opener in Riyadh gets underway on Wednesday, while the tournament in Adelaide begins Feb. 12.<\/p>\n<p>LIV Golf will then jet to Hong Kong in early March.<\/p>\n<p>This year marks Mickelson\u2019s fifth season on the LIV circuit.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38354269\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mickelson-1.jpg\" alt=\"Phil Mickelson has played on the LIV Golf circuit since 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-38354269\"  \/>Phil Mickelson has played on the LIV Golf circuit since 2022. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>He was one of the biggest names in golf <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/06\/06\/phil-mickelson-joins-liv-tour-after-months-of-controversy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to defect from the PGA Tour in 2022<\/a>, along with Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka.<\/p>\n<p>Koepka, a five-time major winner, split from LIV Golf at the end of last year and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/12\/sports\/brooks-koepka-making-pga-tour-return-with-potential-90-million-punishment\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has since rejoined the PGA Tour<\/a> as part of its Returning Members Program. He is required to make a $5 million charitable donation and is unable to receive potential equity in the Player Equity Program for five years.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old Koepka made his anticipated PGA Tour return this week at the Farmers Insurance Open and made the cut into the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Former Masters champion Patrick Reed followed in Koepka\u2019s footsteps days earlier by <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/28\/sports\/patrick-reed-leaving-liv-golf-for-pga-tour-return\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announcing his intentions to return<\/a> to the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The HyFlyers GC will be without captain Phil Mickelson to start the 2026 LIV Golf season. 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