Rory McIlroy’s contempt for his LIV Golf League rival Phil Mickelson was revealed in the final episode of the Netflix documentary Full Swing.
All episodes of the much-anticipated series were released on 15 February and there was a lot to unpack.
Socal Golfer has already picked out a couple of our favorite moments. One of them was Ian Poulter being asked if he had “enough money”.
Elsewhere, there was Paulina Gretzky cracking up to a meme of her husband Dustin Johnson before he made the switch to the rival tour.
But as golf journalist Kyle Porter rightly points out below, this will be the most-talked about and likely most-shared clip from the series.
McIlroy is receiving a massage in the players’ locker room in some down time during the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake.
He was puzzled why there was some Christmas music playing in the background.
McIlroy was informed that the college football season was due to start, with many believing in the U.S. that this feels like Christmas day.
If you didn’t know, McIlroy is a massive Manchester United fan but he’s also keen on NFL.
In the clip, he asked when the Dallas Cowboys last made the Super Bowl.
The masseuse responds: “1996, 26 years ago. Based on your Josh Allen post, you’re a Josh Allen fan?”
Another masseuse interjects and and states that Allen is a big PGA Tour fan.
McIlroy then snaps:
“Yes, but he’s a Phil Mickelson fan, so I don’t know about that.”
The masseuse states: “That’s true. Sounds like this guy’s losing credibility.”
McIlroy cracks up and added:
“F*** you, Phil. I hope that makes it in.” (video below)
A history of the Mickelson and McIlroy feud…
It’s almost a year to the day that Rory McIlroy heavily criticised Mickelson when rumours swirled about a super golf league backed by Saudi Arabian money.
Speaking at Riviera last February before the Genesis Invitational, McIlroy described the prospect of a potential breakaway tour as “dead in the water”.
That was because Bryson DeChambeau, Tiger Woods, Jon Rahm, Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas and Brooks Koepka had publicly stated their intentions not to join the breakaway tour
How times have changed. McIlroy later said that comment was ill-judged.
McIlroy also tore into Mickelson, describing Lefty’s self-confessed reckless comments that led to his four-month spell away from the spotlight as: “Naive, selfish, egotistical, ignorant.”
Mickelson called out McIlroy in January this year with a sarcastic Middle East dig as the Ulsterman played in the Dubai Desert Classic.
It will be interesting to see how things pan out from here between Lefty and McIlroy.
One thing is for sure though: there is no love lost between the pair.
WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW:
And of course, the moment that nobody expected, the one that will be talked about, tweeted about and memed more than any other.
Rory with some thoughts on Phil (sound up is NSFW). pic.twitter.com/RnHuEawhkD
— Kyle Porter (@KylePorterCBS) February 15, 2023
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Article originally appeared on: Golfmagic.com
He’s such a tough guy!!🤣🤣🤣
Rory should listen to his own words “you are not as important as you think you are. Used to think Rory was a class act, but he shows he’s just another spoiled rich kid. Everyone talks about the rift between LIV Golf and the PGA, but all you hear is Rory, tiger and monahan- which were not asked to join LIV Golf due to they couldn’t qualify. Hey Rory -F*** you. See you at the Master’s dinner, oh that’s right you haven’t won so you can’t attend-Phil Mickelson has a seat.