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The LIV Golf Series, which launched in June, has lured away some
of the sport's biggest names with enormous purses while those
who joined the rebel circuit are no longer eligible to
participate in PGA Tour events.
Mickelson said that during his heyday, the best players in the
world competed on the PGA Tour but that will never be the case
again.
"I think going forward you have to pick a side. You have to pick
what side do you think is going to be successful," Mickelson
told reporters at the LIV Golf Invitational Series in Jeddah on
Thursday.
"I firmly believe that I'm on the winning side of how things are
going to evolve and shape in the coming years for professional
golf."
Last month, the PGA Tour accused LIV Golf of using antitrust
laws "as a cudgel" and undermining its contracts with players in
a counterclaim to a lawsuit the Saudi-backed circuit filed.
In a lawsuit filed in August, LIV Golf, Mickelson and 10 other
players accused the PGA Tour of antitrust violations.
"Until both sides sit down and have a conversation and work
something out, both sides are going to continue to change and
evolve," Mickelson added.
"And I see LIV Golf trending upwards, I see the PGA TOUR
trending downwards and I love the side that I'm on... I love the
way they involve us and listen to us in decisions.
"It's so inclusive, it's so fluid that things LIV Golf is
leading."
(Reporting by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru, editing by Pritha
Sarkar)
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