Phil Mickelson raised eyebrows on social media with a number of takes, including one that claimed Scottie Scheffler will not win before this year's Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black

Phil Mickelson may be the king of hot takes after dropping a bomb of a prediction about Scottie Scheffler during The PLAYERS rain delay.

Immediately after Joaquin Niemann won his second LIV Golf title of the season in Singapore, Mickelson referred to the Chilean as the best player in the world on X. His tweet was in response to a post from Torque GC, which claimed that Niemann is a top-5 player in the world right now.

Right place, right time is a mantra that covers most any top-level professional golfer playing on the PGA Tour these days. In the wake of the schism in pro golf, and the overriding way in which it has been address—by throwing money at the problem—pro golfers have become the beneficiaries of bloated purses and seven-figure first-place (and