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It’s not been the best of weeks for Phil Mickelson.

On Tuesday the six-time major winner published a 500-word apology after comments he made about the Saudi Golf League in an upcoming book by Alan Shipnuck. 

Although unconfirmed, rumours suggest Mickelson may have been suspended from the PGA Tour over his recent behaviour, which included accusing the circuit of “obnoxious greed” and claiming commissioner Jay Monahan is running “a dictatorship”. 

Now, in another blow for the 51-year-old, reports suggest he may have not even won the tour’s Player Impact Program, as he claimed he did at the end of last year. 

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In December, Mickelson tweeted announcing he had finished top of the PIP standings, taking home the $8 million prize. 

But according to Golf Channel reporter Rex Hoggard, tour insiders are claiming it was actually won by Tiger Woods. 

“In other Mickelson news, some players have been told that Tiger, not Phil, won last year’s Player Impact Program,” Hoggard tweeted.