After Phil Mickelson was accused of seeking to bet on the outcome of the 2012 Ryder Cup, fellow golfer Rory McIlroy has weighed in.“At least he can bet on the Ryder Cup this year because he won’t be a part of it,” McIlroy, 34, quipped to ESPN reporters on Thursday, August 10, after completing his first round at the FedEx St.
Jude Championship.McIlroy, for his part, qualified to join the European cohort at this year’s Ryder Cup in September. Mickelson, 53, did not make the cut on the American team.Mickelson made headlines on Thursday after notorious sports gambler Billy Walters claimed that the pair were betting partners for five years.“Phil liked to gamble as much as anyone I’ve ever met.
Frankly, given Phil’s annual income and net worth at the time, I had no problems with his betting,” Walters, 77, alleged in his upcoming memoir, Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk, which was excerpted by The Fire Pit Collective. “And still don’t.
He’s a big-time gambler, and big-time gamblers make big bets. It’s his money to spend how he wants.”Walters — who claimed that Mickelson has gambled more than $1 billion over the last three decades and lost $100 million — further detailed one particular bet that worried him.“In late September 2012, Phil called me from Medinah Country Club just outside Chicago, site of the 39th Ryder Cup matches between the United States and Europe.
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