Twitter Reacts To "Grotesque" Woods/Mickelson Pictures
Images of Woods and Mickelson in front of a pile of cash was slated on social media
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Images of Woods and Mickelson in front of a pile of cash were slated on social media
Twitter Reacts To "Grotesque" Woods/Mickelson Pictures
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson's match takes place this week and the promotions are hyping up ahead of the first tee off.
We've already seen the press conference this week where Mickelson placed a $200,000 bet on himself birdieing the opening hole.
WATCH: Woods Mickelson The Match Press Conference
Bleacher Report, who are promoting 'The Match', then posted images on social media of the pair each in front of a pile of cash, representing the $9m they're playing for, and it didn't go down well on social media.
The BBC's Dan Walker, who is a Golf Monthly columnist, described the images as "grotesque" with the hashtag #TheRootOfAllEvil.
BBC Golf Correspondent Iain Carter described the images as "so wrong at every level"
TalkSPORT's Georgie Bingham wrote, "I feared the worst for this #TigerPhil match up from the start; Only it’s actually more vulgar and worse then I’d ever imagined. Not much reading of the room going on there even though some idiots will pay for it."
British Masters champion and two-time European Tour winner responded to Bingham's tweet, describing the match as "pathetic" and "everything golf shouldn't be doing right now."
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"Coming away from my Twitter ban just to take Georgie’s point further and conclude that this is indeed everything golf shouldn’t be doing right now," he tweeted.
"One man earning $9 Million isn’t attractive. This putrid attempt at attention will turn out to be futile for everyone. Pathetic."
Six-time major winner Sir Nick Faldo said he was confused by how upfront the match was regarding the prize money.
What are your thoughts on The Match and will you be hoping to tune in? - Note: We currently aren't aware of a UK broadcast deal.
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Elliott Heath is our Senior Staff Writer and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news, features, courses and travel sections as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. Elliott has interviewed some huge names in the golf world including Sergio Garcia, Thomas Bjorn, Bernd Wiesberger and Scotty Cameron as well as a number of professionals on the DP World and PGA Tours. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as four Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays at West Byfleet Golf Club in Surrey, where his handicap index floats anywhere between 2-6. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!
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