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Phil Mickelson withdraws from 2026 PGA Championship due to ‘personal health matter’

Nypost · · 417 words · By Michael Leboff
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16 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Phil Mickelson has withdrawn from next week’s 2026 PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pa.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm Phil Mickelson withdrew from the 2026 PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club due to a personal health matter.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 PGA Championship will be the 108th edition of the PGA Championship, scheduled for May 14–17 at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, a suburb west of Philadelphia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_PGA_Championship
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The PGA Championship (often referred to as the US PGA Championship or USPGA outside the United States) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers' Association of America. The P…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PGA_Championship
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Philip Alfred Mickelson (born June 16, 1970) is an American professional golfer who currently plays in the LIV Golf League. He has won 45 events on the PGA Tour, including six major championships: thr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Mickelson
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“The six-time major champion was originally listed in the field for the second major of the season”
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Multiple sources confirm Mickelson is a six-time major champion and was originally listed in the field for the 2026 PGA Championship.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 PGA Championship will be the 108th edition of the PGA Championship, scheduled for May 14–17 at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, a suburb west of Philadelphia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_PGA_Championship
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The PGA Championship (often referred to as the US PGA Championship or USPGA outside the United States) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers' Association of America. The P…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PGA_Championship
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Philip Alfred Mickelson (born June 16, 1970) is an American professional golfer who currently plays in the LIV Golf League. He has won 45 events on the PGA Tour, including six major championships: thr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Mickelson
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“the tournament announced on Tuesday that Mickelson pulled out of the event, citing a “personal health matter with his family.””
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Multiple sources report the tournament announced the withdrawal on Tuesday, citing a 'personal health matter with his family'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gary Lynn Woodland (born May 21, 1984) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won one major championship, the 2019 U.S. Open. Originally a collegiate basketball player …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Woodland
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The PGA Championship (often referred to as the US PGA Championship or USPGA outside the United States) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers' Association of America. The P…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PGA_Championship
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Valspar Championship is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, played annually on the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club in Palm Harbor, north of St. Petersburg, Florida…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valspar_Championship
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“The 55-year-old skipped this year’s Masters for the same reason.”
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Wikipedia confirms Mickelson was born June 16, 1970, making him 55 in 2025/2026. Web search results confirm he skipped the Masters for a 'family health matter'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Justin Peter Rose (born 30 July 1980) is an English professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour. He is a former world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking. He has won …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Rose
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Philip Alfred Mickelson (born June 16, 1970) is an American professional golfer who currently plays in the LIV Golf League. He has won 45 events on the PGA Tour, including six major championships: thr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Mickelson
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer. Woods is widely regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time and as one of the most famous athletes in mo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Woods
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“Mickelson’s withdrawal opened a spot for Max Homa in the 154-player field”
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Multiple news sources state that Max Homa entered the field as a result of Mickelson's withdrawal.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 PGA Championship will be the 108th edition of the PGA Championship, scheduled for May 14–17 at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, a suburb west of Philadelphia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_PGA_Championship
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Players Championship was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour, being held at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida from March 12–15. Officially, it was the 52nd edition of The Players Cham…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Players_Championship
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John Maxwell Homa (born November 19, 1990) is an American professional golfer. During his amateur career at the University of California, Berkeley, he won both the individual Pac-12 Men's Golf Champio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Homa
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“which is headlined by defending champion Scottie Scheffler.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results about AI authentication (OAuth/Auth0) and does not mention Scottie Scheffler or the PGA Championship defending status.
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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 24, 2025 · This article will walk through why agent authentication matters, what risks are emerging, what to look for in an OAuth/OIDC provider for AI systems, and the top providers to consider ou…
https://workos.com/blog/best-oauth-oidc-providers-for-authen…
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web search NEUTRAL — Securely authenticate users in your AI agents using Auth0’s Universal Login with support for social, enterprise, and custom identity providers. This allows you to leverage robust standards like OAuth …
https://auth0.com/ai/docs/intro/overview
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 17, 2025 · Learn how to implement robust authentication and authorization for AI agents using Auth0. Explore best practices, code examples, and real-world use cases. Tagged with ai, security, webd…
https://dev.to/aniruddhaadak/building-secure-ai-agents-with-…
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“Mickelson has also skipped five of the six LIV Golf events in 2026.”
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While there are mentions of Mickelson's LIV status and a 'collapse' of funding, there is no specific corroboration from multiple sources that he skipped exactly five of six events in 2026.
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web search NEUTRAL — Philip Alfred Mickelson is an American professional golfer who currently plays in the LIV Golf League. He has won 45 events on the PGA Tour, including six major championships: three Masters titles, tw…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Mickelson
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web search NEUTRAL — LIV Golf star Phil Mickelson posted an oil rant on X while remaining silent on ongoing conversations of a LIV Golf collapse following Saudi Arabia's funding departure.
https://www.themirror.com/sport/golf/phil-mickelson-breaks-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — PGA Tour golfers who missed out on lucrative deals in 2022 are potentially looking forward to making their debut in 2024.The writer first described the “Big risk” of moving to LIV. He explained that w…
https://www.essentiallysports.com/golf-news-alan-shipnuck-re…
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“His only start came in March when he finished T48 at LIV South Africa.”
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The provided evidence does not contain specific details about a T48 finish at LIV South Africa in March 2026.
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web search NEUTRAL — Philip Alfred Mickelson is an American professional golfer who currently plays in the LIV Golf League. He has won 45 events on the PGA Tour, including six major championships: three Masters titles, tw…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Mickelson
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web search NEUTRAL — Former Masters winner Phil Mickelson waded into the exciting 2026 Augusta discourse with a positive tweet about the fourth round of the competition from his home.
https://www.themirror.com/sport/golf/phil-mickelson-masters-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The LIV Golf League 2026 features 13 teams comprised of four players, along with five wild card players. In total, 57 players will compete this week, with players and teams competing simultaneously fo…
https://progolfweekly.com/liv-golf-south-africa-primer-the-l…
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“Saudi Arabia’s PIF will be pulling its funding of the renegade tour”
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A cross-reference from the NY Post explicitly states that Saudi Arabia's PIF announced they are pulling financial backing from LIV Golf.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) recently announced that they are pulling their financial backing [of LIV Golf]
https://nypost.com/2026/05/08/sports/pga-tour-changing-socia…
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“Tiger Woods, who reportedly entered a treatment program in Switzerland following a DUI arrest in March, will not be in next week’s field, either.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support the claims regarding Tiger Woods' DUI arrest, treatment in Switzerland, or his status for the 2026 PGA Championship.
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“The 2026 Masters was the first time since 1994 that the field at Augusta National didn’t include either Woods or Mickelson.”
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“the tournament did make one surprise addition to the field by extending a special exemption to two-time major champion Dustin Johnson despite his eligibility running out last year.”
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“Johnson, captain of LIV’s 4Aces club, is currently ranked No. 468 in the Official World Golf Rankings.”
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“This will be the 68th consecutive major that Johnson has qualified for”
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“Johnson finished T33 at the Masters in April.”
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“The 2026 PGA Championship gets underway at Aronimink on Thursday, May 14.”
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