LIV Golf star Phil Mickelson received into the enjoyable after President Biden and former President Trump debated their handicaps through the CNN Presidential Debate on Thursday evening.
Mickelson on Friday wrote on X that he didn’t suppose the 2 leaders had been getting private with one another till it got here to their golf sport.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM
Phil Mickelson performs a shot on the seventeenth gap throughout a apply spherical previous to the U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina, on June 11. (Alex Slitz/Getty Pictures)
“After watching the talk final evening, I really feel it by no means received private till they began speaking golf handicaps and who hits the longest drives. As a golfer, I get it,” Mickelson wrote.
Trump raised the difficulty when discussing his health, saying he had not too long ago “gained two membership championships — not even senior — two common membership championships.”
“To do this, it’s a must to be fairly sensible, and you’ve got to have the ability to hit the ball a good distance, and I do it,” he continued. “[Biden] doesn’t do it. He can’t hit a ball 50 yards. He challenged me to a golf match — he can’t hit a ball 50 yards.”
Former President Trump, left, and President Biden take part within the CNN Presidential Debate at CNN Studios in Atlanta on Thursday. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu through Getty Pictures)
WORLD’S TOP-RANKED FEMALE GOLFER NELLY KORDA FORCED TO PULL OUT OF UPCOMING TOURNAMENT AFTER DOG BITE
Biden, challenged by the comment, argued that he had managed to get his handicap down to 6 when he was vice chairman.
However Trump, an avid golfer, wasn’t shopping for it.
“That’s the most important lie — that he’s a six handicap — of all,” he replied.
Bryson DeChambeau, a fellow golfer on the LIV circuit, introduced up the concept of internet hosting Trump and Biden in a match on his YouTube channel.
Phil Mickelson gestures through the opening spherical of LIV Golf Nashville on the Grove Golf Course in Faculty Grove, Tennessee, on June 21. (Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire through Getty Pictures)
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
For now, golf followers might need to only accept the talk stage.
Fox Information’ Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.
Comply with Fox Information Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox Information Sports activities Huddle publication.
