Phil Mickelson
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I think there’s a certain level of success and wealth one can achieve and remain a normal person.
After a certain point of wealth/power these individuals’ arrogance (and the way our society favors the wealthy) makes them believe that rules don’t apply to them and they can behave however they want with little to no repercussions. You see it in Hollywood, athletes, the corporate world, politicians, music, etc. It doesn’t apply to all wealthy folks, but money changes most people.
I also think how early a person succeeds can play into it. Mickelson wasn't quite a Tiger-level phenom, but he wasn't all that far behind, and I'm sure he was a multi-millionaire before he turned 25. I think someone like that has a life experience so far removed from normal that a "rules don't apply" attitude is going to be hard to avoid.
Idk about that “wasn’t all that far behind” part of your post.
Mickelson never ranked #1 in the world, Tiger spent 682 weeks there.
Also Phil won 6 majors and Tiger won 15.
I'm not talking about career accomplishments, I'm talking about what he was before he hit it big in the PGA. Mickelson won 3 consecutive NCAA titles and auto-qualified himself for a tour card by winning a PGA event as an amateur.
I can't be so sure. The club may have just been making sure they cover their own butts over protecting his reputation at this point. I have no idea what the truth actually is at this point but it is still yet to fully play out it sounds like.
If you spend time around the general public, as I have to for work, you realize that lots of people, wealthy or poor, are rude and entitled asses. Working with the general public is a burden I wouldn’t wish on anyone.
I just can't agree. The people at that club know exactly who Phil Mickelson is. They have to know that they are about to make national news. The CYA stance in that situation is to suspend him, or something along those lines. The fact that they went out and told him to GTFO and never come back means it's very unlikely they felt any need to "let it play out", and it would be truly weird if they had no evidence supporting the decision.
It's formed around the fact that they permanently revoked his membership. The only real fact anyone has.
Your opinion is apparently based on a statement from Mickelson's (totally neutral in your eyes, I guess) lawyer.
Not one that has practiced and played there for 3 decades as a member. Plus they had a freaking mural and trophy case of his accomplishments in the club.
Sadly in most cases it does. They can afford to defend anything. Threaten people, powerful people come in and get it dropped. Videos get erased, people paid off. Only until they fall out of favor with the elites do they seem to fall or something happens so public they can’t defend it.
Mickelson was about as close as a guaranteed amateur phenom outside of Tiger that anyone has ever been for sure.