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Every year there are a countless number of golf predictions made by so-called “experts” that are proven wrong. Hand up here.
But one extremely bold prognostication from earlier this season turned out to be a whole new level of wrong. And it involved one of the best golfers of all time talking about the current best golfer on the planet.
We’re talking about Phil Mickelson’s random “hot take” that he put out on Twitter in March to CBS analyst and fellow Masters champ Trevor Immelman. Lefty zagged from the pack by predicting Scottie wouldn’t win a PGA Tour event before the Ryder Cup in September.
Here’s a hot take
Does Scottie win in 2025 before the Ryder Cup?
I don’t think so.— Phil Mickelson (@PhilMickelson) March 16, 2025
Like we said, BOLD. At the time, Scheffler hadn’t won his first five starts of 2025. It was a slow start by the standards of someone coming off a historic season, but it was only five starts. And the World No. 1 was coming off that Christmas Day ravioli kitchen accident that required surgery on his right hand.
Since that tweet, Scheffler won the CJ Cup Byron Nelson by EIGHT shots, the 2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow (a major if you haven’t heard) and the Memorial Tournament … all with nearly four months to spare before that Ryder Cup. Mickelson addressed his hilariously wrong take, but it looks worse and worse with each passing tournament.
So I might of been off on that one 😂😂
Congrats to Scottie on a great performance 👍👍— Phil Mickelson (@PhilMickelson) May 4, 2025
Good for Phil for admitting when he was wrong. Way wrong. Hopefully, he didn’t put his money where his mouth was on that one. Or, where his fingers were tweeting. Either way, we thank him for making all of our predictions look better.
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