Golfer Phil Mickelson has enjoyed plenty of success on the PGA Tour over his lengthy career. But he says if he ever wanted to go back and relive some of his greatest moments on the course, he couldn't do so.
In an interview with Golf Digest, Mickelson said the PGA Tour doesn't allow players to own the rights to their own media and that's a huge problem.
"For me personally, it's not enough that they are sitting on hundreds of millions of digital moments," Mickelson said. "They also have access to my shots, access I do not have. They also charge companies to use shots I have hit."
The piece by John Huggan notes that for example, any use of Mickelson's famous 2010 Masters shot from the pine straw cost $3.5 million. It equated to $30,000 per second every time footage of the shot aired. Mickelson was only paid $1.5 million for winning the tournament.

"That type of greed is, to me, beyond obnoxious," he said.
Mickelson added that for the current project the tour is working on with Netflix, akin to the popular Formula 1 docuseries Drive to Survive, the players aren't making a dime for their participation. He said that if he had rights to his own media, he'd give fans incredible access while he's competing.
"If I had access to my own channel and access to my own media, I would have a camera and microphone on my hat," said Mickelson. "And on my [caddie] brother's hat. And on my golf bag with a 360 view. And I would bring the viewers in. They would see and hear what is going on. But none of that happens [currently] because why would any player do that? To make more millions for the tour?"
Only time will tell what happens with player media rights and Mickelson's future in pro golf. You can read the full story here.
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