{"id":126478,"date":"2026-04-02T21:06:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T01:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/phil-mickelson-withdraws-from-the-masters-joins-tiger-woods-in-sitting-out-signature-major-126478"},"modified":"2026-04-02T21:06:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T01:06:40","slug":"phil-mickelson-withdraws-from-the-masters-joins-tiger-woods-in-sitting-out-signature-major","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/phil-mickelson-withdraws-from-the-masters-joins-tiger-woods-in-sitting-out-signature-major-126478","title":{"rendered":"Phil Mickelson withdraws from the Masters, joins Tiger Woods in sitting out signature major"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/tiger-woods\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tiger Woods<\/a> steps away from golf and won\u2019t be playing in the Masters next week, another golf legend won\u2019t be on the grounds at Augusta National Golf Club.<\/p>\n<p>Three-time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/golf\/the-masters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Masters champion<\/a> Phil Mickelson released a statement Thursday saying he won\u2019t be playing in this year\u2019s tournament.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, I will not play in the Masters Tournament next week and will be out for an extended period of time as my family continues to navigate a personal health matter,&#8221; Mickelson\u2019s statement on social media said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wish everyone the best of luck and will be watching.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Augusta National Chairman Fred Ridley also released a statement after Mickelson\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/tiger-woods-declines-ryder-cup-captaincy-after-dui-car-crash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TIGER WOODS DECLINES RYDER CUP CAPTAINCY AFTER DUI, CAR CRASH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know how much Phil loves the Masters tournament, and he will be missed by everyone in Augusta next week,&#8221; Ridley\u2019s statement said. &#8220;He has our complete supports as he takes time to be with his family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 55-year-old Mickelson missed four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/golf\/liv-golf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LIV Golf events<\/a> earlier this year, and he noted he was dealing with a &#8220;family health matter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He was on the course in South Africa two weeks ago, leading his HyFlyers GC squad for the event. Mickelson finished tied for 48 in the event.<\/p>\n<p>Mickelson\u2019s Masters announcement comes after Woods stepped away from golf &#8220;to seek treatment&#8221; following a DUI arrest after a rollover crash Friday in Jupiter Island, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Woods, a 15-time major winner and five-time Masters champion, and Mickelson sat atop the golf world, beginning in the late 1990s and through the 2010s. While Woods usually sat atop the world golf rankings, Mickelson was his toughest competitor, winning six majors over his storied career.<\/p>\n<p>So, two golf icons won\u2019t be at Augusta National come next week, when the 90th edition of the Masters tees off Thursday, April 9.<\/p>\n<p><i><strong>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s <\/strong><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><strong>sports coverage on X<\/strong><\/i><\/a><i><strong>\u00a0and subscribe to<\/strong><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><strong>\u00a0the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/strong><\/i><\/a><i><strong>.<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/phil-mickelson-withdraws-masters-joining-tiger-woods-missing-signature-major\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/phil-mickelson-withdraws-masters-joining-tiger-woods-missing-signature-major <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Tiger Woods steps away from golf and won\u2019t be playing in the Masters next week, another golf legend won\u2019t be on the grounds at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-126478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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