It seems most gay men would have to be wealthy and retired from pretigious jobs in order to fully enjoy living there, whether year round or just in the nice months is there actually a place for a "basic gay"? And a bear at that? Most are fit and tanned? (But I liked cruising and bathhouses in my younger days.) But is the drug and party scene very prevalent, and even sad, amongst the affluent and not so affluent gay men who relocate there? Are most in competition for the rare young guy?
I am not interested in that and never have been. I've never visited, but have researched it, and it seems it's somewhat easy to fall into the drug and party scene. Maybe it's mostly the visitors, not so much the residents? Plus, does it seem sex could be nearly always on the minds of all gay men there, but especially the eldergays - or at least the sexually compulsive trying to re-live their youth? Seems it could be too distracting for some or most. The tournaments offer $20 million in prize money, with an additional $5 million for team play.ĭetails of who's playing and how the team component will work have not been announced. The Telegraph in London cited sources as saying Mickelson has received $30 million up front and must appear in each of the eight events that make up the LIV Golf Invitational series.
Mickelson's agent said he has asked the PGA Tour for a conflicting event release to play in the first LIV Golf Invitational series to be held June 9-11 outside London. He told Shipnuck in a November interview - that excerpt was published in February - that he recruited three players who paid attorneys to write the operating agreement of the new league. Mickelson was seen as a chief recruiter for Norman and his Saudi-funded LIV Golf Investments. Shipnuck wrote more details on that would be in the book. He wrote that Mackay left Mickelson after the Memorial that year over a series of “simmering grievances,” including hundreds of thousands of dollars in back pay. Shipnuck also said money was largely behind his split with longtime caddie Jim “Bones” Mackay in 2017. Mickelson's annual income in 2012 - the time of the Dean Foods stock deal that netted Mickelson nearly $1 million in one week - was estimated at about $48 million. The author cited a source with direct access to the documents. In the most recent excerpt on the $40 million in gambling losses, Shipnuck wrote that government auditors investigated Mickelson's finances over four years from 2010 to 2014. Walters since has been released and has said he is writing a book. Mickelson was a relief defendant in 2016 in the insider trading case that sent noted gambler Billy Walters to prison.
Mickelson dismissed Saudi Arabia's human rights record, including the killing of Washington Post reporter Jamal Khashoggi, by saying it was worth getting involved with the Saudis if it meant gaining leverage to get what he wanted from the PGA Tour. A short time later, Shipnuck posted explosive comments from Mickelson on his involvement in Greg Norman's Saudi-backed golf venture. Mickelson has been out of public view since the final round of the Saudi International on Feb.
His unauthorized biography on Mickelson is to be released May 17 during the PGA Championship. Shipnuck posted the excerpt on his “Firepit Collective” site Thursday. Federal auditors investigating Phil Mickelson's role in an insider trading scheme found his gambling losses totaled more than $40 million from 2010 to 2014, according to an excerpt from Alan Shipnuck's forthcoming biography.