Professional golfer Phil Mickelson has got himself in a pickle after he flirted with joining a breakaway competition funded by Saudi Arabia in order to “reshape” the PGA tour.  It’s been revealed that the American golfer told the writer of his unauthorised biography that the Saudi competition was a “once in a lifetime opportunity” to gain leverage over those who run the existing tour, and that he thought the Saudi regime was “scary”. Fellow golfer Rory McIlroy described the comments as “naive, selfish, egotistical and ignorant.” So it’s no surprise that Mickelson – who is one of the greatest players in history – made a grovelling apology. He’ll take a break from the game “to work on the man I want to be.” The rival league is being led by Aussie legend Greg Norman’s golf company – but the $2.9 billion breakaway competition appears to be over before it began after failing to sign any players.