“F*** you Phil!” - Rory McIlroy lashes out at Phil Mickelson and other LIV Golf rebels in Netflix's 'Full Swing'
Rory McIlroy can be seen lashing out at Phil Mickelson and other LIV Golf professionals in the latest Netflix golf docuseries, "Full Swing," that got released on the platform on Wednesday. He is shown making fun of six-time major winner and rival Patrick Reed in an upcoming Netflix documentary.
The new golf series is being seen as golf's answer to Drive to Survive, an F1 series made by the same production house. Rory's inclusion in the Golf Swing came as a surprise in January as it wasn't revealed before that the Irishman will also feature in the docu-series.
Rory has been one of the strongest critics of the Saudi-backed league along with Tiger Woods. LIV Golf marked a huge dent in the PGA Tour's monopoly last year by poaching several top names towards the lucrative Saudi-backed circuit.
This forced the PGA Tour to make some significant changes to curb the growing influence of LIV. The strategy was led by McIlroy and Woods. In the final episode titled 'Everything Has Led To This', McIlroy can be seen mocking Mickelson and Reed. Reportedly, McIlroy laughs at Reed while he's on the driving range at East Lake before the Tour Championship.
In one scene, a journalist informs Rory that Reed was playing Asian Tour tournaments after getting banned from the PGA Tour. McIlroy can be seen saying:
"And he dropped spots in the world rankings - beautiful."
Rory Reed's rivalry continued in a recently concluded Dubai Desert Classic where the latter threw a tee in the Irishman's direction when he was ignored by Rory. Later, McIlroy defeated Reed by a single-stroke margin in the finals.
Then we see McIlroy being asked if NFL star Josh Allen is a huge PGA Tour fan. McIlroy responded by saying that the Buffalo Bills quarterback is a Phil Mickelson fan, so he's not sure if that counts.
A background voice can be heard saying "sounds like this guy is losing credibility," while McIlroy's half-joking response throws another jab at LIV's biggest star:
"F***uyou Phil! I hope that makes it in."
Given that Mickelson is in some form on social media nowadays, we have to wait to see what his response will be on this.
Netflix Golf docu-series, 'Full Swing' releases today
Netflix's golf docu-series 'Full Swing' is now available for everyone to stream. The highly-anticipated series covers the behind-the-scenes coverage of some of the favorite PGA Tour professionals. The idea is somewhat similar to Netflix’s popular “Drive to Survive”, a series on F1 racing.
Notably, the brains behind both series are the same. Box to Box Films, who worked on 'Drive to Survive', is one of the production houses involved in “Full Swing”.
Here are some golfers who will feature in the series:
- Viktor Hovland
- Dustin Johnson
- Brooks Koepka
- Rory McIlroy
- Collin Morikawa
- Kevin Na
- Abraham Ancer
- Daniel Berger
- Cameron Champ
- Joel Dahmen
- Tony Finau
- Matthew Fitzpatrick
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Rickie Fowler
- Sergio Garcia
- Harry Higgs
- Max Homa
- Mito Pereira
- Ian Poulter
- Xander Schauffele
- Jordan Spieth
- Justin Thomas
- Bubba Watson