You’d wonder what made the gentlemen golfers in the locker rooms of the most exclusive clubs in America chuckle more over the past week. Was it Phil Mickelson’s disgusting comments about Saudi Arabia’s human rights record, the outraged reaction of the media to the same or his lame and very corporatist apology?
Probably all three. The one thing that can be said for certain is that, for all the justified handwringing, everybody seems to be ignoring one inconvenient truth. Long-term, the whole debacle will scarcely move the needle when it comes to his popularity among his devoted fans.
