<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:rawvoice="http://www.rawvoice.com/rawvoiceRssModule/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Callaway Reportedly Investigated Phil Mickelson&#8217;s Gambling Habits Prior to 2004 Endorsement Deal</title> <atom:link href="http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/24/callaway-reportedly-investigated-phil-mickelsons-gambling-habits-prior-to-2004-endorsement-deal/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/24/callaway-reportedly-investigated-phil-mickelsons-gambling-habits-prior-to-2004-endorsement-deal/</link> <description>Sports, Media, Entertainment</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:18:40 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1</generator> <item><title>By: angry</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/24/callaway-reportedly-investigated-phil-mickelsons-gambling-habits-prior-to-2004-endorsement-deal/comment-page-2/#comment-1881984</link> <dc:creator>angry</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:22:41 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=240625#comment-1881984</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;we’re having a winter thus far that would make cheney reconsider global warming. january 24 and we still haven’t had a snowfall over an inch/chicago burbs&lt;/blockquote&gt;I&#039;m generally a fan of the warmer weather, but I wish it would snow so there was something to do outside like sledding, etc with the kids.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>we’re having a winter thus far that would make cheney reconsider global warming. january 24 and we still haven’t had a snowfall over an inch</p><p>/chicago burbs</p></blockquote><p>I&#8217;m generally a fan of the warmer weather, but I wish it would snow so there was something to do outside like sledding, etc with the kids.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/24/callaway-reportedly-investigated-phil-mickelsons-gambling-habits-prior-to-2004-endorsement-deal/comment-page-2/#comment-1881890</link> <dc:creator>Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:48:01 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=240625#comment-1881890</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;i have no idea why anyone would lie in a comments section full of people you’ll most likely never meet &lt;/blockquote&gt; To have sex with women, obviously.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>i have no idea why anyone would lie in a comments section full of people you’ll most likely never meet</p></blockquote><p>To have sex with women, obviously.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: otis sistrunk</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/24/callaway-reportedly-investigated-phil-mickelsons-gambling-habits-prior-to-2004-endorsement-deal/comment-page-2/#comment-1881885</link> <dc:creator>otis sistrunk</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:45:32 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=240625#comment-1881885</guid> <description><![CDATA[a late post yesterday spence]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>a late post yesterday spence</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spencer096</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/24/callaway-reportedly-investigated-phil-mickelsons-gambling-habits-prior-to-2004-endorsement-deal/comment-page-2/#comment-1881879</link> <dc:creator>spencer096</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:44:38 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=240625#comment-1881879</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Was he that little kid in the video that’s been making the Internet rounds the last couple of days?&lt;/blockquote&gt;no idea, but id say prolly not...link?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Was he that little kid in the video that’s been making the Internet rounds the last couple of days?</p></blockquote><p>no idea, but id say prolly not&#8230;link?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Nada</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/24/callaway-reportedly-investigated-phil-mickelsons-gambling-habits-prior-to-2004-endorsement-deal/comment-page-2/#comment-1881876</link> <dc:creator>Nada</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:43:56 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=240625#comment-1881876</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;ive seen video of golfercraig’s kid’s golf swing &lt;/blockquote&gt;Was he that little kid in the video that&#039;s been making the Internet rounds the last couple of days?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>ive seen video of golfercraig’s kid’s golf swing</p></blockquote><p>Was he that little kid in the video that&#8217;s been making the Internet rounds the last couple of days?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Nada</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/24/callaway-reportedly-investigated-phil-mickelsons-gambling-habits-prior-to-2004-endorsement-deal/comment-page-2/#comment-1881874</link> <dc:creator>Nada</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:43:06 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=240625#comment-1881874</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;hell, we signed kobe AFTER he raped that chick&lt;/blockquote&gt;I&#039;m betting Vanessa got her own check for $100 million in that deal.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>hell, we signed kobe AFTER he raped that chick</p></blockquote><p>I&#8217;m betting Vanessa got her own check for $100 million in that deal.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spencer096</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/24/callaway-reportedly-investigated-phil-mickelsons-gambling-habits-prior-to-2004-endorsement-deal/comment-page-2/#comment-1881871</link> <dc:creator>spencer096</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:41:29 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=240625#comment-1881871</guid> <description><![CDATA[ive seen video of golfercraig&#039;s kid&#039;s golf swing (AND THAT WAS ALL, AUTHORITIES)...not sure if the kid&#039;s a genius or not, but he sure has one helluva golf swing for anyone, let alone a kid that age.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ive seen video of golfercraig&#8217;s kid&#8217;s golf swing (AND THAT WAS ALL, AUTHORITIES)&#8230;not sure if the kid&#8217;s a genius or not, but he sure has one helluva golf swing for anyone, let alone a kid that age.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: otis sistrunk</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/24/callaway-reportedly-investigated-phil-mickelsons-gambling-habits-prior-to-2004-endorsement-deal/comment-page-2/#comment-1881867</link> <dc:creator>otis sistrunk</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:39:58 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=240625#comment-1881867</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;He made some bold statements that lead me to believe he was 100% telling the truth.&lt;/em&gt;i have no idea why anyone would lie in a comments section full of people you&#039;ll most likely never meet]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>He made some bold statements that lead me to believe he was 100% telling the truth.</em></p><p>i have no idea why anyone would lie in a comments section full of people you&#8217;ll most likely never meet</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spencer096</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/24/callaway-reportedly-investigated-phil-mickelsons-gambling-habits-prior-to-2004-endorsement-deal/comment-page-2/#comment-1881864</link> <dc:creator>spencer096</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:39:44 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=240625#comment-1881864</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;“Here, Tiger, please accept this check for $100 million. Say, you ain’t bangin’ any waitresses or anything we need to know about, huh? Heh-heh, just joking, my good man. Here, really, take the check.”- Phil Knight, in a more innocent time&lt;/blockquote&gt;i&#039;ll make it more accurate.&quot;hey tiger, please take this check for $100mm because we don&#039;t have ANY golf division, and you&#039;re the type of athlete who&#039;s a powerful enough brand to build an entire operation around that will become an industry giant in about a decade.  what if there&#039;s a scandal?  aint nothin we haven&#039;t seen before...forget sweatshops, hell, we signed kobe AFTER he raped that chick.&quot;]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>“Here, Tiger, please accept this check for $100 million. Say, you ain’t bangin’ any waitresses or anything we need to know about, huh? Heh-heh, just joking, my good man. Here, really, take the check.”</p><p>- Phil Knight, in a more innocent time</p></blockquote><p>i&#8217;ll make it more accurate.</p><p>&#8220;hey tiger, please take this check for $100mm because we don&#8217;t have ANY golf division, and you&#8217;re the type of athlete who&#8217;s a powerful enough brand to build an entire operation around that will become an industry giant in about a decade.  what if there&#8217;s a scandal?  aint nothin we haven&#8217;t seen before&#8230;forget sweatshops, hell, we signed kobe AFTER he raped that chick.&#8221;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Nada</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/24/callaway-reportedly-investigated-phil-mickelsons-gambling-habits-prior-to-2004-endorsement-deal/comment-page-2/#comment-1881853</link> <dc:creator>Nada</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:36:51 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=240625#comment-1881853</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Isn’t doing an investigation of an athlete’s background be a pretty standard thing? It would seem reasonable if you are going to give someone millions of dollars to be the face of your company&lt;/blockquote&gt;&quot;Here, Tiger, please accept this check for $100 million. Say, you ain&#039;t bangin&#039; any waitresses or anything we need to know about, huh? Heh-heh, just joking, my good man. Here, really, take the check.&quot;- Phil Knight, in a more innocent time]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Isn’t doing an investigation of an athlete’s background be a pretty standard thing? It would seem reasonable if you are going to give someone millions of dollars to be the face of your company</p></blockquote><p>&#8220;Here, Tiger, please accept this check for $100 million. Say, you ain&#8217;t bangin&#8217; any waitresses or anything we need to know about, huh? Heh-heh, just joking, my good man. Here, really, take the check.&#8221;</p><p>- Phil Knight, in a more innocent time</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: otis sistrunk</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/24/callaway-reportedly-investigated-phil-mickelsons-gambling-habits-prior-to-2004-endorsement-deal/comment-page-2/#comment-1881839</link> <dc:creator>otis sistrunk</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:32:13 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=240625#comment-1881839</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;Yeah well a lot of genius kids end up killing themselves so good luck with that.&lt;/em&gt;exactly. we squash any promise around here. go outside and play with the rabble!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Yeah well a lot of genius kids end up killing themselves so good luck with that.</em></p><p>exactly. we squash any promise around here. go outside and play with the rabble!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: otis sistrunk</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/24/callaway-reportedly-investigated-phil-mickelsons-gambling-habits-prior-to-2004-endorsement-deal/comment-page-2/#comment-1881829</link> <dc:creator>otis sistrunk</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:28:42 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=240625#comment-1881829</guid> <description><![CDATA[golfercraig]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>golfercraig</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spencer096</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/24/callaway-reportedly-investigated-phil-mickelsons-gambling-habits-prior-to-2004-endorsement-deal/comment-page-2/#comment-1881827</link> <dc:creator>spencer096</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:28:14 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=240625#comment-1881827</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;There were lots of specious rumors surrounding that deal. One of the more outlandish ones held that Phil hit up Titleist for a $12 million cash bonus for winning The Masters, they declined, and he walked.&lt;/blockquote&gt;in phil&#039;s defense...titleist doesn&#039;t pay like TM or callaway or nike.  they never have, even the top guys like tiger, sergio (it was a big deal when he left titleist) or rory.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>There were lots of specious rumors surrounding that deal. One of the more outlandish ones held that Phil hit up Titleist for a $12 million cash bonus for winning The Masters, they declined, and he walked.</p></blockquote><p>in phil&#8217;s defense&#8230;titleist doesn&#8217;t pay like TM or callaway or nike.  they never have, even the top guys like tiger, sergio (it was a big deal when he left titleist) or rory.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/24/callaway-reportedly-investigated-phil-mickelsons-gambling-habits-prior-to-2004-endorsement-deal/comment-page-2/#comment-1881825</link> <dc:creator>Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:26:47 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=240625#comment-1881825</guid> <description><![CDATA[Yeah well a lot of genius kids end up killing themselves so good luck with that.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah well a lot of genius kids end up killing themselves so good luck with that.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spencer096</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/24/callaway-reportedly-investigated-phil-mickelsons-gambling-habits-prior-to-2004-endorsement-deal/comment-page-2/#comment-1881824</link> <dc:creator>spencer096</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:26:38 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=240625#comment-1881824</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;He’ll win a tournament, do that half thumbs up thing he does and smile at the gallery, and it’ll blow over, even if he’s moved to Florida.&lt;/blockquote&gt;as someone who enjoys watching phil play golf (fuck you mole), i dont see him winning much this year*...he looked like CRAP last year outside of that sunday mollywhopping of tiger at pebble.&lt;em&gt;*which means he&#039;s going to be awesome this year&lt;/em&gt;]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>He’ll win a tournament, do that half thumbs up thing he does and smile at the gallery, and it’ll blow over, even if he’s moved to Florida.</p></blockquote><p>as someone who enjoys watching phil play golf (fuck you mole), i dont see him winning much this year*&#8230;he looked like CRAP last year outside of that sunday mollywhopping of tiger at pebble.</p><p><em>*which means he&#8217;s going to be awesome this year</em></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: rittyrich</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/24/callaway-reportedly-investigated-phil-mickelsons-gambling-habits-prior-to-2004-endorsement-deal/comment-page-2/#comment-1881818</link> <dc:creator>rittyrich</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:25:43 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=240625#comment-1881818</guid> <description><![CDATA[It was golfercraig who was talking about his kids.  He made some bold statements that lead me to believe he was 100% telling the truth.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It was golfercraig who was talking about his kids.  He made some bold statements that lead me to believe he was 100% telling the truth.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Faulkner</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/24/callaway-reportedly-investigated-phil-mickelsons-gambling-habits-prior-to-2004-endorsement-deal/comment-page-2/#comment-1881819</link> <dc:creator>Faulkner</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:25:40 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=240625#comment-1881819</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;staying on topic…i remember hearing a rumor that titleist dropped mickelson early (before his contract expired) when they caught wind that eli callaway played a voice mail phil left at a national sales meeting.someone else use their google fu to ascertain the veracity.&lt;/blockquote&gt;There were lots of specious rumors surrounding that deal.  One of the more outlandish ones held that Phil hit up Titleist for a $12 million cash bonus for winning The Masters, they declined, and he walked.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>staying on topic…i remember hearing a rumor that titleist dropped mickelson early (before his contract expired) when they caught wind that eli callaway played a voice mail phil left at a national sales meeting.</p><p>someone else use their google fu to ascertain the veracity.</p></blockquote><p>There were lots of specious rumors surrounding that deal.  One of the more outlandish ones held that Phil hit up Titleist for a $12 million cash bonus for winning The Masters, they declined, and he walked.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: rittyrich</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/24/callaway-reportedly-investigated-phil-mickelsons-gambling-habits-prior-to-2004-endorsement-deal/comment-page-2/#comment-1881816</link> <dc:creator>rittyrich</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:25:03 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=240625#comment-1881816</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;ritty…this whole ordeal is pure phil. tries to pull off a shot he doesn’t have the ability to pull off and has to scramble. he hit a terrific flop to save with callaway, but he’s staring at a bogey after this tax stuff. &lt;/blockquote&gt;He&#039;ll win a tournament, do that half thumbs up thing he does and smile at the gallery, and it&#039;ll blow over, even if he&#039;s moved to Florida.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>ritty…this whole ordeal is pure phil. tries to pull off a shot he doesn’t have the ability to pull off and has to scramble. he hit a terrific flop to save with callaway, but he’s staring at a bogey after this tax stuff.</p></blockquote><p>He&#8217;ll win a tournament, do that half thumbs up thing he does and smile at the gallery, and it&#8217;ll blow over, even if he&#8217;s moved to Florida.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: PeerLessPrices</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/24/callaway-reportedly-investigated-phil-mickelsons-gambling-habits-prior-to-2004-endorsement-deal/comment-page-2/#comment-1881814</link> <dc:creator>PeerLessPrices</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:24:51 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=240625#comment-1881814</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Who was it that had the exceptionally bright children who smarter than everyone elses, and will graduate from Harvard at age 4?&lt;/blockquote&gt;Stigs? His tbl coffin is still warm]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Who was it that had the exceptionally bright children who smarter than everyone elses, and will graduate from Harvard at age 4?</p></blockquote><p>Stigs? His tbl coffin is still warm</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spencer096</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/24/callaway-reportedly-investigated-phil-mickelsons-gambling-habits-prior-to-2004-endorsement-deal/comment-page-2/#comment-1881811</link> <dc:creator>spencer096</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:23:19 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=240625#comment-1881811</guid> <description><![CDATA[ritty...this whole ordeal is pure phil.  tries to pull off a shot he doesn&#039;t have the ability to pull off and has to scramble.  he hit a terrific flop to save with callaway, but he&#039;s staring at a bogey after this tax stuff.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ritty&#8230;this whole ordeal is pure phil.  tries to pull off a shot he doesn&#8217;t have the ability to pull off and has to scramble.  he hit a terrific flop to save with callaway, but he&#8217;s staring at a bogey after this tax stuff.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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