Phil Mickelson says he is “too divisive” to captain the United States at the Ryder Cup in 2025.
The six-time major winner, 53, was one of several top golfers to join the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Tour in 2022.
Mickelson has a record 12 Ryder Cup appearances, his most recent coming in 2018.
“I don’t think I’m the right person to be involved with the team,” he told ESPN’s Pat McAfee Show.
“I’m a very controversial figure right now, if you will, and I understand that.”
Mickelson was U.S. vice-captain at the 2021 Ryder Cup, but did not participate in the 2023 event, won by Europe, after appearing in each between 1995 and 2018.
Five-time major winner Brooks Koepka was the only LIV player to make the 2023 U.S. team, as those players were unable to collect Ryder Cup qualifying points outside of majors, so as golf continued to navigate the divide between LIV and the PGA Tour.
