Callaway Hits Pause On Mickelson's Lifetime Contract, Workday Flees As Well

In a Friday evening news dump, Callaway hit pause on its 17-year partnership with Phil Mickelson.

The news was first reported by Golf Channel’s Rex Hoggard and comes in the same week Mickelson apologized for recent comments about leveraging the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia despite knowing their hideous human rights record. The apology continued to praise the Saudi Golf League concept and made no mention of the PGA Tour.

Mickelson mentioned taking time away from golf to be “the man I want to be” but was subsequently dropped by KPMG and Amstel Light.

The Callaway statement from Hoggard’s report:

“Callaway does not condone Phil Mickelson’s comments and we were very disappointed in his choice of words – they in no way reflect our values or what we stand for as a company,” the company said in a statement. “Phil has since apologized and we know he regrets how he handled recent events. We recognize his desire to take some time away from the game and respect that decision. At this time, we have agreed to pause our partnership and will re-evaluate our ongoing relationship at a later date.”

Mickelson has been removed from Callaway’s website. Multiple Callaway ads running during this week’s Honda Classic were absent the current “hitting bombs” campaign.

Callaway has scrubbed Mickelson all recent videos from their YouTube page as well.

The Callaway pause comes just under five years since he was inked to a lifetime contract.

In a separate Friday dump, Workday issued a statement to Golf Digest saying his forthcoming deal’s expiration would not be renewed.

Mickelson had been featured on the company website until Friday and has since vanished: