Golfer Phil Mickelson has apologized for controversial comments he made about Saudi Arabia and a Saudi-backed upstart golf league that had hoped to lure star players away from the longtime golf establishment.

In a statement posted to social media Tuesday, Mickelson wrote that he "used words I sincerely regret" in a recently published interview in which the six-time major winner described the Saudi regime as "scary motherf******" and brushed aside known human rights violations, including the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

@velvet donkey posted:

Wild. You just cannot support Newcastle.

Money excuses almost anything - i don't like the new owners. It should have been blocked

Phil Mickelson is  a dickhead     

Money. Still the best iron player of all time.

Bubba Watson might have an argument with that.