Tuesday, 22 January 2013

Mickelson takes mulligan on tax comments (Reuters)

Phil Mickelson of the U.S. takes a break in play on the 15th tee during the second round of the 2011 U.S. Open golf tournament at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland, June 17, 2011. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

(Reuters) - Four-times major champion Phil Mickelson has taken a mulligan, in golfing parlance, and apologized for publicly venting his feelings about soaring tax rates for millionaires in his native California. The 42-year-old told reporters after last week's Humana Challenge he was considering making "drastic changes" because of spiking federal and state tax rates but on Tuesday he said he should have kept his thoughts to himself. "Finances and taxes are a personal matter and I should not have made my opinions on them public," Mickelson said in a statement released by his management company. ...




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