Three-time golf champion Phil Mickelson is set to miss the Masters next month for the first time in 28 years.
Mickelson, 51, is taking a break from the game after apologising for his criticism of Saudi Arabia’s regime.
On Monday, Mickelson’s name was removed from a list of active players competing at the tournament, which he last won in 2010.
The Masters, which was won last year by Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama, begins at Augusta National on 7 April.
Mickelson, the US PGA champion, was involved with a Saudi Arabian-backed golf series but faced a backlash for comments he made in November to writer Alan Shipnuck.
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