Report: Mickelson had $40 million in gambling losses

Phil Mickelson lost $40 million gambling between 2010 and 2014, according to a report.

Mickelson, 51, famously owed millions in gambling debts to a man convicted of insider trading in 2017. A source told golf writer Alan Shipnuck that federal investigators determined Mickelson lost $40 million while betting from 2010-2014.

Shipnuck estimated Mickelson’s income at $40 million per year in those years, but given his notoriously vast expenses, it’s possible he was losing money.

Many speculated that gambling debt was part of Mickelson’s motivation for cozying up to an extremely controversial breakaway golf tour funded by Saudi Arabia.

The six-time major champion denied that. He said he simply wanted “a once-ina-lifetime opportunity to reshape how the PGA Tour operates” even if it meant jumping into business with “scary motherf--ers” with “a horrible record on human rights.”

Shipnuck also reported Mickelson’s quotes about Saudi Arabia in February as part of his upcoming biography of the fan-favorite golfer.

It remains unclear whether Mickelson will play in this year’s PGA Championship beginning May 19, despite the fact that he won the it last year.

Money was also the reason Mickelson split from his caddie, Jim “Bones” Mackay, in 2017, according to Shipnuck.

“The statements made the divorce sound amicable, but that was nonsense,” Shipnuck wrote Thursday. “Bones had fired Phil...over a series of simmering grievances including hundreds of thousands of dollars in overdue back pay.”

OHTANI WOWS IN BOSTON

Shohei Ohtani left his mark on Fenway Park with the finest twoway performance since Babe Ruth himself.

Pitching at the historic ballpark for the first time, Ohtani struck out 11 in seven shutout innings and added two hits — one of them a 109 mph line drive that banged off the Green Monster so hard that it knocked his No. 17 out of the pitcher’s slot on the manual scoreboard.