No, Phil Mickelson’s name was moved from the list of players expected to compete in the Masters to a section at the bottom titled, “past champions not playing.”
At the time of The Match held in July 2021, where Tom Brady partnered Phil Mickelson against Bryson DeChambeau and Aaron Rodgers, Tom's handicap index was reported to be 8.1.
It is difficult to separate the facts from the hyberbole here. However, Alan Shipnuck reported in Golf Digest some more detail after discussions with four anonymous player agents. The way the players are remunerated varies from player to player based on their age, profile, current form and future performance.
2023 LIV players: Paul Casey, Bryson DeChambeau, Sergio Garcia, Brooks Koepka, Phil Mickelson, Louis Oosthuizen, Ian Poulter, Patrick Reed, Cameron Smith, Henrik Stenson, Bubba Watson, Lee Westwood to name but a few.
The answer is no. Although most professional golfers do wear gloves some of them who don’t were/are: Ben Hogan, Fred Couples, Arron Oberholser, Lucas Glover, and Jonathan Byrd (on occasion).
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