Phil Mickelson may be the king of hot takes after dropping a bomb of a prediction about Scottie Scheffler during The PLAYERS rain delay.

Immediately after Joaquin Niemann won his second LIV Golf title of the season in Singapore, Mickelson referred to the Chilean as the best player in the world on X. His tweet was in response to a post from Torque GC, which claimed that Niemann is a top-5 player in the world right now.

Phil Mickelson has never shied away from making bold declarations. So his latest, which came in the form of an attention-grabbing reply on X/Twitter Sunday morning, is hardly surprising. RELATED: Major champion and caddie part ways after six years together Still,