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Phil Mickelson is comfortable with who he is, he says, in response to his alleged involvement in an illegal gambling and money laundering case. (Image: partywithmoms.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Golfer Phil Mickelson has been fielding unwelcome questions about his alleged part in an ongoing gambling and money laundering scandal this week.<\/p>\n

Facing the world\u2019s media at the Scottish Open, the five-time major winner was forced to address allegations that $2.75 million of his own money passed through several bank accounts of a man currently awaiting sentencing for money-laundering and breach of the Federal Wire Act.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are going to say things good; they are going to say things bad; they are going to say things true; they are going to say things not true,\u201d\u00a0explained Mickelson. \u201cThe fact is, I’m comfortable enough with who I am as a person that I don’t feel like I need to comment on every little report that comes out.\u201d<\/p>\n

So that\u2019s cleared that up then.<\/p>\n

Mysterious Initials<\/b><\/h2>\n

Mickelson was named several weeks ago by two sources close to ESPN\u2019s Outside the Lines as a \u201cgambling client\u201d of one Gregory Silveira, a 56-year-old former sports handicapper who acted as a middle-man for a \u201cclient,\u201d alleged by the Outside the Lines sources to be Mickelson, and an offshore gambling operation.<\/p>\n

The court heard that in March 2010, Silveira received a wire transfer of $2.75 million from the client to his bank account. He proceeded to transfer $2.475 million and the remaining $275,000 into two different bank accounts, both in his name, which was enough to get him indicted on three counts of money-laundering.<\/p>\n

Mickelson is not facing any charges, nor is he named in any court documents. It\u2019s Department of Justice policy to omit the names of third-parties who are not charged with a specific crime.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

However, according to Outside the Lines, an earlier version of Silveira\u2019s plea agreement contained a reference to “money laundering of funds from P.M.”<\/p>\n

When Outside Lines made inquiries about the initials, the original document was stricken from the records and an amended version drawn up the next day.<\/p>\n

Bets Are Off\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n

Mickelson is known to be an enthusiastic gambler who has won big money betting the Super Bowl<\/a> in the past.<\/p>\n

In 2001, he was publicly reprimanded by the PGA Tour for breaking their anti-gambling policy over a friendly bet that Jim Furyk would hole a bunker shot for par during a seven-hole playoff against Tiger Woods at the NEC Invitational.<\/p>\n

If Mickelson fancies a wager on the Scottish Open, or the forthcoming Open Championship at St Andrews, however, he may be out of luck.<\/p>\n

Despite sports betting being perfectly legal and socially acceptable in the UK<\/a>, it was severely clamped down on at last year\u2019s Open Championship, with players made to sign waivers declaring that they would not place bets on the outcome of the championship.<\/p>\n

Betting is something of a tradition for many players at the Open. At the 1971 tournament, Lee Travino famously bet \u00a3100 on himself at 14-1, which helped sweeten his prize money when he won it by one stroke.<\/p>\n

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