LIV GOLF may have some of the worlds best golfers amongst its ranks, but that isn’t to say its won everyone over just yet.

However, according to former world number two Phil Mickelson, the U.K. and the U.S. will “soon come around” to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour.

The tour, which still doesn’t have an official broadcast partner in either nation, has caused a rift to form among the golfing world, dividing the PGA Tour loyalists from the LIV Golf breakaways.

And while Mickelson himself was reportedly previously critical of the new tour, supposedly calling the Saudis “scary motherf*****s to be involved with” back in February (although he has denied having made these comments), it seems the upstart tour has won him over regardless.

And he’s convinced that with time it will do the same across the globe.

Mickelson said, per Yahoo: “Golf is very lucky to have the PIF (Public Investment Fund) invest in the game … being influxed with billions of dollars.”

“Now the U.S. and the U.K. are not favorable to this, but everywhere else in the world, LIV Golf is loved.

“It is very negatively viewed currently [in the U.S. and U.K.], but that has been changing and evolving already and in a few years LIV will be not only accepted but appreciated, because of the involvement and the influx of capital and what it is doing.”

After initially joining the PGA Tour as an amateur back in 1988, Mickelson went pro in 1992 and ended up winning 45 titles.

His total winnings of just under $95 million over that span could well be dwarfed in a matter of years on the LIV tour, having earned $1.4 million through just six events since the beginning of June, per NationalClubGolfer.

By comparison, the tour’s inaugural champion, Dustin Johnson, has already earned over $30 million this season.

If this wasn’t enough to put into perspective the kinds of funds available to the PIF thanks to their royal connections to the Saudi crown – then how about the fact that, in June, Mickelson had reportedly signed a contract worth around $200 million to join LIV, per Brentley Romine.

And Mickelson is convinced that this aforementioned “influx of capital” will pay off for the tour, and could prove to be the downfall of the PGA.

Mickelson explained: “I think going forward you have to pick the side you think is going to be successful.

“And I firmly believe that I’m on the winning side of how things are going to evolve and shape in the coming years for professional golf.

“I see LIV Golf trending upwards, I see the PGA Tour trending downwards. And I love the side that I’m on.”

He also warned that while “the best players played on the PGA Tour” throughout his tenure there, “that will never be the case again.”

These comments came just days after Johnson joked after winning the title that he “was really regretting my decision to come here,” going on to say “it’s just been terrible.”