Controversy: Tiger Woods today backed fellow player Phil Mickelson's remarks about leaving California because of high tax saying it spurred him to leave the West Coast for Florida in 1996
Lavish lifestyle: Tiger Woods lives on this $80million estate in Palm Beach, Florida after he fled California in the Nineties because of high taxes
Woods, who is worth an estimated $600million, was referring to comments made by fellow golfer Phil Mickelson on Sunday that he will make 'drastic changes' because of federal and California state tax increases.
'Drastic changes': Phil Mickelson pictured during the Humana Challenge golf tournament in La Quinta, California, says the state's tax hikes may force him to either retire or move out
Mickelson, who is worth an estimated $73million, released a statement on Monday saying that he regretted making remarks about his taxes which were a 'personal matter'.
Rolling in it: Multi-millionaireTiger Woods, playing golf in Abu Dhabi earlier this month, said that he understood Mickelson's decision to want to avoid high taxes
'If you add up all the federal and you look at the disability and the unemployment and the Social Security and the state, my tax rate's 62, 63 per cent,' Mickelson said. 'So I've got to make some decisions on what I'm going to do.'
Last year, Mickelson flirted with becoming a part owner of the San Diego Padres, the baseball team that sold for $800million in August.
He was asked Sunday if there was a correlation between the tax increases and what happened to the Padres' deal.
'Absolutely,' Mickelson said.
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