By Evan Bleier In the past year, no professional athlete in the world has raked in more cash than Phil Mickelson, who banked $138 million to edge out Lionel Messi ($130 million) as the highest-paid athlete in 2022 thus far, according to Forbes. Mickelson, who has six majors and 45 PGA Tour wins under his belt but defected from the PGA Tour to the Saudi-financed LIV Golf Series this year for an estimated $200 million, didn’t finish better than tied for 18th place in his six non-LIV appearances in ’22 and missed the cut in four of the six events he competed in, including the U.S. Open and Britis…