{"id":912503,"date":"2026-10-01T17:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T17:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/912503\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T17:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T17:56:11","slug":"phil-mickelson-seeking-treatment-for-trauma-and-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/912503\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Mickelson ‘seeking treatment for trauma and addiction’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tPhil Mickelson, who has been absent from public life for six months, has spent time in a rehabilitation center, with outspoken pundit Brandel Chamblee saying the six-time major champion will be welcomed back to golf.<\/p>\n

Phil Mickelson was checked into a clinic specializing in trauma and addiction during his ongoing absence from golf.<\/p>\n

The six-time major champion has not played competitively for six months due to a \u201cfamily health matter\u201d.<\/p>\n

According to TMZ Sports<\/a>, Mickelson voluntarily checked into a program in California for treatment and has since left the facility. \u201cPhil was seeking treatment for family trauma and addiction,\u201d Mickelson\u2019s representative told the US outlet.<\/p>\n

Mickelson\u2019s only start this year came at LIV Golf South Africa<\/a> in March. Yet during his absence, the 56-year-old has been at the centre of allegations concerning inappropriate behavior and misconduct.<\/p>\n

It was reported by Golf Digest<\/a> in June that Mickelson had his membership revoked by his home course, The Farms Golf Club in San Diego, after being accused of inappropriate behavior by a female employee.<\/p>\n

Revered journalist Alan Shipnuck<\/a> then reported further allegations leveled against Mickelson, including an incident that involved him showing a nude photo of himself to another professional golfer\u2019s wife. Shipnuck\u2019s report quoted Ashley Perez, the ex-wife of former LIV Golf star Pat Perez, who claimed Mickelson showed her the lewd photo while Pat was absent from the room.<\/p>\n

\u201cPhil says to me, \u2018I\u2019m going to leave my bedroom door open tonight,\u2019\u201d Mrs Perez was quoted as saying in Shipnuck\u2019s article. \u201cWhen Pat falls asleep I want you to come see me. We were staying next door to Phil, and Pat still had to play in the tournament.\u201d <\/p>\n

Mickelson was claimed to have later apologised, while his legal team responded<\/a> by accusing Shipnuck\u2019s report of being an \u201canonymously sourced drive-by shooting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brandel Chamblee on Phil Mickelson\u2019s future\"Brandel<\/p>\n

Brandel Chamblee has been one of Mickelson\u2019s most vocal critics since his controversial move to LIV Golf four years ago. But the former PGA Tour pro turned Golf Channel analyst believes there is a pathway back for the left-hander into the professional golf world.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019re in a pretty forgiving world,\u201d Chamblee said on the We Need a Fourth<\/a> podcast.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s obviously got his demons that he fights, and I wouldn\u2019t wish them on anybody, but he\u2019s not alone in fighting demons. I think if he hadn\u2019t gone to LIV, he would have been Arnold Palmer reincarnated.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe would have been Ryder Cup captain numerous times. He would have been an honorary starter at Augusta. He would have been the lead analyst at CBS. He would have been the pied piper everywhere he went.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chamblee outlined how Mickelson could be welcomed back into elite golf\u2019s inner sanctum. <\/p>\n

He added: \u201cI think if he came back and said, \u2018Look, I\u2019ve made mistakes, I\u2019ve tried to deal with them, sorry for the damage I\u2019ve caused. The game\u2019s been so good to me. And for the rest of my life, I\u2019m going to try and be good back to it.\u2019 I think everyone would put their arms around him and go, \u2018Welcome back, sorry you had so much trouble, hope you get your life straightened out.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cLife\u2019s hard, it doesn\u2019t matter who you\u2019re talking into, running into. Everybody\u2019s dealing with something. Everybody\u2019s got some battle that they\u2019ve faced or will face.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Phil Mickelson, who has been absent from public life for six months, has spent time in a rehabilitation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":912504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-912503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=912503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/912504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=912503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=912503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=912503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}