{"id":634364,"date":"2026-06-12T06:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T06:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/634364\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T06:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T06:08:08","slug":"phil-mickelson-reportedly-ousted-from-golf-club-after-alleged-inappropriate-contact-with-woman-phil-mickelson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/634364\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Mickelson reportedly ousted from golf club after alleged \u2018inappropriate contact\u2019 with woman | Phil Mickelson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Phil Mickelson has reportedly had his membership cancelled at a San Diego golf club following alleged \u201cinappropriate contact\u201d with a female employee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Golf Digest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/story\/phil-mickelson-inappropriate-contact-female-club-employee-the-farms\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first reported<\/a> that Mickelson has had his membership terminated at The Farms following an alleged incident before he played there in the spring. The report, citing multiple sources, said the employee accused the 55-year-old of \u201cnonconsensual and inappropriate physical contact\u201d towards her before a game of golf. Mickelson is said to have been challenged on the incident mid-round and duly left the property.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cAny misunderstanding has been cleared up,\u201d said a spokesperson for Mickelson. \u201cPhil continues to attend to a family health matter and is uncertain when he will be able to return to professional golf.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Mickelson has been absent during most of this season on the LIV tour due to family issues. He also skipped the Masters in April and the following month\u2019s US PGA Championship. Ongoing doubt regarding the longevity of LIV, which will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/apr\/29\/liv-golf-poised-to-confirm-saudi-funding-will-end-this-year\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">soon lose its Saudi Arabian funding<\/a>, makes Mickelson\u2019s future in his sport unclear. The six-time major winner is regarded as one of the finest players in golfing history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The Farms provided a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/golf\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Golf<\/a> Digest which read: \u201cThe Farms Golf Club is committed to maintaining a golf club environment that is safe, respectful and reflects the highest standards of conduct. All members are required to adhere to our code of conduct, and any allegations of misconduct are taken seriously.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cFollowing a staff member report of member misconduct, the club provided immediate and ongoing support to the staff member, conducted a thorough independent investigation of the incident and took decisive action. This individual is no longer a member of The Farms Golf Club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Attorney Tom Clare provided Golf Digest the following statement: \u201cThere is a great deal of misinformation circulating and, while Phil\u2019s full attention is devoted to a private family health matter, he has retained defamation counsel and is determined to hold accountable any publication or individual trafficking in speculation or false rumors.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Phil Mickelson has reportedly had his membership cancelled at a San Diego golf club following alleged \u201cinappropriate contact\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":634365,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-634364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}