Phil Mickelson obtains defamation counsel to absolve 'false rumors' that got him booted from golf club

Phil Mickelson is acceptable to combat the latest accusations made against him that got him booted from his ain play club.

The six-time large champion was accused of making inappropriate interaction with a pistillate worker earlier a circular of play this outpouring astatine The Farms Golf Club successful the San Diego area.

Mickelson allegedly approached the pistillate worker astatine the clubhouse and made nonconsensual and inappropriate carnal interaction with her. The worker reported the incidental to the club's supervisors aft rejecting the alleged advances aft Mickelson returned to the play course.

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Phil Mickelson watches his tee changeable connected the 12th spread during a signifier circular of the U.S. Open Golf Championship astatine Torrey Pines Golf Course successful San Diego connected June 14, 2021.

However, Mickelson's lawyer said video grounds volition absolve Mickelson of immoderate wrongdoing.

"There is simply a large woody of misinformation circulating and, portion Phil’s afloat attraction is devoted to a backstage household wellness matter, helium has retained defamation counsel and is determined to clasp accountable immoderate work oregon idiosyncratic trafficking successful speculation oregon mendacious rumors," Mickelson's attorney, Tom Clare, said to Golf Digest.

Club officials moved rapidly and really located Mickelson successful the mediate of his round, confronted him with the accusation connected the play people and told him to permission the premises. Mickelson reportedly near the installation earlier completing his round.

Phil Mickelson plays a changeable from the 5th tee during time 2 of LIV Golf South Africa astatine The Club astatine Steyn City successful Johannesburg connected March 20, 2026. (Johan Rynners/Getty Images)

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"Following a unit subordinate study of subordinate misconduct, the Club provided contiguous and ongoing enactment to the unit member, conducted a thorough autarkic probe of the incidental and took decisive action. This idiosyncratic is nary longer a subordinate of The Farms Golf Club," a connection from the nine shared to Golf Digest explained successful part.

"The Farms conducts thorough reviews of each reported matters according to California Law and takes due enactment erstwhile warranted, accordant with our committedness to integrity, excellence and accountability. To support the information and privateness of our unit and members, we are incapable to talk further connected this matter. We admit your understanding."

Mickelson, a subordinate of LIV Golf, has played successful conscionable 1 of the circuit's 9 completed events this play owed to an undisclosed "personal wellness matter" wrong his family. That lone quality connected LIV came successful precocious March successful South Africa, wherever helium finished T-48.

Phil Mickelson reacts connected the eighth greenish during the 2nd circular of the 123rd U.S. Open Championship astatine The Los Angeles Country Club successful Los Angeles, Calif., connected June 16, 2023. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)

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The 55-year-old released a connection connected April 2, a week up of the Masters, explaining that helium would not beryllium teeing it up astatine Augusta National and would beryllium retired for "an extended play of clip arsenic my household continues to navigate a idiosyncratic wellness matter." He is not entered successful adjacent week's U.S. Open astatine Shinnecock Hills.

OutKick's Mark Harris contributed to this report.

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