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Professional golfer Phil Mickelson is reportedly no longer a member at the San Diego-area Farms Golf Club.
Multiple sources told Golf Digest in a report published Thursday, June 11, that the professional golfer, 55, was accused by a female employee of making inappropriate contact with her before a round of golf this spring.
The six-time major champion made nonconsensual and inappropriate physical contact with her, multiple sources claimed to the publication, who did not name the employee for privacy reasons.
The woman — who reportedly alerted supervisors immediately — declined to be interviewed, but a spokesperson for the athlete said in a statement, “Any misunderstanding has been cleared up.”
Mickelson, who announced in a February Instagram statement that he was stepping away from competing due to a “family health matter,” is said to still be putting family first.
“Phil continues to attend to a family health matter and is uncertain when he will be able to return to professional golf,” the statement from his spokesperson continued.
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The Farms also released a statement, saying that an “individual is no longer a member of The Farms Golf Club” after there was a “report of member misconduct.”
Though Mickelson was not named in the statement, multiple sources told Golf Digest that it was referring to him.
“There is a great deal of misinformation circulating and, while Phil’s 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,” defamation attorney Tom Clare told the publication.
According to Golf Digest, The Farms has a display of athletes associated with the club, which included Mickelson. A spokesperson for the club said Mickelson’s display is now gone.
In April, Mickelson provided a personal update on Instagram, writing that he would not be playing the Masters as he and his family continued to “navigate a personal health matter.”
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