{"id":19821,"date":"2026-06-12T07:56:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T07:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/19821\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T07:56:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T07:56:27","slug":"golf-news-2026-phil-mickelson-banned-from-golf-club-after-inappropriate-interaction-with-a-female-employee-liv-golf-stars-fall-from-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/19821\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf news 2026: Phil Mickelson banned from golf club after inappropriate interaction with a female employee, LIV Golf star\u2019s fall from grace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Phil Mickelson has reportedly been barred from a golf club near his San Diego home after he was accused of having an inappropriate interaction earlier this year with one of the establishment\u2019s female employees.<\/p>\n<p>Mickelson approached a woman at The Farms Golf Club in Rancho Santa Fe just prior to one of his rounds and \u201cmade nonconsensual and inappropriate physical contact with her,\u201d according to Golf Digest.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffFOX SPORTS, available on Kayo Sports, is streaming The 2026 PGA Tour LIVE &amp; Exclusive | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/golf?extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkgolf-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-glf-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The woman rejected his advances and reported the matter to her supervisors a short time later, the outlet stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClub officials took the allegation seriously and moved quickly,\u201d according to Golf Digest.<\/p>\n<p>Mickelson was confronted about the issue while he was in the middle of his round, and \u201ctold to vacate the premises,\u201d Golf Digest reported Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Mickelson declined to comment on the allegations, according to Golf Digest, but a spokesperson for the three-time Masters champion told the outlet, \u201cAny misunderstanding has been cleared up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Captain Phil Mickelson of HyFlyers GC looks on from the 11th green during Day Two of the LIV Golf Invitational &#8211; Miami 2023 at Trump National Doral.Source: AFP<\/p>\n<p>Mickelson has been married to his wife Amy for 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>The Farms Golf Club, meanwhile, said in a statement that all of its \u201cmembers are required to adhere to our Code of Conduct, and any allegations of misconduct are taken seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\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,\u201d a rep for The Farms told Golf Digest. \u201cThis individual is no longer a member of The Farms Golf Club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Farms conducts thorough reviews of all reported matters according to California Law and takes appropriate action when warranted, consistent with our commitment to integrity, excellence and accountability. To protect the safety and privacy of our staff and members, we are unable to speak further on this matter. We appreciate your understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mickelson has been away from the professional golf since he announced in February that he needed to tend to a family matter.<\/p>\n<p>His spokesperson said he\u2019s continuing to attend to that matter \u201cand is uncertain when he will be able to return to professional golf.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Phil Mickelson of the United States reacts on the eighth green during the second round of the 123rd U.S. Open Championship at The Los Angeles Country Club.Source: AFP<\/p>\n<p>Mickelson has had a long-standing relationship with The Farms. According to Golf Digest, he played there regularly over the years, and it also \u201cserved as his primary training ground before major championships.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He actually had a display inside the business\u2019 clubhouse, though Golf Digest reported Thursday it\u2019s since been removed in wake of his ban.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Clare, a defamation attorney representing Mickelson, added in a statement to the outlet that there was \u201ca great deal of misinformation circulating\u201d around Mickelson\u2019s alleged incident with the employee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile Phil\u2019s full attention is devoted to a private family health matter,\u201d Clare said, \u201che has retained defamation counsel and is determined to hold accountable any publication or individual trafficking in speculation or false rumours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared in the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/11\/sports\/phil-mickelson-booted-from-golf-club-after-alleged-inappropriate-conduct-with-female-employee\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">New York Post<\/a> and was republished with permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Phil Mickelson has reportedly been barred from a golf club near his San Diego home after he was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[401,405,8288,182,8292,8287,8286,2976,8291,8278,8281,8282,8193,294,509,44,805,461,8284,8289,3982,8277,400,421,1482,8283,8279,2874,1156,8280,8179,8290,8276,8285,398],"class_list":["post-19821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-agence-france-presse","tag-america","tag-amy","tag-california","tag-cliff-hawkins","tag-defamation-attorney","tag-defamation-counsel","tag-doral","tag-edward-lewis","tag-fallen-golf-star","tag-family-health-matter","tag-family-matter","tag-female-employee","tag-florida","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-golf","tag-golf-club","tag-golf-news","tag-inappropriate-employee-interaction","tag-inappropriate-interaction","tag-nelly-korda","tag-new-york-post-company","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-phil-mickelson","tag-private-club","tag-private-family-health","tag-professional-golf","tag-san-diego","tag-staff-member","tag-the-farms-golf-club","tag-the-los-angeles-country-club","tag-thorough-independent-investigation","tag-tom-clare","tag-united-states-of-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}