Mickelson ousted from Farms Golf Club over staff
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- The Farms Golf Club revoked Mickelson's membership following allegations of inappropriate contact with a female employee, with the alleged incident said to have occurred earlier this spring.
- The Farms Golf Club asked Mickelson to leave mid-round at the Rancho Santa Fe course near San Diego after the staff member filed a complaint, per the BBC's account of Golf Digest's original reporting.
- The Farms Golf Club said in a statement it provided "immediate and ongoing support" to the staff member, conducted a "thorough independent investigation," and took "decisive action," but declined to comment further on privacy grounds.
- BBC Sport has contacted Mickelson's representatives for comment; no response from the player is reported in the article.
- Mickelson is a six-time major winner and 45-time PGA Tour victor who grew up near the ultra-exclusive club, which served as a long-time base for preparing for majors.
- Mickelson's current absence from competitive golf — he has played only one LIV event this year, in South Africa, and will skip next week's US Open — is "not thought to relate to" the alleged Farms incident, the BBC reports; he has cited a "family health matter."
Why it matters: Mickelson had used The Farms as his preparation base for majors for years, so losing membership there is a practical blow on top of the reputational one — and it comes as the 55-year-old has been sidelined by a separate, undisclosed family health matter while declining to compete in the Masters, US PGA, and US Open.
