Phil Mickelson made a decision about his golf career as his personal life has been the subject of shocking allegations.
Mickelson, 56, will not play in this month’s Open Championship, according to Golf Digest. It marks the first time in Mickelson’s career that he has withdrawn from all four majors in a calendar year.
The 2026 Open Championship starts July 16 at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Mickelson won the Open Championship, one of his six major titles, in 2013.
Mickelson has not provided a reason for not playing in this year’s Open Tournament, but it comes on the heels of a scathing article published by Skratch Golf on Friday, June 26, which accused Mickelson of a myriad of inappropriate actions.
He pulled out of 2026’s Masters Tournament and PGA Championship, citing a “personal health matter.” In his piece for Skratch Golf, journalist Alan Shipnuck reported one of Mickelson’s children “had been unwell.”
Mickelson and his wife, Amy, who he married in 1996, share three children: daughters Amanda, born in 1999, and Sophia, born in 2001, and son Evan, born in 2003.
Last month, Mickelson pulled out of the 2026 U.S. Open shortly after Golf Digest published a story accusing him of allegedly making “nonconsensual and inappropriate” contact with an employee at The Farms Golf Club outside San Diego.
After an investigation, Mickelson was kicked out of the club.
BOLINGBROOK, ILLINOIS – AUGUST 08: Phil Mickelson is interviewed on day one of LIV Golf Chicago at Bolingbrook Golf Club on August 08, 2025 in Bolingbrook, Illinois. Patrick McDermott/Getty Images
“Any misunderstanding has been cleared up,” Mickelson’s spokesperson said at the time. “Phil continues to attend to a family health matter and is uncertain when he will be able to return to professional golf.”
In the article published by Skratch Golf last week, it is alleged that Mickelson made unwanted advances on Ashley Perez shortly after she married pro golfer Pat Perez in 2014.
“I was so young and innocent,” Ashley recalled. “I’m just this girl from Oklahoma and it’s like, I can’t believe Phil Mickelson wants to be my buddy! And he’s sending me good morning texts!”
In 2015, Ashley claimed Mickelson showed her “a full-body picture of himself naked with an erection while flexing one bicep” on his phone when Pat left to use the bathroom.
Mickelson disputed the specific nature of the photograph in a recorded phone call with Pat, calling it “topless.”
“Looking back now, it definitely feels like I was being groomed,” Ashley alleged about Mickelson’s behavior.
Mickelson was also accused of cheating on his wife multiple times over the course of their marriage.
The golfer’s attorneys provided a statement to Skratch Golf about all of the accusations.
“Some of the allegations circulating about Mr. Mickelson are false, and others revisit mistakes he has already acknowledged, publicly or privately,” the statement read. “Stacking the disputed claims next to the ones he has owned does not make them credible. It instead contributes to a false and misleading narrative. No person, no article, and no book can present an accurate, complete, or personal story of the life Mr. Mickelson and his family have lived. His story, struggles, and recovery belong to him and to the people who have shared it closely alongside him.”
The statement continued, “Recovery is not a straight line. Throughout their 35-year relationship, his wife, Amy Mickelson, has supported Mr. Mickelson and their family with extraordinary grace, unwavering love, and the belief that people are measured not only by their failures, but by what they do to make them right. Mr. Mickelson’s priority is to become the husband, father, and man his family deserves. Right now, that means giving his full attention to a private family health matter. He understands that parts of his life are public, but his family’s private matters are not.”
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