Phil Mickelson is stepping away to concentrate on his recovery.
The professional golfer recently entered a treatment facility to seek help for “family trauma and addiction,” his representative confirmed to TMZ on Sept. 30.
Mickelson has since completed his stay and departed the facility, according to his representative.
The 56-year-old athlete has previously spoken openly about his struggles with gambling addiction. In 2023, he said he had to stop playing fantasy football after realizing he had moved “past the line of moderation and into addiction.”
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“The money wasn’t ever the issue since our financial security has never been threatened,” Mickelson wrote on Instagram at the time. “But I was so distracted I wasn’t able to be present with the ones I love and caused a lot of harm.”
He added, “This lack of presence has been so hurtful. ‘You’re here but you’re not with us,’ is something I’ve been told often throughout my addiction. It affected those I care about in ways I wasn’t aware or could fully understand.”