New Delhi, June 13 -- Phil Mickelson, one of the most recognizable figures in golf, is no longer a member at the San Diego area club where he had played for years, after a female employee accused him of inappropriate physical contact before a round this spring. The account was first reported by Golf Digest and has since been echoed in outline by several outlets, though Mickelson's lawyers dispute it.

According to Golf Digest, the employee told supervisors at The Farms Golf Club in Rancho Santa Fe that Mickelson had made what she described as non consensual and inappropriate contact as he prepared to tee off. She reported it while he went out to play, and club officials investigated the same day.

Mickelson was confronted on the course in...