We know the pro golfer Phil Mickelson for many things. His great golfing career with the PGA Tour for three decades, his leaving the tour to join LIV, his personal life issues, his suspension from the PGA tour, and many more. But not everyone might know about his ties to a ringleader of an admissions scandal in 2019.

This was a massive shock to all his fans as Mickelson’s kids were part of the college program of the ringleader, William Singer. The whole family was deeply affected, and authorities questioned even his kids about their ties with the scandal. However, things were sorted later, but that trauma existed longer.

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Was Phil Mickelson part of a scandal?

In 2019, USA was under the trap of the admission scandal by William Rick Singer. The golfer Phil Mickelson and his wife admitted that they signed up for Rick Singer’s college program and hired him to help with the college admissions process because it was confusing.

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As his family was caught in the scandal and was being questioned, he was deeply affected by it. As a father, he did not like his kids being questioned by the authorities for something they didn’t even do. He said, “I’m used to taking hits, but it hurts when you have your kids being questioned.” 

However, as a strong father, he said they would be okay, eventually. Mickelson’s oldest daughter Amanda was a sophomore at Brown University then, and two other kids were sophomore and junior in high school.

Mickelson took a stand for his family and defended them. The treatment they were getting was criticism, especially from his kids. He said that his kids were not related to the scandal. According to the former PGA member, many other families who were being tied were also not part of it. All the information he got about the company’s cheating was the same way any other resident of the country was receiving it.

What was the scandal?

William Singer was mostly off-stage before he admitted that he was cheating on tests and bribing college coaches to get students accepted into elite schools.

Since Mickelson’s kids were also part of Singer’s college program, he was caught in trouble, too. But thankfully, things were sorted, thus saving Mickelson from going to jail unlike Singer’s other former clients who ended up behind bars.

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