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Phil Mickelson

Where is Phil Mickelson during PGA Championship week? You might not recognize him.

Mickelson has largely disappeared from public view since receiving backlash for his controversial comments.

Josh Peter
USA TODAY

RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif. – Phil Mickelson’s estate, with golf greens and bunkers out his 13,000-square foot mansion, was stirring one day this week. 

The wooden front gate swung open when a dry cleaner’s van arrived. Inside, gardeners cut and pruned the 5.85-acre property about 25 miles north of San Diego. And a man who introduced himself as the property manager greeted a reporter hoping to talk to Mickelson, the Hall of Fame golfer. 

“Right now he’s actually in meetings,’’ the property manager told USA TODAY Sports. 

But Mickelson's mother was available to talk. She said her son is as happy as she's seen him in years and, during his three-month absence from professional golf, occasionally in public view.