Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Four players have dropped their lawsuit against the PGA Tour but, in their absence, the rival Saudi-backed LIV Golf circuit has now joined in.
An amended complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in Northern California on Friday reflected the addition of LIV Golf to the antitrust lawsuit and the withdrawal of four names – Pat Perez and Carlos Oritiz, who previously announced their decision to drop the lawsuit, and Abraham Ancer and Jason Kokrak.
Greg Norman talks to Phil Mickelson during the LIV Golf Invitational - London at The Centurion Club on June 9, 2022, in St Albans, England. (Aitor Alcalde/LIV Golf/Getty Images) Phil Mickelson and 10 other golfers filed an antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour earlier this month, claiming that its indefinite suspensions were aimed at hurting their careers.
Three other golfers also filed for a temporary restraining order to compete in the FedEx Cup playoffs, arguing that they qualified before joining LIV Golf – an injunction that was later denied by a federal judge in California. LIV GOLF’S PAT PEREZ DROPS OUT OF LAWSUIT:’I HAVE NO ILL FEELINGS TOWARD THE PGA TOUR OR ANY OF THE PLAYERS’ Three-time PGA Tour winner Pat Perez told Sports Illustrated that he initially joined the lawsuit to "back our guys," but added that he didn’t want "to go after the PGA Tour." "I have no ill feelings toward the PGA Tour or any of the players.