Bryson Dechambeau Pga Tour Ian Poulter Phil Mickelson Carlos Ortiz Hudson Swafford Pat Perez Abraham Ancer Jason Kokrak Liv Golf Matt Jones Peter Uihlein Usa Saudi Arabia state California Sport Bryson Dechambeau Pga Tour Ian Poulter Phil Mickelson Carlos Ortiz Hudson Swafford Pat Perez Abraham Ancer Jason Kokrak Liv Golf Matt Jones Peter Uihlein Usa Saudi Arabia state California

Mickelson and Poulter withdraw from PGA Tour lawsuit

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LIV golfers Phil Mickelson and Ian Poulter are among four further players to drop their names from a lawsuit filed against the PGA Tour.The pair, plus Talor Gooch and Hudson Swafford, were part of a group of 11 who had sought damages and a temporary injunction to allow the latter two to feature the FedEx Cup play-offs.Carlos Ortiz, Pat Perez, Jason Kokrak and Abraham Ancer had all withdrawn before the injunction was denied by a US district court in North California and the latest withdrawals leave only Matt Jones, Bryson DeChambeau and Peter Uihlein as current players.The Saudi-backed LIV Golf, as an organisation, joined the lawsuit late last month ahead of a trial scheduled for January."Nothing has changed.

The merits of the lawsuit — the PGA Tour's anti-competitive conduct — still stand and will be fully tested in court, and we look forward to it," said a LIV Golf statement to Sports Illustrated."We stand by the players who the PGA Tour has treated so poorly, but we also recognise to be successful we no longer need a wide variety of players to be on the suit."We have our players’ backs and will press our case in court against the PGA’s anti-competitive behaviour."The LIV Golf Series has been accused of being a sportswashing vehicle on behalf of a Saudi Arabian state with many questions around its human rights record, with players being offered vast sums of money to make the switch to play in 54-hole 'invitational events'.Both Mickelson and Poulter said, with LIV joining the lawsuit, they no longer felt they needed to pursue the case individually."With LIV’s involvement in these issues, the players’ rights will be protected and I no longer feel it is necessary for me to be part of the proceedings," Mickelson said in a

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