LIV Golf joins lawsuit against PGA Tour
Saudi-funded LIV Golf has joined the antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour in an amended complaint in which four players have removed their names.
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Saudi-funded LIV Golf has joined the antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour in an amended complaint in which four players have removed their names.
Two more players are reported to have dropped out of the lawsuit against the PGA Tour, but Golf Digest is saying LIV Golf has added itself as an “interested party.” Earlier in the year, 11 players filed an antitrust lawsuit, saying the PGA Tour was harming their chances of making a living. Ad The 11 players, along with a host of others, joined LIV Golf and the moment they played their first shots, those who had not resigned their membership were suspended by the PGA Tour.
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica — Saudi-funded LIV Golf has joined the antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour in an amended complaint in which four players have removed their names.
SAN JOSE — Saudi-funded LIV Golf has joined the antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour in an amended complaint in which four players have removed their names.
There will be a heavy LIV Golf presence at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth next month, which does not sit well with US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick. The initial entry list has been revealed, and European veterans Graeme McDowell, Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood, Martin Kaymer and Sergio Garcia feature on the entry list.
The trial date for Mickelson v the PGA Tour, the antitrust lawsuit filed against the PGA Tour on behalf of LIV Golf, has been set for 8 January, 2024.
The lawsuit against the PGA Tour by a group of LIV Golf players will not be heard until 2024. LIV Golf has disrupted the game, with the Saudi-funded startup wooing players with massive contracts. Ad All players who have defected from the PGA Tour have been suspended — other than those who elected to resign their memberships — but a group of 10 are challenging that in court.
Phil Mickelson is spearheading a group of 11 LIV golfers who are suing the PGA Tour. The fractures in golf between LIV Golf and the established tours were always likely to result in things being put in the hands of the lawyers, and that now seems the case after Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau, Hudson Swafford, Talor Gooch, Matt Jones, Ian Poulter, Abraham Ancer, Carlos Ortiz, Pat Perez, Jason Kokrak and Peter Uihlein filed the lawsuit.