LIV Golf joins antitrust lawsuit towards rival PGA Tour

Jack Birle

August 29, 12:57 PM August 29, 12:57 PM

The Saudi-backed LIV Golfing tour has joined a lawsuit submitted by golfers who had been banned from the PGA Tour just after joining the new tournament.

LIV Golf has been shown as a plaintiff, and 4 golfers dropped their names from the lawsuit, for each an amended court docket filing with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

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Pat Perez, Carlos Ortiz, Abraham Ancer, and Jason Kokrak all withdrew from the lawsuit, with Perez expressing he has "no unwell emotions" toward the PGA Tour.

"I have no ill feelings toward the PGA Tour or any of the players,’’ Perez told Sports activities Illustrated. “I’m a LIV dude 100%. I’m going to play for them. But I really do not experience any will need to go immediately after the PGA Tour. They gave me a wonderful possibility for 21 yrs. I have obtained absolutely nothing in opposition to them, no tricky thoughts toward anybody."

In the lawsuit, LIV Golfing and seven other golfers claimed the PGA Tour experienced unfairly used its electricity as the top rated golfing tour in North The usa to damage the recreation, such as banning LIV Golf contributors from competing in PGA occasions. The PGA Tour's "perform serves no purpose other than to trigger hurt to gamers and LIV Golfing, and foreclose the entry of the most significant competitive menace the Tour has at any time confronted," according to the lawsuit, which seeks injunctive aid, financial damages, attorney's fees, and other damages.

The players who are shown as plaintiffs on the lawsuit involve Phil Mickelson, Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford, Matt Jones, Bryson DeChambeau, Ian Poulter, and Peter Uihlein.