LIV Golf joins its players in antitrust lawsuit against PGA Tour
by three golfers seeking to compete in the FedEx Cup playoffs. Talor Gooch, Matt Jones and Hudson Swafford sought a temporary restraining order from the court, but the judge denied the request Aug. 9, saying the golfers hadn’t suffered “irreparable harm” by joining LIV.“She’s not in any way suggesting that the players are dead in the water, though,” Balsam said.
The case is not necessarily dependent on the success or failure of LIV Golf or whether the LIV players can still get rich golfing for their Saudi benefactors. The upstart series could prove itself viable before the case reaches trial, but the PGA Tour could still be found to have illegally hampered LIV’s efforts to get off the ground.
There is little in the way of comparable precedent in the sports world. In the 1940s, Major League Baseball banned several players who had left for higher contracts offered by an upstart, well-funded Mexican league. The ensuing lawsuit was settled before a judge could weigh in, and MLB lifted the bans.
The complaint states that the PGA Tour also has applied pressure that made it impossible for LIV Golf to conduct business with several vendors, including a tent business, media companies, technology firms and sporting apparel businesses. As with most antitrust cases, the LIV lawsuit isn’t likely to reach a quick resolution, but the judge has established an ambitious schedule. A summary judgment hearing is set for July, and trial is scheduled to begin in January 2024.
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