Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau and nine other players involved with LIV Golf have filed suit against the PGA Tour, charging antitrust violations and alleging a wide-ranging pattern of coordinated behavior between the Tour and multiple other golf entities.
, the players are challenging their suspensions from the PGA Tour, some of which extend into 2024. In addition, three players – Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford and Matt Jones – are seeking a temporary restraining order to allow them to play in the Tour's upcoming FedEx Cup playoffs, an event for which they had already qualified.
“In effect, the Tour’s punishments amount to a lifetime ban,” the lawsuit states, “because the only chance for a player to be clear of the PGA Tour’s suspensions is to refrain from playing in any elite professional events — and thus essentially drop out of his profession.” However, multiple players, including past champions Charl Schwartzel, Dustin Johnson and Sergio Garcia, played in the 2022 Masters and then joined LIV.
In a letter to players obtained by Yahoo Sports, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan indicated that the Tour plans to contest the lawsuit “clearly and vigorously.”
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