Liv Litigation

LIV litigation consists of lawsuits brought by golfers against attempts to exclude them from professional tournaments due to their joining LIV, which is disliked by liberals because LIV holds tournaments on Donald Trump golf courses.

In July 2022, the LIV golfer Ian Poulter prevailed in court in obtaining a stay against an attempt by the DP World Tour to exclude him and other LIV members from playing in the Scottish Open.^[1]

LIV Players v. PGA[edit]

On August 3, 2022, the following LIV golfers filed a lawsuit in federal court in San Francisco against the PGA Tour, Inc., based on alleged federal antitrust violations of the Sherman Act:^[2]

• PHIL MICKELSON
• TALOR GOOCH,
• HUDSON SWAFFORD
• MATT JONES
• BRYSON DECHAMBEAU
• ABRAHAM ANCER
• CARLOS ORTIZ
• IAN POULTER
• PAT PEREZ
• JASON KOKRAK
• PETER UIHLEIN

Trump is mentioned only once in the 102-page complaint, as the owner of the golf course in Miami where LIV will hold its final tournament in 2022.

TRO sought[edit]

Three of the foregoing golfers seek an unlikely TRO to force the PGA to allow them to play in the FedEx Cup Playoffs. These three golfers are Matt Jones, Hudson Swafford and Talor Gooch.^[3] Predictably, this court denied the request for a TRO.

Ryder Cup[edit]

The Anti-Trump PGA tour is attempting to keep top players in LIV from competing in the prestigious Ryder Cup, which is an annual tournament of American versus European players. Some legal experts, however, expect courts to prevent that exclusion.

PGA retaliation[edit]

"On June 9, Commissioner Jay Monahan suspended 17 players, including Garcia, from competing in the PGA Tour after they began play in the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series event at the Centurion Club in London."^[4]

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