The Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour has joined a lawsuit filed by golfers who were banned from the PGA Tour after joining the new tournament.
LIV Golf has been listed as a plaintiff, and four golfers dropped their names from the lawsuit, per an amended court 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 saying he has “no ill feelings” toward the PGA Tour.
“I have no ill feelings toward the PGA Tour or any of the players,’’ Perez told Sports Illustrated. “I’m a LIV guy 100%. I’m going to play for them. But I don’t feel any need to go after the PGA Tour. They gave me a wonderful opportunity for 21 years. I’ve got nothing against them, no hard feelings toward anybody.”
In the lawsuit, LIV Golf and seven other golfers claimed the PGA Tour had unfairly used its power as the top golf tour in North America to harm the game, such as banning LIV Golf participants from competing in PGA events. The PGA Tour’s “conduct serves no purpose other than to cause harm to players and LIV Golf, and foreclose the entry of the most meaningful competitive threat the Tour has ever faced,” according to the lawsuit, which seeks injunctive relief, monetary damages, attorney’s fees, and other damages.
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The players who are listed as plaintiffs on the lawsuit include Phil Mickelson, Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford, Matt Jones, Bryson DeChambeau, Ian Poulter, and Peter Uihlein.
