The antitrust lawsuit filed by the golf players against the tour was voiced by Scottie Scheffler. 0:39
A federal judge in Memphis denied a temporary restraining order against three golf players who left the PGA Tour to play in a new series.
The players, Talor Gooch, Matt Jones, and Hudson Swafford, were seeking relief to participate in the first leg of the playoffs.
The top 125 players in the FedEx Cup are eligible to play. Gooch is 20th and Jones is 65th. The players were suspended by the commissioner of the tour after they appeared in a golf tournament.
The Tour's position that the players' argument for emergency relief was of their own making was agreed to by the district court judge.
The players' calculation of what they would be leaving behind and the amount the players would need to monetize to compensate for those losses appears to be the basis of the contracts. The losses were well known to the players at the time and they were monetized.
The suspended players have the chance to play elite golf in the US with guaranteed pay. The evidence shows that they will be earning more than they have made and could reasonably have expected to make in a reasonable amount of time under the tour.
The lawyer for the tour argued that they made a business decision to get money. In the last two months, they have made more money than they have ever made on the tour. They have already been compensated for their complaints.
The antitrust lawsuit was filed by Gooch, Jones and other players against the tour.
The first availability for a trial on the antitrust lawsuit would be in September, according to the judge. The trial may not happen until 2025. LIV players don't currently receive official world golf ranking points The application was submitted by LIV golf.
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