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Phil Mickelson removed his name from a high-profile antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour over its behavior toward its controversial and Saudi-funded new rival.
Phil Lefty appeared at a golf tournament in Chicago.
In a Tuesday filing in the U.S. District Court of Northern California, Lefty voluntarily dismissed his case against the tour.
Their names were removed from the suit Tuesday.
Three golf players, including DeChambeau, are defendants in the suit after LIV joined it.
In a statement, he said that he no longer felt that it was necessary for him to be part of the proceedings.
There will be a trial for the antitrust case in January of 2024 and a summary judgment hearing in July of 2023.
LIV burst onto the scene this year thanks to the early support of the circuit and the Saudi government's human rights record. The Department of Justice launched a probe into possible antitrust violations after the PGA Tour banned all of its current and future players from playing in LIV events in June. According to the antitrust suit, the PGA Tour acted in anakedly anticompetitive manner and damaged the future earning potential of golf players.
According to Forbes calculations, the highest-paid golfer in the world last year was PhilMickelson, who made $138 million in earnings on and off the course.
Jonathan Grella, LIV's chief communications officer, wrote in a statement to Forbes that the case still stands and will be tested in court. The tour didn't say anything.
The PGA Tour is being accused of antitrust violations by two people.
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