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LIV, PGA Courtroom Tea Times Set for January 2024

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The Mickelson v. PGA TOUR trial date has been set for Thursday, January 8, 2024, in an antitrust lawsuit filed against the PGA TOUR on behalf of LIV Golf.

U.S. District Judge Beth Loveson Freeman has also scheduled summary judgment arguments provisionally for July 13, 2023.

Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau, and nine other golfers filed a lawsuit earlier this month and were suspended from the PGA Tour for attending LIV Golf events without the consent of the PGA.

Other initial plaintiffs were Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford, Matt Jones, Jason Kokrak, Pat Perez and Peter Uihlein of Australia, Ian Poulter of the United Kingdom, and Abraham Ancer and Carlos Ortiz of Mexico.

A lawyer representing the LIV player said Thursday that two of his plaintiffs have dropped out. Ortiz had previously confirmed through his agent that he was out of the case.

Gooch, Swafford and Jones announced that FedEx would allow him to participate in the playoffs. It sought a temporary injunction against the PGA Tour. The trio had all earned enough points to place in the top 125 in the standings before being suspended.

However, Freeman heard the case last week in San Jose, Calif., and ruled in favor of the PGA, claiming the golfers had suffered "irreparable" financial damages. and pointed to a mountain of damage. Money they received from LIV.

In the case of Mickelson vs. the PGA Tour, LIV's attorney said he was looking for a court date sometime in 2023.

"He's already been ambushed once in this case," he said, PGA Tour attorney Elliott Peters. , per his sport in the front office. "I would like an opportunity to line up the ducks."

– Field Level Media