(CNN)A U.S. federal judge ruled in favor of the PGA Tour and ordered temporary injunction against three LIV golf players. denied a restraining order. PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said in a note Tuesday night that he would have allowed them to play in the first event of the Tour's postseason. 11 golfers in the LIV Golf Invitational Series, sponsored by . Three of those golfers, Talla Gooch, Hudson Swafford and Matt Jones, are expected to qualify this week for his championship at FedEx St. I was seeking a temporary restraining order.
"The United States District Court for the Northern District of California today denied their request for emergency relief and those players are ineligible for PGA Tour tournaments, including this week's FedEx St. Jude Championship. It remains," said Monahan's memo.
"Today's news will allow our players, fans and partners to focus on what really matters in the next three weeks. The world's best players will compete in the FedExCup Playoffs, an incredibly engaging event. It concludes an exciting season, crowned FedExCup Champion in the TOUR Championship," the memo said.
Players involved in the lawsuit are Phil Mickelson, Gooch, Swafford, Jones, Bryson DeChambeau, Abraham Unser, Carlos Ortiz, Ian Poulter, Pat Perez, Jason Kochlak and Peter Urain.
LIV Golf released a short statement on Tuesday expressing its disappointment. "Banning golfers from playing does no one any good," the official said. His controversial LIV Tour has attracted some of the biggest names in the golf world, leaving the established PGA Tour and his DP World Tour to join for huge sums of money.
In June, Monaghan showed that the LIV Golf Invitational Series would pose a serious threat to his PGA Tour success.
"If this is an arms race and the only weapons are dollar bills, the PGA Tour can't compete," he said. “The PGA Tour, a U.S. organization, cannot compete with foreign monarchies that spend billions of dollars trying to buy the game of golf.
“We want healthy, healthy competition. Not the LIV Saudi Golf League, it's an irrational threat, not interested in the return on investment or the true growth of the game," CEO Greg Norman said last week. LIV Golf officials told Fox News that they offered Tiger Woods about $700 million to $800 million,to join the series he declined. The Public Investment Fund (PIF) -- the Sovereign Wealth Fund chaired by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman -- has pledged $250 million in total prize money.
35} That has led to criticism from many PGA Tour players, including Rory McIlroy and Woods, that players are abandoning the traditional mechanics of golf and taking money from a miserable country. Human Rights Records.According to the PGA Tour, golfers who participated in LIV Golf have been ruled ineligible to participate in the tournament since early June.
LIV Golf's next three Day events are
