A Preliminary Victory for the PGA Tour in Its Legal Battle Against LIV Golf was Obtained, but There Is Yet Much Still to Be Determined.
LIV According to what Alex Miceli writes, golf attorneys made a number of mistakes, including missing the mark on their arguments for a temporary restraining order (TRO), but the conclusion to the antitrust lawsuit could be years away.
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In the courtroom in San Jose, California, where Judge Beth Labson Freeman issued her ruling against the plaintiffs, Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford, and Australian Matt Jones, the headlines from the courtroom read, “Judge does not grant a temporary restraining order.” While these headlines are accurate, they are also misleading.
Inaccurate due to the fact that the ruling is just one of many that will take place in a case that still has a lot of potential to develop. This incident only had an impact on three of the events that make up the FedEx Cup Playoffs on the PGA Tour.
The plaintiffs, realising that time was running out, made a last-minute amendment to their lawsuit to have the TRO petition apply only to the 2022 playoff tournaments rather than all PGA Tour events as the initial motion requested, which turned out to be the correct decision.
Walters: You have that exactly right.
Judge Freeman: So, the number of $4.3 million that you use as a comparison is not actually accurate.
Walters: The guaranteed number is $160,000, which is, without a doubt, a significant amount of money.
Judge Freeman: Well, these contracts provide for payments simply for appearing at the first tournament. All they require is for you to show up.
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