LIV Golf gets another setback in court fight with PGA Tour

Published February 22, 2023 1:12 PM

By DOUG FERGUSON
AP Golf Writer

LIV Golf has been dealt another setback in its antitrust lawsuit with the PGA Tour. A federal magistrate last week ruled that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and its governor are required to testify. In a ruling Tuesday out of California, a federal judge says the fund and Yasir al-Rumayyan can be added as a defendants in the PGA Tour’s countersuit against the Saudi-backed league. LIV Golf is accusing the PGA Tour of monopolistic behavior in trying to squash competition. The tour argues the Public Investment Fund and its governor were involved in recruiting players.

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