Judge allows PGA Tour to keep LIV Golf players out of 2022 FedEx Cup Playoffs
A federal judge Tuesday denied a temporary restraining order, allowing the PGA Tour to restrict access to the 2022 FedEx Cup Playoffs from three Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf players who filed a lawsuit in hopes of participating in the postseason competition. Talor Gooch, Matt Jones and Hudson Swafford will not play in any of the three tournaments as the PGA Tour's motion to deny was granted by U.S. District Court Judge Beth Labson Freeman.
"It appears to the court that the LIV contracts, negotiated by the players and consummated between the parties, were based upon the players' calculation of what they would be leaving behind and the amount the players would need to monetize to compensate for those losses," Judge Freeman said in her ruling. "I do agree with [the PGA Tour] that those losses were well known to the players at the time and clearly monetized."
Citing the inability of the LIV golfers to prove irreparable harm in their case, Judge Freeman added: "The evidence shows that it seems almost without a doubt that they will be earning more than they have made and could reasonably have expected to make in a reasonable amount of time under the PGA."
The decision in a Northern District of California courtroom gives the PGA Tour its first clear win over LIV Golf. The ruling comes two days before play begins at the 2022 St. Jude Championship to kick off the FedEx Cup Playoffs.
https://www.cbssports.com/golf/news/judge-allows-pga-tour-to-keep-liv-golf-players-out-of-2022-fedex-cup-playoffs/
Good. Let them go beg tfg or the bonesaw murderers for more blood money.
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