SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - Two LIV golfers are dropping out of their antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour.
Bryson DeChambeau and Matt Jones voluntarily dismissed their claims, though LIV Golf, Inc. will continue to pursue its claims. LIV recently tried to subpoena PGA golfer Cameron Young to help try to prove its case that golfers who joined the LIV Tour are unfairly kept out of PGA Tour events.
LIV plaintiffs include Phil Mickelson, Talor Gooch, Abraham Ancer and Ian Poulter.
The PGA Tour has sought to investigate whether the Public Investment Fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and His Excellency Yasir Al-Rumayya have information relevant to the LIV golfers' antitrust claims. Saudi Arabia is LIV's financial backer, a fact that has caused some in the golf world to reject LIV's credibility, given criticism of corruption and human rights abuses in the country.
On April 12, Judge Beth Labson Freeman wrote the PGA Tour should be allowed to investigate, considering the LIV golfers claim the PGA Tour compromised LIV's ability to secure a television contract. The PGA Tour wants to allege this trouble is due to LIV's perception as a Saudi-backed association.
DeChambeau just finished tied for fourth at the PGA Championship, while fellow LIV golfer Brooks Koepka won by two strokes.