Talk of lawsuits between the breakaway Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series and the PGA Tour has been just that. Until now.
According to a story in the Wall Street Journal posted online Wednesday, 11 LIV golfers are suing to challenge their PGA Tour suspensions.
Phil Mickelson and Bryson DeChambeau are among the 11 golfers suing the Tour.
Three other LIV golfers—Talor Gooch, Matt Jones and Hudson Swafford—are a part of the lawsuit because they are seeking a temporary restraining order so that they can play in the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Playoffs.
The three-event postseason starts next week in Memphis. Gooch, Jones and Swafford were qualified for the playoffs before leaving for LIV. Mickelson and DeChambeau were not qualified.
LIV Golf has now staged three events and ahead of each, a new group of PGA Tour and DP World Tour players have joined the upstart circuit backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. And each time, the Tour has suspended them.
Saudi Arabia has been accused of wide-ranging human rights abuses, including politically motivated killings, torture, forced disappearances and inhumane treatment of prisoners. And members of the royal family and Saudi government were accused of involvement in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist.
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