The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and OWGR are alleged to have colluded to “eliminate LIV Golf”, according to a fresh lawsuit filed in Florida.
Attorney Larry Klayman has lodged the Amended Class Action Complaint, which claims PGA and DP World tour chiefs Jay Monahan and Keith Pelley – who both sit on the OWGR board – broke competition laws by conspiring to restrain trade.
Klayman’s lawsuit alleges the rankings body, together with the tours, attempted to kill off the upstart league “in its infancy”.
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It also claims the quality of golf at PGA Tour events has been “diluted and destroyed by a deterioration of the talent level”.
It further highlights a 34% increase in ticket prices for the PLAYERS Championship for 2023, as well as a 10% hike in briefs for the Arnold Palmer Invitational, describing them as “supracompetitive”.
After filing the suit, Klayman said: “Consumers, that is Florida golf fans including me, have as much right as anyone to benefit from a free market, which would allow all golf leagues and independent contractor players to fairly compete.
“But the defendants have illegally worked hard to prevent this, as the PGA Tour and…
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