{"id":50103,"date":"2022-08-19T12:59:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T12:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/liv-tour-golfers-will-be-waiting-a-long-time-for-crucial-argument\/"},"modified":"2022-08-19T12:59:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T12:59:46","slug":"liv-tour-golfers-will-be-waiting-a-long-time-for-crucial-argument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/liv-tour-golfers-will-be-waiting-a-long-time-for-crucial-argument\/","title":{"rendered":"LIV Tour golfers will be waiting a long time for crucial argument"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>SAN JOSE, Calif.  \u2014 Players from Saudi-funded LIV Golf who have filed an antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour will be waiting nearly 16 months for the case to go to trial.<\/p>\n<p>US District Judge Beth Labson Freeman on Thursday set the trial for Jan.  8, 2024.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Phil Mickelson playing at Bedminster during the LIV Golf event.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/dechambeau-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bryson DeChambeau playing at Bedminster during the LIV Golf event.\" class=\"wp-image-23525910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/dechambeau-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/dechambeau-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/dechambeau-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/dechambeau-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Bryson DeChambeau playing at Bedminster during the LIV Golf event.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Depending on whether LIV attorneys proceed with a preliminary injunction \u2014 the judge said she had room on her schedule in late September or early October \u2014 that means PGA Tour players who have been suspended for signing with the rival league could go through another year of not being allowed at PGA Tour events.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Freeman last week denied a temporary restraining order sought by Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford and Matt Jones who wanted to compete in the PGA Tour&#8217;s postseason.<\/p>\n<p>LIV attorneys had wanted a trial date for Aug.  7, 2023, arguing the case needed to be expedited.  PGA Tour attorneys said it was not reasonable to adequately prepare and noted it coincided with the start of the FedEx Cup playoffs and make it difficult for PGA Tour Commissioner and other executives whose testimony likely would be required.<\/p>\n<p>Freeman set a July 23, 2023, date for summary judgment, at which point the tour is likely to ask that the case be dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuits was filed two ago by 11 players, although Carlos Ortiz has asked that his name be removed from the lawsuits and LIV attorneys indicated it would need discovery material from nine players, indicating another might have dropped out of the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN JOSE, Calif. \u2014 Players from Saudi-funded LIV Golf who have filed an antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour will be waiting nearly 16 months for the case to go to trial. US District Judge Beth Labson Freeman on Thursday set the trial for Jan. 8, 2024. Phil Mickelson playing at Bedminster during the LIV &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/liv-tour-golfers-will-be-waiting-a-long-time-for-crucial-argument\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LIV Tour golfers will be waiting a long time for crucial argument<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[1274,7576,1276,307],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58309,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/liv-golf-joins-lawsuit-against-pga-tour-more-players-drop-out\/","url_meta":{"origin":50103,"position":0},"title":"LIV Golf joins lawsuit against PGA Tour, more players drop out","date":"August 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Pretty soon, there might not actually be anyone left in the antitrust lawsuit filed against the PGA Tour by a group of players who bolted for the controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf. 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