Phil Mickelson, Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford and Ian Poulter have all asked a federal judge to remove their names from the antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour.
The quartet all filed separately to gave their names removed from the trial which is scheduled to begin un January 2024. They follow Abraham Ancer, Carlos Ortiz, Pat Perez and Jason Kokrak who had previously removed their names from the case that is set to challenge the suspensions imposed on them by the PGA Tour after signing up the LIV Golf series.
Bryson DeChambeau, Peter Uihlein and Matt Jones and LIV Golf are now the only plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
“Nothing has changed,” LIV Golf spokesman Jonathan Grella said in a statement.
“The merits of the case – the PGA Tour’s anti-competitive conduct – still stand and will be fully tested in court. And we look forward to that.
“LIV stands with the players whom the PGA Tour has treated so poorly, but we also recognise that to be successful, we no longer need a wide array of players to be on the suit.
“We have our players’ backs and will press our case against the PGA Tour’s anti-competitive behaviour.”
Mickelson’s decision to remove himself didn’t come as a shock after announcing two weeks ago that he no longer needed to be involved in the lawsuit now that LIV Golf has joined as a plaintiff.
