Pat Perez Removes Name from LIV Lawsuit: ‘I Didn’t Think It Through’

The relationship between sports journalists and misunderstanding legal terminology continues in the world of golf and legal drama.

What we do know is that a trial date has been set for the lawsuit that LIV Golfers filed against the PGA Tour, and it is in January 2024. So, the dark clouds will continue to loom for a while yet.

Pat Perez quits LIV Golf lawsuit against PGA Tour: ‘Didn’t think it through’ https://t.co/UjZTUp9bIk pic.twitter.com/x2fsd4iBcm

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In what can only be good news for the PGA Tour camp, they hurdled the first legal obstacle, with Hudson Swafford, Talor Gooch, and Matt Jones being denied a TRO, meaning they could not compete in the FedEx Cup playoffs currently being played.

Yesterday it was announced that alongside Carlos Ortiz, Pat Perez has removed his name from the anti-trust lawsuit. He boiled it down to a rush to judgment, ‘not thinking it through’ and decided that the PGA had given him a wonderful life for two decades. It was a no-brainer for him to continue to play his golf on the LIV Tour and has banked $1.8 million since signing – $1.5m of which was for being on the winning team, despite not contributing both times.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Perez’s wife, Ashley, was rather vocal when her husband signed for the rival Tour and took to Twitter to voice her opinion on the naysayers. It was a bit embarrassing, to be honest. The comparison to WWE was accurate. It appears things have calmed down since, and Perez has no wish to hurt the PGA Tour, even expressing the desire to return to the Champions Tour one day, if able.

So, three of the original 11 have been shot down in the courts.

Two have dropped out voluntarily.

That leaves six LIV stalwarts, Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau, Ian Poulter, Abe Ancer, Jason Kokrak and Peter Uihlein.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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It took some finding to locate those last two names, as not many people have been writing about them. We will see if these six remain on the teamsheet for the trial in 2024.

Elsewhere in the LIV legal drama, Patrick Reed fights his own battle in a lawsuit filed against Brandel Chamblee for defamation. A divisive character, to say the least, he is a man with the nickname ‘Table for One’ on the PGA Tour; and is again caught in a solo endeavor.

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