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LIV Golf, which is being financed by Saudia
Arabia's Public Investment Fund, asked U.S. District Court Judge
Beth Labson Freeman to deny the PGA Tour's motion for leave to
add the Public Investment Fund and its governor, Yasir
Al-Rumayyan, as plaintiffs in the tour's countersuit against LIV
Golf.
The PGA Tour alleges LIV Golf interfered with its contract with
players.
The PGA Tour's attorneys on Monday requested a conference
hearing with Freeman to discuss whether the January 2024 trial
date, along with discovery deadlines, should be delayed because
the Public Investment Fund has allegedly failed to comply with
discovery and depositions.
The sides' arguments will be heard by Freeman in a Feb. 24 case
management conference.
"The Tour's motion to amend should be denied because the
amendment would be futile, would cause unfair prejudice, was
unduly delayed, and is obviously intended to inappropriately
delay the case and resolution of Plaintiffs' antitrust claims,"
LIV Golf's attorneys wrote in Monday's motion.
"Delay will equally harm LIV because the Tour continues its
anticompetitive conduct while the litigation is pending. The
Tour has damaged LIV's brand, driven up its costs by hundreds of
millions of dollars, and driven down revenues to virtually
zero."
LIV Golf's second season, which includes 14 tournaments, is
slated to open Feb. 24-26 at El Camaleon Golf Course in
Mayakoba, Mexico.
--Field Level Media
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