“Definitely curious to see what’s going to happen” – Scottie Scheffler finds LIV Golfers suing PGA Tour ‘frustrating’
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Current World Number 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking Scottie Scheffler said he’s curious to see whether Talor Gooch, Matt Jones and Hudson Swafford will be joining him at TPC Southwind this week.
Notably, the trio earlier left the PGA Tour for LIV Golf to participate in the FedEx Cup playoffs, starting this week at the FedEx St. Jude Championship. A U.S. federal District Judge Beth Labson Freeman is scheduled in California to hear arguments from attorneys representing the three golfers and the PGA Tour to decide whether to grant a temporary restraining order on Tuesday.
“I’m definitely curious to see what’s going to happen,” Scheffler said, as quoted by ESPN.com. “It’s one of those deals where those guys kind of made their decision to go join another tour and they broke the rules and regulations of our tour and now they’re trying to sue us, which is definitely a bit frustrating. I heard that was going to happen and I know some guys aren’t surprised to see it, but I definitely am surprised to see some guys now suing us.”
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“No effect on my preparation whatever happens in court case”
For those who missed, Gooch, Jones, Swafford and eight other LIV players, including the likes of Phil Mickelson and Bryson DeChambeau, filed an antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour in federal court last week.
Replying to this, PGA commissioner Jay Monahan took a strong stance and sent a reply soon after the lawsuit. The 52-year-old is outraged by this behaviour of the golfers while considering the tradition and history of the Tour.
“We have been preparing to protect our membership and contest this latest attempt to disrupt our Tour, and you should be confident in the legal merits of our position,” Monahan said in the statement. “Fundamentally, these suspended players — who are now Saudi Golf League employees — have walked away from the Tour and now want back in.
Coming back to Scheffler’s take on this episode, he added: “If they win, come out here and play, I mean, that’s something that’s up to the courts. I can’t control what’s going to happen in a court case. Definitely interested, but at the end of the day it does not affect my preparation for the week.”
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