The PGA Tour is extending its ban of LIV Golfers because it launched a memo telling people who left to affix the Saudi-backed group that membership “can’t and won’t be renewed.”

The memo was delivered to gamers by letter, reviews Sports activities Illustrated.

“The Tour can’t enter right into a membership settlement with a participant when, as right here, it fairly anticipates the participant won’t carry out the fabric obligations beneath that settlement,” the letter learn. “Accordingly, your PGA Tour membership can’t and won’t be renewed for the 2022-2023 PGA Tour season.

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Cameron Smith throughout a apply spherical previous to the LIV Golf Invitational – Boston at The Oaks on Aug. 31, 2022, in Bolton, Massachusetts.
(Jonathan Ferrey/LIV Golf/through Getty Pictures)

LIV Golf joined an antitrust lawsuit towards the PGA Tour that was initially filed by just a few LIV golfers. Pat Perez, Carlos Oritiz, Abraham Ancer and Jason Kokrak had been amongst these golfers, however they dropped their lawsuits towards the Tour. 

Phil Mickelson was amongst people who filed the lawsuit in August claiming their suspensions from the Tour had been aimed toward hurting their careers. Others filed a brief restraining order to compete within the FedEx Cup, which they declare they certified for previous to becoming a member of LIV Golf. A federal choose in California denied that injunction. 

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Of their addition to the lawsuit, LIV Golf stated the “Tour compelled it to boost its prices so as to have the ability to signal gamers and that it saved it from recruiting others over the specter of dealing with punishment.”

Patrick Reed walks throughout the tenth inexperienced in the course of the LIV Golf Invitational – Bedminster at Trump Nationwide Golf Membership Bedminster on July 31, 2022, in New Jersey. 
(Jared C. Tilton/LIV through Getty Pictures)

LIV Golf says that with out a honest ruling, its “capacity to take care of a significant aggressive presence within the markets will probably be destroyed.”

This all comes as LIV Golf is taking part in their first occasion within the U.S. at Boston this weekend. Subsequent weekend each LIV Golf and PGA Tour golfers will probably be taking part in in the identical BMW PGA Championship in London, to which guys like Rory McIlroy weren’t happy. 

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“I hate what it is doing to the sport of golf,” McIlroy stated not too long ago about LIV Golf. “I hate it. I actually do. Like it may be arduous for me to abdomen going to Wentworth in a few weeks’ time and seeing 18 of them there. That simply would not sit proper with me.”

Phil Mickelson performs his shot previous to the LIV Golf Invitational – Boston on Sept. 1, 2022, in Bolton, Massachusetts.
(Jonathan Ferrey/LIV Golf through Getty Pictures)

The PGA Tour made vital adjustments to their format transferring ahead into subsequent yr, together with making prime gamers decide to not less than 20 occasions previous to the beginning of the brand new season. They can even have 12 “elevated occasions” that intention to create bigger purses contemplating golfers are leaving the PGA Tour for LIV Golf’s assured thousands and thousands. 

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The PGA Tour can even be launching an “earnings assurance program,” which can play a “league minimal of $500,000 per participant” assured. Will probably be awarded to totally exempt members who take part in not less than 15 occasions.