Roughly 93% of LIV Golf is owned by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, according to court filings. A judge has now ruled that the Public Investment Fund may be listed as a defendant along with LIV Golf in a case brought by the PGA.
The move also allows the PGA to add the governor of the Public Investment Fund, Yasir Othman al Rumayyan, to its countersuit in the broader court case between the two golf tours in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Judge Beth Labson Freeman denied LIV's argument, saying it failed to show any evidence of how delaying the case would actually cause any harm to players. "While the Court is sensitive to the golfers’ need to earn a living during the pendency of the case, LIV has not identified how allowing the proposed amendment would cause any of the Plaintiffs undue difficulty in prosecuting their case. Moreover, LIV’s speculation that adding PIF and [al Rumayyan] to the TOUR’s existing counterclaim will delay resolution of the case does not demonstrate undue prejudice," Freeman wrote in the filing Tuesday.
A group of former PGA golfers who fled to LIV filed the initial lawsuit against the PGA Tour after the tour suspended them for participating in LIV events. LIV Golf eventually joined the legal challenge, which alleged the PGA Tour was using its dominance in the pro golf industry to prevent competition and discourage those affiliated with the tour from doing business with LIV.
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