A U.S. District Court judge has ruled in favor of the PGA Tour in a discovery dispute and dismissed the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia’s claims of foreign sovereign immunity and lack of personal jurisdiction.
The dispute was born from the antitrust lawsuit that was filed against the Tour last August by a group of players who had been suspended by the circuit for participating in LIV Golf events. The Tour responded with a counterclaim that LIV Golf interfered with the circuit’s existing contracts with players who joined the breakaway league and subpoenaed the PIF and its governor, Yasir Al-Rumayyan, for information related to the creation of the new league and the recruitment of players.