An Aussie is amongst those seeking an urgent court ruling as the PGA Tour's ban hits home. Golf
The FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, Tennessee, has a $21.5 million purse, and the top 70 players advance to the second postseason event in Wilmington, Delaware.
Gooch, Swafford and Jones used the same phrase in separate, legal-heavy letters to tour officials last month in protesting their suspensions and claiming the regulations were onerous and kept them from playing elsewhere."I am a free agent and independent contractor. The Tour cannot have its cake and eat it too by trying to control me as one might an employee, while not providing me the rights and benefits an employee would receive," each letter said.
The three players were not among the highest-sought players for Norman's rival league, though they were among the initial group of players who signed with LIV Golf. Gooch was the only one among the top 50 in the world, mainly from his only PGA Tour win last November."Plaintiffs have waited nearly two months to seek relief from the Court, fabricating an 'emergency' they now maintain requires immediate action," the filing said. "It doesn't.
Even though LIV Golf players have been suspended, they remain eligible for the FedEx Cup bonus package. Anyone finishing in the top 125 gets $171,800. Those who finish inside the top 150, such as Pat Perez and Paul Casey, would get $121,700. "Carlos does not want to be involved in any legal battles," his manager, Carlos Rodriguez, said in a text message. "He is thankful for the opportunity he had to play on the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour the last few years."