{"id":1549191,"date":"2022-07-11T17:49:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T21:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1549191"},"modified":"2022-07-11T17:49:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T21:49:28","slug":"justice-department-probing-pga-for-monopolistic-practices-amid-spat-with-liv-golf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justice-department-probing-pga-for-monopolistic-practices-amid-spat-with-liv-golf\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice Department Probing PGA For Monopolistic Practices Amid Spat With LIV Golf"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjustice-department-probing-pga-for-monopolistic-practices-amid-spat-with-liv-golf%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1549191&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Department of Justice is investigating the PGA Tour for potentially engaging in anti-competitive behavior as the organization attempts to fend off the Saudi-backed LIV Golf circuit.<\/p>\n<p>The PGA Tour confirmed the investigation to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/pga-tour-antitrust-liv-department-of-justice-investigation-11657557177\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>. Attorneys with the Justice Department\u2019s antitrust division have contacted players\u2019 agents requesting information about the PGA\u2019s bylaws and any restrictions it has placed on players participating in other tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was not unexpected,\u201d a PGA Tour spokesman told WSJ. \u201cWe went through this in 1994 and we are confident in a similar outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) previously investigated the PGA in 1994 over a rule banning golfers from participating in other tours without the PGA commissioners sign-off, and another rule governing golfers\u2019 appearances on televised golf programs. The FTC dropped the investigation the next year.<\/p>\n<p>The PGA and its allies in the international golf community have attempted to shut out LIV from top-tier talent with limited success. Despite strict regulation and indefinite suspensions, a number of golf stars have defected to the Saudi league, which offers record prizes and generous payouts for appearances. The LIV has attracted top golfers such as Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Phil Mickelson, and Patrick Reed.<\/p>\n<p>In a press conference in June, Dustin Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/liv-golf-dustin-johnson-pga-tour-phil-mickelson-centurion-11654613892\">said<\/a> he moved to the LIV despite being suspended from the PGA because of the money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought it was best for me and my family,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cI don\u2019t want to play golf for the rest of my life, which I felt like I was probably going to have to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not all golfers have been swayed by the money, however. Golf pros and PGA officials have been critical of the Saudi-backed circuit over Saudi Arabia\u2019s history of human rights abuses. Golfer Rory McIlroy doubled down on his criticism of the new league last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no room in the golf world for LIV Golf,\u201d McIlroy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KylePorterCBS\/status\/1545906177715863552\">said<\/a> in an interview with CBS Sports. \u201cI don\u2019t agree with what LIV is doing. If LIV went away tomorrow I\u2019d be super happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The PGA Tour began <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/golf\/news\/pga-tour-liv-golf-invitational-series-denies-requests-illegal-monopoly\/aeh7gduibpiy8sbkd4u5psfe\">suspending<\/a> golfers last month after a host of players ignored the PGA and played in an LIV tournament in London. The golfers had requested permission to play from the PGA beforehand, but the organization denied each request.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Justice is investigating the PGA Tour for potentially engaging in anti-competitive behavior as the organization attempts to fend off the Saudi-backed LIV Golf circuit. The PGA Tour confirmed the investigation to The Wall Street Journal. Attorneys with the Justice Department\u2019s antitrust division have contacted players\u2019 agents requesting information about the PGA\u2019s bylaws &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":1549303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1549191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1549191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1549303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1549191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1549191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1549191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}