The PGA Tour’s attempt to halt discovery in the ongoing lawsuit with LIV Golf, the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia and its governor was dealt a legal setback Wednesday.
A U.S. District Court judge denied the Tour’s motion to stay all discovery in the antitrust lawsuit that was filed against the circuit last August. The ruling by Judge Beth Labson Freeman covered three different discovery motions in the case and she granted a motion by the PIF to stay its portion of discovery until after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled on the Fund’s claim of sovereign immunity that should exempt it from jurisdiction in U.