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Another LIV lawsuit filed, claims logo infringement for Mickelson team

Two days after the PGA Tour and the Saudi Arabia sovereign wealth fund agreed to a partnership that ends all litigation, another lawsuit has been filed against LIV Golf and Phil Mickelson over a logo. Cool Brands Supply, an Argentine lifestyle and skateboard company, filed a trademark infringement lawsuit last Thursday that claims Mickelson's HyFlyers logo used in LIV Golf is a knockoff of their Fallen Footwear logo. Both logos feature a pair of Fs facing in opposite directions. Mickelson is the team captain of HyFlyers, which includes Brendan Steele, Cameron Tringale and James Piot. The complain says Fallen Footwear has used the back-to-back Fs for a logo since 2003. It accuses LIV of using the logo on hats, shirts and sweatshirts sold as merchandise. The similarities between the two marks, particularly when used on clothing, are striking, and are confusing consumers and causing damage to Plaintiff's senior mark and brand, Cool Brands Supply argue in the lawsuit. It claims it as

Hypocrisy not new in sports, PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger just more obvious

Major League Baseball was once so concerned about gambling it banned Hall of Famers Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays just for working as casino greeters. Now MLB itself and almost all of its teams have official casino sponsors. The NCAA railed for decades that paying players would destroy college sports, all while raking in billions off of their unpaid labor. Now schools boast of booster collectives that help recruit top talent to their teams. So when the PGA Tour overcame its indignation and agreed to merge with LIV Golf despite the human rights abuses of its Saudi Arabian backers the flip-flop followed a long-established tradition in sports of flexible attitudes that often hurtle into full-blown hypocrisy. Phil Mickelson initially said, Oh, my God. It's frightening some of the things have occurred.' But for the right amount of money, he decided he's going to join the LIV Tour. And this does seem to be much the same thing, said Matthew Mitten, a sports law professor at Marquette ...

Golf-crazy Saudi wealth manager orchestrated the shock PGA-LIV truce

The transaction will create a global golf superpower and bring to an end all outstanding litigation between the two sides

PGA Tour, Europe to merge with Saudi Arabia and end LIV litigation

The most disruptive year in golf ended Tuesday when the PGA Tour and European tour agreed to a merger with Saudi Arabia's golf interests, creating a commercial operation designed to unify professional golf around the world. As part of the deal, the sides are dropping all lawsuits involving LIV Golf against each other effective immediately. Still to be determined is how players like Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson, who defected to Saudi-funded LIV Golf for nine-figure bonuses, can rejoin the PGA Tour after this year. Also unclear was what form the LIV Golf League would take in 2024. Commissioner Jay Monahan said in a memo to players that a thorough evaluation would determine how to integrate team golf into the game. The agreement combines the Public Investment Fund's golf-related commercial businesses and rights including LIV Golf with those of the PGA and European tours. The new entity has not been named. They were going down their path, we were going down ours, and after a lot

US Kids Golf India set to expand to different parts of India, Singapore

The US Kids Golf Tour India on Saturday announced that it is set to expand to different parts of India and will also have its first overseas series next month in Singapore

European tour issues more fines for 26 players who competed for LIV

Equipped with a favorable court ruling, the European tour has expanded its sanctions against players who competed in LIV Golf or Asian Tour events without permission over eight months. The tour already has issued fines of 100,000 pounds ($125,000) to 17 players who played in the first two LIV Golf events outside London and Portland, Oregon. Now it is going after 26 players with fines that range from 12,500 pounds to 100,000 pounds for each tournament they played without a release. The amount depends on what the tour deems caused a negative effect on the European tour. Players also could face suspensions up to eight regular European tour events on the schedule if they pay their fines and remain members. Any suspension would not start until the Porsche European Open in Germany on June 1-4. Sergio Garcia was the only player who did not pay the initial fine. Garcia, Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter and Richard Bland resigned their memberships last week. Henrik Stenson told Golf Digest he ha

Strydom, Bjorn look to extend winning streak in AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open

Former Ryder Cup winning captain, Thomas Bjorn and Ockie Strydom, last week's winner on the DP World Tour are both looking at another successful week as they line up for AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open

Aditi Ashok drops to T-58 after scoring 74 at Kroger Queen City Golf

Indian golfer Aditi Ashok shot a below-par 74 in the final round to finish a disappointing tied 58th at the Kroger Queen City Championship in the LPGA Tour's return to Cincinnati. The Indian on Sunday had a tame end to a week that began in a promising manner. Aditi, who finished fourth at the Tokyo Olympics, started the week with 68-70 but faltered on the weekend with scores of 76-74. Aditi, who had suffered two double bogeys a day earlier, had three bogeys and just one birdie on the final day. Ally Ewing had a superb run of consecutive birdies on Sunday as she closed with a seven-under 65 and held off Xiyu Lin (65) by a stroke to win the title. Ewing now has three career wins, one in each of the last three years, though she came into this tournament without a top-10 finish in 2022. The 29-year-old American played bogey-free on a rain-softened course and was pushed to the very end by Lin, who birdied two of her last three holes for a 65. Maria Fassi of Mexico fired a 71 and fini

Impiger Technologies brings back professional golf tournament to Chennai

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RIP Rudi Koertzen! Twitter mourns the death of the legendry cricket umpire

Twitter mourned Rudi Koertze, the umpire known for his slow finger raise, which got slower as it rose to announce the doom of the batter

Golf: Norman says Tiger Woods turned down $700 mn-$800 mn Saudi offer

Norman told the Post in June the offer was mind-blowingly enormous; we're talking about high nine digits.

Donald Trump says Saudi-funded tour creates 'gold rush' for players

Former President Donald Trump was part of the Saudi-funded LIV Golf Invitational pro-am, put on by a breakaway league he says is creating a gold rush for players

Tony Finau wins 3M Open by three with late surge, Scott Piercy collapse

After reading he was the betting favorite for the 3M Open, Tony Finau felt the pressure surprisingly mount in his mind as he sought to extend the momentum he has built this summer

Last-hole birdie gives Darren Clarke victory at Senior British Open

Darren Clarke birdied the last hole to beat a resurgent Padraig Harrington and win the Senior British Open by one shot

Women's PGA Championship doubles prize money to $9 million to boost game

The KPMG Women's PGA Championship is doubling the size of its purse to $9 mn, another boost to the women's game that brings prize money for the 5 majors to nearly triple the amount from a decade ago

US Open shifts focus away from Saudi money to golf's toughest test

The US Open isn't the only American major that has felt like an afterthought, lost among chatter and innuendo about topics unrelated to birdies and bogeys

Saudi-paid players no longer eligible for tour under penalties: PGA Tour

Still to be determined is whether those players are ever welcome back.

Woods plays through pain, makes another major cut at PGA Championship

Woods returned to competition last month at the Masters

Golf: Europe captain Henrik Stenson playing PGA with eye on Ryder Cup

Stenson, who won the British Open in 2016 for his only career major, is among the lowest-ranked players in the field this week at No. 224

India's Diksha Dagar enters semifinals at Deaflympics golf competition

The Indian star, who has won twice on the Ladies European Tour, once each in an individual and team event, outplayed Germany's Amelia Paloma Gonzalez Podbicanin 6 and 5