New York Post October 1, 2022 Patrick Reed has refiled his $750 million defamation lawsuit against the Golf Channel and its broadcaster Brandel Chamblee, adding more of the network’s personalities as defendants to his claim, according to his attorney, Larry Klayman. Reed — who is a nine-time PGA Tour winner — named Golf Channel employees Damon Hack, Shane Bacon and Eamon Lynch, along with parent companies Golfweek and Gannett, as defendants in the new lawsuit, per The Athletic. Klayman filed the new suit on Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in Jacksonville, just…
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By Bob Harig Sports Illustrated Golf September 29, 2022 Patrick Reed’s attorney has refiled his lawsuit against Golf Channel and analyst Brandel Chamblee in a Florida court and added Golf Channel personalities Damon Hack, Shane Bacon and Eamon Lynch, who also writes for Golfweek. The suit also now includes Golfweek and its owner, Gannett. The change from a Texas court to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in Jacksonville and the addition of defendants was reported by The Athletic. The 2018 Masters champion originally filed his $750 million suit in a U.S. district court on…
ESPN.com September 29, 2022 The $750 million lawsuit refiled by Patrick Reed accuses the Golf Channel, Golfweek, Gannett and individual employees of conspiracy due to “anticompetitive practices in order to destroy the upstart LIV Golf Tour, Mr. Reed, and fellow LIV Golf players in order to annihilate any competition with the PGA Tour and DP World Tour even if it means violating antitrust laws and going to extreme and scandalous measures to conspire to defame, falsely injure and tortiously interfere with Mr. Reed, fellow LIV Tour players, and LIV Golf,” according to a news release from Reed’s attorney, Larry…
(Jacksonville, Florida, September 28, 2022). Today, Patrick Reed, among the world’s most accomplished, young professional golfers at only 32 years of age, with only one of his many victories coming at the 2018 Masters tournament, sued Brandel Chamblee and others associated with or in collaboration with NBC’s Golf Channel, such as Eamon Lynch, Shane Bacon, and NBC’s Golf Channel itself, for conspiracy, defamation, injurious falsehood and tortious interference. See Reed vs. Chamblee, et. al, Civil Action No. — 3:22-cv-01059 (M.D. Fl.). Mr. Reed recently joined the LIV Golf Tour. Chamblee, Damon Hack, Shane Bacon, Eamon Lynch, NBC’s Golf Channel,…
The PGA Tour’s High-Flying Corporate Expenditures By Mark Maremont and Andrew Beaton WSJ September 16, 2022 PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan earlier this year pointed to the organization’s prudent financial management as it raced to meet the challenge from Saudi-funded LIV Golf. He repeatedly said the Tour was efficient in the way it is operated and would dip into reserves to help finance larger purses to compete with LIV. Four days after he made those remarks in June, a PGA Tour-owned Citation X jet flew from the Tour’s headquarters in Florida to California and then on to an…
By Greg Norman WSJ September 16, 2022 Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but it is also what you get when a serious challenger suddenly confronts a 54-year-old entrenched monopoly. On Aug. 24, the PGA Tour responded to LIV Golf by boosting its purses, setting a pay floor, and structuring events so that fans get to see the tour’s best players—all among the innovations we introduced when we launched LIV in June. It is a classic case of competition benefiting workers and customers. LIV Golf is the best thing that has ever happened to the careers of professional…
Adamant McIlroy: No LIV golfers at Ryder Cup ESPN.com September 15, 2022 GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — For Rory McIlroy, it’s a flat-out “no.” U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick is open to having LIV Golf players on Europe’s team at next year’s Ryder Cup because, he said, “I just want to make sure that we win.” Europe captain Luke Donald, meanwhile, is toeing the official tour line when he says he’s in “limbo” waiting for the conflict to be decided in the courts. Continue Reading…..
Golf WRX September 13, 2022 After his impressive showing at the BMW PGA Championship where he finished in a share of fifth place, Patrick Reed added his name to the ever-growing list of players who are involved in the war of words surrounding the PGA Tour vs. LIV Golf saga. Prior to the event, a handful of golfers including Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry, and Billy Horschel had some harsh words for the LIV golfers who were in the field at Wentworth. McIlroy’s comments referenced the fact that LIV golfers only play 54 holes in their events and claimed that…
By John Huggan GolfDigest.com September 12, 2022 VIRGINIA WATER, England — Amidst all that has gone on and continues to go on in his eternally controversial existence, no one has ever doubted Patrick Reed’s ability to play golf. Just about everywhere and anywhere that is. Long before the former Masters champion committed a large chunk of his future to the endlessly lucrative but less-challenging entity that is LIV Golf, he was a member of the European Tour (he is now an honorary member of what is now the DP World Tour). In contrast to many of his compatriots, he…
Golf September 12, 2022 Patrick Reed, in addressing his defamation lawsuit against Golf Channel and analyst Brandel Chamblee, says the narrative against him is “he’s a horrendous person, he’s a cheater, a liar and a thief” and that “you have to fight back, fight for yourself, and fight for what you believe in.” In the exclusive interview with the Sunday Times, Reed also says comments made by Rory McIlroy over LIV Golf player participation this week in the BMW PGA Championship are “insulting.” And after his final round on Sunday at Wentworth Golf Club, Reed told reporters that should…