WhatsApp exchanges between Sergio Garcia and LIV Golf supremo Greg Norman have revealed the panic many players felt at the prospect of a ban from the PGA Tour.
A total of 17 players were suspended by the golf body in June after indicating their intention to play at the inaugural LIV Golf Series event. Seven more names were then added to that list in early July, though a group of 11 have responded by filing an antitrust lawsuit to challenge their suspension from the PGA Tour.
Major-winners Phil Mickelson and Bryson DeChambeau are both named in the suit, which has called upon text evidence to illustrate the general sense of fear over bans. Norman—the CEO of LIV Golf Investments—can be seen attempting to calm Garcia, who joined the defection in June.
