Phil Mickelson renders significant LIV Golf and PGA Tour litigation decision.

Phil Mickelson was one of the first well-known athletes to leave the PGA Tour and sign with LIV Golf earlier this year

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as the league recruited some of the best golfers in the world with attractive guaranteed-money contracts.As one of the eleven golfers who filed an antitrust lawsuit

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against the PGA Tour, Mickelson also garnered attention. However, in a bizarre turn of events, it appears that Mickelson has withdrawn from the case.

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The four athletes are not the first to take themselves out of the lawsuit. Earlier this month, Pat Perez withdrew from the lawsuit, claiming he "didn't think it through."

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Just Bryson DeChambeau, Matt Jones, and Peter Uihlein are the surviving plaintiffs in the dispute, along with LIV Golf.

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Jason Kokrak, Carlos Ortiz, and Abraham Ancer have also taken their names off the list.

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The majority of the league's individual golfers have taken their names out of the lawsuit, but LIV Golf will still fight the case in court.

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