The PGA Tour has received a boost after three LIV Golf players were prevented from participating in the upcoming Fedex Cup playoffs.
Since June, a number of regulars on the PGA Tour have been making the decision to switch allegiances to the Saudi Arabia-backed tour, spearheaded by Greg Norman.
Those calls were taken despite having been warned by PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan that suspensions and bans would follow for any player breaching PGA Tour regulations.
LIV Golf have now held three events with five more still to follow during the remainder of the year, the next tournament coming at the start of September.
However, three players - Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford and Matt Jones - applied for a temporary restraining order to take their spot in the final 125 of the Fedex Cup.
Judge Freeman rules against the temporary restraining order.
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Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford and Matt Jones will not be allowed to play in this week's FedEx St. Jude Championship.
"LIV contracts are based upon players calculation of what they were leaving behind."
Despite that attempt, the PGA Tour have remained firm with their stance and confident about receiving the desired verdict with a judge at Tuesday's hearing.
Judge Freeman opted to reject the case put forward by Gooch, Swafford and Jones due to their failure to show that they were losing out financially by not playing the final three events of the year.
Freeman added that any player who pens a contract with LIV Golf does so through making a personal calculation of what opportunities that they are leaving behind on the PGA Tour.
However, the decision only represents a small win for the PGA Tour in what is set to be a lengthy battle with eight other players.
The likes of Phil Mickelson and Ian Poulter are among an 11-strong group who have filed an anti-trust lawsuit against the PGA Tour, a process which is unlikely to be resolved in the short term.
