Open had a camera crew set up in front of the clubhouse at Los Angeles Country Club, unusual for a Monday. It gives you a little bit of hope every year that you’ll be able to come and play on such a great venue like this. “It’s awesome that they allow people like me the opportunity to play two qualifiers to get here,” Browne said. Open, which he referred to as the Super Bowl of golf. “If I wanted to do something else I’d hang them up and go figure out whatever that is, but I haven’t gotten there yet,” Browne said.įor now, he’s thrilled to have a chance to compete in his first U.S. The son went to Pepperdine and has been grinding on the mini-tours ever since, not wanting to give up his dream because he keeps seeing improvement. Thirteen days later, he was in the second-to-last group at Pinehurst No. It was in final qualifying that the elder Browne thought about withdrawing because of a poor start, reconsidered because of the message it would send his son, and then shot 59 to get in. His father is a three-time PGA Tour winner who played 12 times in the U.S. “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 accuses LIV of using the logo on hats, shirts and sweatshirts sold as merchandise. The complain says Fallen Footwear has used the back-to-back Fs for a logo since 2003. Mickelson is the team captain of HyFlyers, which includes Brendan Steele, Cameron Tringale and James Piot.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - 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.Ĭool 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.īoth logos feature a pair of “Fs” facing in opposite directions.