LIV Golfing rivals facial area willpower from DP World Tour: 'Not fair to the majority'

LIV Golf rivals who competed at the Saudi-backed league’s initially event previously this thirty day period faced self-control from the DP World Tour on Friday.

The DP World Tour, which is a portion of the PGA European Tour, said the golfers who competed in London at the Centurion Club, didn’t acquire releases to enjoy. Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood, Richard Bland, Martin Kaymer, Ian Poulter, Bernd Wiesberger, Sam Horsfield, Adrian Otaegui, Oliver Fisher, Graeme McDowell, Wade Ormsby and Pablo Larrazabal have been the gamers in problem. They were fined and suspended by the business.

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Sergio Garcia plays a tee shot through the BMW International Open at Golfclub Munchen Eichenried on June 26, 2022, in Munich, Germany. (Stuart Franklin/Getty Photographs)

The golfers obtained a wonderful of £100,000 every (equal to just in excess of $122,000) and were being suspended for the approaching Genesis Scottish Open, Barbasol Championship and the Barracuda Championship up coming month.

"Each and every action any person usually takes in everyday living comes with a consequence and it is no distinctive in professional activity, particularly if a person chooses to break the policies. That is what has happened right here with a number of of our customers," DP World Tour main executive Keith Pelley reported in a assertion.

"A lot of members I have spoken to in new weeks expressed the viewpoint that those people who have picked out this route have not only disrespected them and our Tour, but also the meritocratic ecosystem of professional golf that has been the bedrock of our activity for the earlier 50 % a century and which will also be the foundation on which we build the following 50 decades."

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A DP World Tour flag flies above the Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic at Emirates Golf Club on Jan. 26, 2022, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Luke Walker/Getty Pictures)

The firm mentioned any probable infractions would end result in additional sanctions. The fines will be included to the prize cash of upcoming tournaments and place toward other charitable brings about.

"Their steps are not fair to the vast majority of our membership and undermine the Tour, which is why we are having the motion we have declared nowadays," Pelley added.

The PGA Tour not too long ago introduced an increase in prize dollars.

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan reported an maximize in prize revenue was in the will work from its latest media rights deal in 2020, noting that the threat of LIV Golfing accelerated some of individuals options. He announced a streamlined routine – January to August commencing in 2024 – with 7 tournaments worthy of $20 million or extra and less places out there for its postseason.

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan speaks during a news meeting in advance of the start of the Vacationers Championship, June 22, 2022, in Cromwell, Connecticut. (G3 Box News Image/Seth Wenig)

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The tumble would be for the gamers who concluded outside the house the top 70 to safe cards for the pursuing calendar year, and to give them a likelihood to move into the prime 50 – to protected places in some elite $20 million tournaments.

The G3 Box News contributed to this report.