Scottish Open 2022: PGA Tour, DP World Tour bar LIV Golfers participating in co-sanction events, fined
Sanctions have finally been announced against the DP World Tour players who abandoned ships for the LIV Golf Series. Players will not be allowed to participate in the 2022 Scottish Open and Barbasol Championships the week before the 150th Open Championship, as well as the Barracuda Championship between 14-17 July, according to a statement from DP World Tour. In addition to their tight fixtures, so are their wallets as each participant will be fined £100,000, money the tour will add to the future prize pool and distribution towards activities. charity.
Keith Pelley, CEO of DP World Tour. “Many members with whom I have spoken in recent weeks have expressed the view that those who have chosen this path not only disrespect them and our Tour, but also the worthy ecosystem of professional golf. has been the foundation of our game for half a century and will also be the foundation we build on for the next 50 years. Their actions are unfair to the majority of our members and destructive. Tour, that’s why we’re taking the action we announced today.”
These three tournaments are co-consensus events between the PGA Tour and DP World Tour, so this decision should not necessarily come as a surprise given the PGA Tour’s stance on LIV Golf. However, the DP World Tour has decided to be slower to offer any opinion on the matter, and this is not exactly a knockdown. In fact, golfers LIV Louis Oosthuizen, Pablo Larrazabal, Laurie Canter, Adrian Otaegui, Wade Ormsby, Oliver Bekker and Kaymer are all at the course for this week’s BMW International Open as part of the DP World Tour.
Lots of players have switched to LIV Golf from the PGA Tour and are expected to play at the Renaissance Club from July 7 to 10. Brooks Koepka is officially out, and Bryson DeChambeau has plans to add the event. into his schedule to prepare for The Open. Major World Tour DPs Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood, Richard Bland and Martin Kaymer played at the event last season and are expected to rematch in 2022.
Details of the strategic alliance between the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour were first made public in August 2021. Almost a year later, it seems to have at least cracked. There have also been rumors of a potential round of Europe purchase with the PGA Tour and LIV Golf Investments, both of which are weighing their options.
While the DP World Tour has aligned itself with the PGA Tour for this trio of events, it remains to be seen whether it will consistently side with their American counterpart going forward.
