Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter among four to resign from DP World Tour after being sanctioned for LIV Golf move
The DP World Tour announced Wednesday that it has received membership resignations from Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter and Richard Bland. Due to their withdrawal from the DP World Tour, they will no longer qualify for the Ryder Cup. The four Europeans currently play on LIV Golf and were sanctioned for breaching the Tour’s Conflicting Tournament Regulations last June when they took part in LIV Golf London and subsequent events.
“DP World Tour would like to take this opportunity to thank the four players for the contributions they have made to the Tour and especially Sergio, Ian and Lee for the important part they have contributed to Europe’s success at Ryder Cup over the years. years,” the DP World Tour said in a statement. “However, their resignation, along with the sanctions imposed on them, are the result of their own choice.
“As we have maintained consistently throughout the past year, the Tour has a responsibility to its members as a whole to administer the rules for the membership that each player subscribes to. These rules are put in place. out to protect the common interests of all DP World Tour members.
“An independent panel appointed by Sport Resolutions has recognized this, determining that our Conflicting Tournament Regulations and its application in the circumstances do not exceed what is necessary and proportionate to the action.” continuity of the Tour as a professional golf tournament and we have a legitimate interest in protecting the rights of our full members by enforcing it.”
This confirmation follows the DP World Tour’s victory in the courtroom in early April, allowing them to continue to impose £100,000 sanctions on players competing in conflict events without a copy. release. According to this decision, there is only time left until the LIV Golf members resign from the DP World Tour.
The ruling stems from the first LIV Golf event, LIV Golf London in 2022, when the DP World Tour attempted to suspend members who had played in the tournament. The original sports resolution issued the suspension period and allowed the players to compete in both tours for the time being. Many LIV Golf members took advantage of this stay and competed in events like the Scottish Open, the BMW PGA Championship among others, but with the court siding with the DP World Tour, Their path around Europe was cut off.
Garcia, Westwood and Poulter all had great careers on the DP World Tour. Poulter has 12 wins, Garcia 16 and Westwood is eighth all-time with 25 wins. In addition to their individual accolades, all three played a key role in the success of the European Ryder Cup Team and have the receipts to back it up.
Westwood tied fellow Englishman Nick Faldo for the most appearances for Team Europe of all time with 11. He did so at the 2021 Ryder Cup in Whistling Straits and entered the record books as played his 47th game that weekend — one more than Faldo and the most Phil Mickelson knockdowns ever in Ryder Cup history. Westwood also holds the European record for the most number of quartet matches played.
Garcia extended her all-time scoring record to 28.5 at Whistling Straits with a dominant performance alongside world No. 1 Jon Rahm in the team competition. The Spaniard became the all-time leader in the most Foursome points won with 13.5 and, along with Ian Woosnam and José María Olazábal, won the most Fourball points with 10.5.
Poulter may not be in the record books like his two colleagues, but his contribution is still recognized. Often referred to as “Mr. Ryder Cup” and “The Postman”, Poulter had a 15-8-2 record during his Ryder Cup career, including a 6-0-1 record in singles matches on Sunday. Japan. He has played in seven Ryder Cups with Europeans winning five of them, including the Miracle at Medinah in 2012, which Poulter’s four-ball win alongside Rory McIlroy late on Saturday brought helped Europe overcome a 10-6 deficit on Sunday.
