DP World Tour sanctions golfers who participated in LIV Golf sequence' inaugural occasion

The DP World Tour stated the golfers who breached the Tour's rules have been fined £100,000 and suspended from collaborating within the Scottish Open, Barbasol Championship and the Barracuda Championships.

"Each motion anybody takes in life comes with a consequence and it's no completely different in skilled sport, particularly if an individual chooses to interrupt the principles. That's what has occurred right here with a number of of our members," DP World Tour CEO Keith Pelley stated in an announcement saying the information Friday.

"Many members I've spoken to in latest weeks expressed the perspective that those that have chosen this route haven't solely disrespected them and our Tour, but additionally the meritocratic ecosystem of professional golf that has been the bedrock of our sport for the previous half a century and which can even be the muse upon which we construct the subsequent 50 years.

"Their actions should not honest to nearly all of our membership and undermine the Tour, which is why we're taking the motion we've introduced immediately."

The DP World Tour additionally warned that future participation within the LIV Golf sequence, with out the required launch, may incur additional sanctions.

LIV Golf is organized by LIV Golf Investments and backed by Saudi Arabia's Public Funding Fund (PIF) -- a sovereign wealth fund chaired by Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and the person who a US intelligence report named as answerable for approving the operation that led to the 2018 homicide of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Bin Salman has denied involvement in Khashoggi's killing.

Earlier this month, the PGA Tour introduced that every one golfers who performed within the controversial sequence will now not be eligible to take part in Tour sanctioned tournaments.

There are seven LIV occasions remaining this 12 months, together with an occasion in Portland that begins June 30 and a event at Trump Nationwide Golf Membership in Bedminster, New Jersey, with the primary spherical on July 29.