European tour says anyone signing with LIV Golf need not apply to play both circuits
Meanwhile, the European tour has delivered an ultimatum to players contemplating the new version of LIV Golf, saying anyone who joins will not be allowed to be European tour members.
Meanwhile, the European tour has delivered an ultimatum to players contemplating the new version of LIV Golf, saying anyone who joins will not be allowed to be European tour members.
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"Players need to make a choice, " Guy Kinnings, CEO of the European tour, remarked in an official note Monday first noted by the BBC.
As it is commercially known, previously let LIV players to keep their European membership as long as they paid fines for playing LIV events that conflicted with the tour, the DP World Tour.
It extended an olive branch earlier this year to nine players, allowing them to play LIV events without sanctions provided they settled all previous fines and agreed to add European tour events to their 2026 schedules.
Kinnings delivered a far stronger message – us or them – as LIV is trying to emerge from bankruptcy stemming from Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund cutting off the financial backing. LIV has spent more than $5 billion since its launch in 2022.
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