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The circuit said the players had already been removed from the
entry lists for the Scottish Open, Barbasol Championship and
Barracuda Championship next month.
Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Sergio Garcia and Graeme McDowell are
some of the big names from the DP World Tour who signed up for
the controversial circuit, which is bankrolled by Saudi Arabia's
Public Investment Fund and offers a total prize fund of $255
million.
"Every action anyone takes in life comes with a consequence and
it is no different in professional sport, especially if a person
chooses to break the rules, DP World Tour chief executive Keith
Pelley said in a statement https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/news/articles/detail/dp-world-tour-confirms-member-sanctions.
"That is what has occurred here with several of our members ...
their actions are not fair to the majority of our membership and
undermine the Tour, which is why we are taking the action."
The Tour added that "participation in a further conflicting
tournament or tournaments without the required release may incur
further sanctions".
The players, however, will be able to feature at The Open after
organisers R&A gave the green light this week. The year's fourth
and final major will be played at St Andrews from July 14-17.
The U.S.-based PGA Tour has already suspended players, including
six-times major winner Phil Mickelson and former world number
one Dustin Johnson, for joining the breakaway league.
That has hardly come as a deterrent for other top names, with
former U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau and four-times major
champion Brooks Koepka also jumping ship to be part of the Greg
Norman-led series.
LIV Golf's opening event in London was won by South Africa's
Charl Schwartzel, who took home prize money worth $4 million --
the biggest pay cheque in golf history.
The second instalment takes place in Portland, Oregon from June
30-July 2 at the Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, going head-to-head
with the PGA Tour's John Deere Classic.
($1 = 0.8144 pounds)
(Reporting by Dhruv Munjal in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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