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Last month the Tour won its legal battle to be
able to suspend and fine players who competed in the first two
events on the Saudi-backed LIV circuit in 2022 without
permission.
The Tour said the new sanctions were determined on a
case-by-case basis to recognise differences among tournaments
and the impact it had on the Tour's broadcast partners and
sponsors.
The fines ranged from 12,500 pounds ($15,776.25) to 100,000
pounds for each breach, while the total suspension imposed on
any player was a maximum of eight DP World Tour events.
Last week, Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter, Richard Bland and Lee
Westwood resigned their Tour memberships, becoming ineligible
for this year's Ryder Cup.
Westwood has previously criticised the Tour for its sanctions.
"People say I knew exactly what would happen, but nobody told us
the extent of the punishments," Westwood told the Daily
Telegraph newspaper this month.
"The way I view it is that, as a European Tour member, I was
allowed to be a member of the PGA Tour without any problem for
all those years.
"Tell me, what is the difference? Just because LIV is funded by
the Saudis – a country where my Tour used to play and where we
were encouraged to play?"
Critics have said the $255 million LIV Series is a vehicle for
Saudi Arabia to try to improve its image in the face of
criticism of its human rights record.
($1 = 0.7923 pounds)
(Reporting by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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