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Ian Poulter's hopes of playing successful this year's Ryder Cup are apt to beryllium affected by the arbitration ruling| Venue: Augusta National, Georgia Date: 6-9 April |
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The DP World Tour is making "no comment" connected reports it has won its arbitration lawsuit against LIV players.
England's Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood were among 13 LIV players appealing against £100,000 fines and imaginable suspensions imposed for defying the refusal of a waiver to play LIV events.
The Times claims the DP World Tour has won and tin authorisation those who play successful conflicting events without permission.
Arbitration assemblage Sporting Resolutions is yet to present its verdict.
The three-strong sheet heard 5 days of arguments from lawyers for the LIV players and the DP World Tour down closed doors successful February.
The Times reports that the ruling is apt to beryllium published connected Thursday, the archetypal time of this year's Masters.
If the lawsuit goes their mode LIV players whitethorn look bans from the European circuit and Ryder Cup.
A spokesperson for the DP World Tour said: "Out of respect for the confidentiality of the process conducted by Sport Resolutions, we volition marque nary remark connected immoderate facet of the arbitration until the determination is formally announced."
The lawsuit arose aft players requested "conflicting event" releases from the DP World Tour to play past June's inaugural LIV Golf lawsuit adjacent London.
The requests were denied and those that competed astatine Centurion Golf Club were fined £100,000 and banned from the Scottish Open. Poulter, Adrian Otaegui and Justin Harding were the archetypal to entreaty against the determination and the punishments were stayed pending a substantive appeal, allowing the players to vie successful DP World Tour events. Otaegui went connected to triumph the Andalucia Masters successful October.
The fig of appellants grew to 16, but Sergio Garcia, Charl Schwartzel and Branden Grace withdrew from the case.
The PGA Tour is progressive successful a abstracted anti-trust suit with LIV Golf and a fistful of its players who were suspended for playing connected the Saudi Arabia-funded circuit.
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